Throughput grows slightly in the port of Rotterdam
Port of Rotterdam: Container business increased 1.9 per cent in the first six months; total throughput in 2014 is expected to grow approximately 1 per cent
Port of Rotterdam achieved steady results in the first half of the year. Container throughput increased 1.9 per cent to 6.01 million TEUs compared to first six months of 2013. RoRo traffic was up 8.4 per cent to 9.8 million tonnes, the Port of Rotterdam Authority announced on 18 July.
Total throughput increased by 0.6 per cent to 221 million tonnes compared to the first half of 2013. The throughput of crude oil increased by 3.3 per cent while that of mineral oil products decreased by 13.5 per cent. The throughput of coal grew by 9.5 per cent, while ore throughput stayed virtually the same.
The number of ocean-going vessels that visited the port in the first half of this year declined by 1.5% to 14,417. This is primarily due to the increase in scale of the container sector. The Port Authority expects the throughput for all of 2014 to grow approximately 1 per cent.
The Port of Rotterdam Authority’s turnover in the first half of 2014 increased by EUR 8.6 million compared to the first half of 2013. Total investments are expected to drop from EUR 263 million in 2013 to approximately EUR 203 million in 2014, and as such fall back to the level prior to the construction of the Maasvlakte 2. One of the largest investments in recent years in existing port area, the widening of the Amazonehaven, was commissioned in 2014.
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