Rotterdam, Europort en derde Maasvlakte

Rotterdam, Europort en derde Maasvlakte (under construction)

Creation

It was created in the 1960s by reclaiming land from the North Sea through dykes and sand suppletion. The sand for the suppletion was largely taken from the North Sea and the Lake of Oostvoorne. This lake was created by the construction of the Maasvlakte. Fossils were (and can still be) found in the sand.

Before the completion of the Maasvlakte it was a sandbank which was hazardous to shipping.

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[edit] Bulk Handeling

In 1973 EMO[1] started as first company at Maasvlakte, they are the biggest bulk terminal in western Europe located at the Mississippi-haven. In 1989 Frans Swarttouw start building a deepwaterterminal at the Amazonehaven in 1990 it was sold to EMO.

[edit] Container terminals

The Maasvlakte features various big companies and some smaller ones. Maersk, Europe Container Terminals (ECT) [a member of the Hutchison Port Holdings group (HPH)] and Euromax are three big container terminals located here. They can all accommodate the world's largest ships.

[edit] Distribution centers

A special section has been reserved for big distribution centres, the Rotterdam Distribution Centre. The biggest are by the Reebok, DHL and Kloosterboer[2] companies. The Reebok Distribution Centre takes care of the distribution of shoes and apparel for entire Europe. Kloosterboer stores mostly fries from the nearby Farm Frites company.

[edit] Slufter

On one side of the Maasvlakte is the Slufter.[3] Inside the Slufter, a very deep pit shielded from the surrounding areas, toxic waste and polluted sand is stored. When it is filled it will be covered and left there. It was expected to be fully filled around the year 2000, but by now it is only about 50% filled.

[edit] Power plant

A power plant located in the area is run by the E.ON company.

[edit] Dutch Customs

Also a big office of the Dutch Customs is on the Maasvlakte. This is a special office as it incorporates a special X-ray container scan.

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Port of Rotterdam

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Port of Rotterdam

Location

Country

Netherlands

Location

Rotterdam

Coordinates

51.8850°N 4.2867°E

Details

Opened

14th century

Size of harbor

5,257 ha (12,990 acres)

Land area

5,299 ha (13,090 acres)

Size

10,556 ha (26,080 acres)

Employees

1,207 (2008)

Chief Executive Officer

Hans Smits

Statistics

Vessel arrivals

36,315 sea ships (2008)

Annual cargo tonnage

430 million tons (2010)[1]

Annual container volume

10.8 million TEU (2008)

Annual revenue

€ 525 million (2008)

Net income

€ 151 million (2008)

Website

www.portofrotterdam.com

The Waalhaven by night

Satellite photo of the Port of Rotterdam
The Port of Rotterdam is the largest port in Europe, located in the city of Rotterdam, South Holland, the Netherlands. From 1962 until 2004 it was the world's busiest port, now overtaken by first Shanghai and then Singapore. In 2009, Rotterdam was the world's tenth-largest container port in terms of twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) handled (2008: ninth, 2006: sixth).

Covering 105 square kilometers (40.5 sq mi), the port of Rotterdam now stretches over a distance of 40 kilometers (25 mi). It consists of the city center's historic harbor area, including Delfshaven; the Maashaven/Rijnhaven/Feijenoord complex; the harbours around Nieuw-Mathenesse; Waalhaven; Vondelingenplaat; Eemhaven; Botlek; Europoort, situated along the Calandkanaal, Nieuwe Waterweg and Scheur (the latter two being continuations of the Nieuwe Maas); and the reclaimed Maasvlakte area, which projects into the North Sea.

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Taken on: May 6, 2011

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