Harbour day
Last Saturday, it was harbour day in Antwerp. You could visit compananies and facilities around the entire port. Unfortunately, it was raining, so I only visited one thing: a company specialized in moving cranes. They had a bunch of quay cranes, but the most impressive were the water cranes. They had three of them and these are huges babies floating on the water on some kind of pontoon. The biggest of them (named Brabo after a famous figure from a traditional legend about the origin of the name Antwerp), can lift 800 tons!! I wish I had a wide angle lens 
Anyway, here are the pics. This one is an overview of the quay, with one the two exhibited floating cranes.
And here comes the giant, Brabo! I couldn’t find any non-touristic angle that fit him completely in the frame! Here you see Brabo along with a sign stating that this is Brabo’s private spot on the quay (note the underlining of the name :-)). You can see the entire crane (without the pontoon) here.
Next four are taken on the deck of the smaller crane. The logo of the city of Antwerp:
Another boat lying some 100m further.
One of those typical door locks you find on boats:
And a view in sepia along the dock.
