Ghent terminal

With direct access to the Ghent-Terneuzen Canal, the DFDS Mercatordok Multimodal Terminal is ideally located to connect to the motorways and rail network of Belgium and its hinterlands. A variety of services can be offered at our 240,000m² facility.

Smart Gate: a smoother terminal experience

A series of automated entry gates will swiftly and easily guide you through the terminal to drop off and/or pick up your cargo. The DFDS Freight Terminal app will be your companion for pre-booking your trip and moving through the process. Find out what you can expect from your next visit to the Ghent terminal.

Cargo handling

Being the exclusive stevedore in Ghent for Volvo cars and Volvo trucks, DFDS' MMT cranes, reach stackers, and forklifts can handle all kinds of cargo ranging from RoRo and containers to high and heavy project and break bulk cargo.

Vessel handling

There are 2 berths within the terminal capable of handling all types of seagoing vessels up to: 300m in length x 35m in beam x 15m in draught. For LoLo operations we can offer a total length of 1040m alongside the quay.

Warehousing and storage

We have 9,000m² of warehousing in addition to outside storage, as well as 6,500m² of covered transhipment and cross dock facilities and a rail connected transhipment area.

Workshops

Our workshops can facilitate trailer MOTs, repair of trailers, containers, and mobile machines. Trailer washing and re-fuelling is also available.

Terminal tariffs

Find all information about tariffs and services for Ghent terminal.

Terminal Capabilities

RoRo Services
LoLo Services
Forklift trucks from 2.5 to 16 tonnes capacity
Forklift trucks from 17 to 40 tonnes capacity
Tugmasters
Reachstacker/piggyback 45 tonnes
Reachstacker/barge handler 45 tonnes
Translifter (cassette handling) 90 tonnes
100 tonnes crane/mobile harbour crane
Multimodal crane
Overhead gantry crane up to 200 tonnes
Intermodal crane with telescopic beam attachment (steel plates)
Lift unit movements from mafi or cassette to rail
Container stuffing and devanning
Movements of heavy project cargo
Re-stow of cargo and securing

The DFDS utilisation of mafi and cassette systems opens up the market place for companies trading in industrial quantities of base commodities across the network of DFDS' shipping routes.
Deep Sea Break Bulk vessels, discharging large quantities of internationally traded products at any of the DFDS terminals, can benefit from the ability to move smaller quantities efficiently around the Group’s European network.
Verified Gross Mass in compliance with SOLAS