Port of Rotterdam wants to break away from China
The Port of Rotterdam Authority is investigating how the port can become less dependent on Asia and China in particular. Currently 73 per cent of the containers come from this continent. Due to the Covid-19...Read more
Throughput port of Rotterdam falls sharply, but less than feared
Throughput in the port of Rotterdam decreased by 9.1 per cent in the first half of the year compared with 2019, amounting to 218.9 million tonnes. Container throughput was only 3.3 per cent down on...Read more
‘Seaport throughput to decrease by eleven per cent in best-case scenario’
In the best possible scenario, transshipment in the Dutch seaports will decrease by eleven per cent in 2020 compared to the previous year due to the corona crisis. For road, rail and inland navigation, the...Read more
CEO Port of Rotterdam: There will be opportunities after corona
The Port of Rotterdam expects throughput may fall by up to twenty per cent this year due to the corona crisis. ‘So yes, results will be bad,’ says Allard Castelein, CEO of the Rotterdam Port...Read more
Rotterdam throughput may drop by twenty per cent in 2020
Throughput in the Port of Rotterdam in the first quarter was down by 9.3 per cent (112.4 million tonnes) compared to the same period last year. Over 2020 as a whole, this may well become...Read more