A RECENT spate of robberies in the port of Antwerp has seen security being stepped up in the harbour area at night. The London P&I Club reports some15 prosecutions for theft on board ships at Antwerp in the past year. The Club has also warned that organised gangs in Genoa and Livorno are using container stuffing stations as a base to put stowaways in containers, mainly destined for the US and Canada. The past year has seen 70 Romanian stowaways discovered in Genoa.
