The Belgian port of Antwerp, the second-biggest in Europe, is not only seeking to increase Chinese traffic, but also urging Chinese investors to get involved in a multibillion-euro expansion of the port.

Officials from Antwerp Port Authority have been in Ningbo, in Zhejiang province, and Shanghai to attract Chinese business partners and shipping companies, and have more visits planned in other Chinese port cities this year.

Luc Arnouts, its chief commercial officer, said he aims to attract Chinese interest to a city which is considered an ideal springboard to Europe.