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Zeebrugge

American  
[zee-broog-uh, zey-brœkh-uh] / ˈziˌbrʊg ə, ˈzeɪˌbrœx ə /

noun

  1. a seaport in NW Belgium: part of the city of Bruges; German submarine base in World War I.


Zeebrugge British  
/ ˈziːˌbrʊɡə, ˈzeːbryxə /

noun

  1. a port in NW Belgium, in W Flanders on the North Sea: linked by canal with Bruges; German submarine base in World War I

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Aurora was due to depart Southampton on Monday afternoon on a three-day trip to Zeebrugge, Belgium, but passengers received an email on Sunday saying it could not sail.

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The container arrived by sea from Zeebrugge, Belgium, at 00:30 BST before being collected by a tractor unit half an hour later.

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The trailer arrived in the UK via the Belgian port of Zeebrugge and reports of what officers encountered at Grays were simply "overwhelming", Mrs Nowell said.

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The bodies of the 39 people were found in Grays on 23 October 2019, after the lorry had travelled by boat from Zeebrugge in Belgium to Purfleet on the Thames estuary.

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The truck discovered in the town of Grays, east of London, had arrived in England on a ferry from Zeebrugge in Belgium.

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