Port of Antwerp International NV (PAI) is seeking to acquire a stake in Essar Group's Hazira Port Private Ltd. by the end of 2011. "Antwerp Port intends to participate in Hazira port project of Essar Group," Antwerp Port Authority Managing Director Eddy Bruyninckx told Economic Times without disclosing numbers. "The talks are on between the newly-formed subsidiary, PAI and Essar Group," Bruyninckx said.