Renewal of the ‘Heavy Lift Centre’ in the Port of Rotterdam

Port of Rotterdam Authority and Broekman Group launch joint project to renovate and expand the project cargo terminal
 
The Dutch seaport of Rotterdam gains a new centre for project cargo. The Port of Rotterdam Authority and the Broekman Group intend renovating and redesigning the eastern section of the RDM site in the Waalhaven. This will involve the drastic renewal and considerable expansion of the current ‘Heavy Lift Centre’ for the storage and handling of heavy and bulky freight from the energy and offshore industry sector, project cargo. The Port Authority is investing more than EUR 15 million in the project. The work on the centre for heavy cargo has already started with the demolition of some dilapidated sheds, and shall be completed by the third quarter of 2014. 
 
The Broekman Group hopes that the new centre will meet the growing demand from the energy sector for storage and handling of heavy objects in well-equipped sheds with modern overhead cranes. Covered assembly space will also soon be available for rental. The space for outside storage will be enlarged for the sizeable objects, for instance for the offshore sector. It will also have a more efficient layout, new heavy foundations and paving. 
 
The ‘Heavy Lift Centre’ will soon comprise four modernised high halls with a total of around 16,000 m² and overhead cranes with a lifting capacity of 75 to 700 tonnes, as well as an outside space of around 26,000 m². A 4,000 m² warehouse will be directly at a 300-metre quay, with a draught of 10.5 metres at which cargo items of up to 1,800 tonnes can be handled. 
 
During the past years, businesses and the Port Authority invested around EUR100 million in new terminals and improvements to existing facilities for breakbulk: steel, iron, paper, metals, fruit, project cargo and roll on/roll off cargo. As market leader, the port of Rotterdam handled 25 million tonnes in this sector in 2011.

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