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The Port of Rotterdam said on 22 July that its total cargo throughput was 0.8% higher in the first half of the year (233.5 million tonnes) than in the same period in 2021 (231.6 million tonnes), despite the war in Ukraine.
Container transport to and from Russia has come to a halt, and persistent bottlenecks in global container logistics caused cargo to shift from large to smaller container ports.
But imports of ...
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The transhipment of containers went through a dip due to the Covid-19 outbreak but, from autumn 2020 onwards, Rotterdam has seen a rapid recovery with 7.8% growth in the first nine months of 2021 on the back of a surge in consumer spending is booming and a recovering economy, with ...
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The Port of Rotterdam said its container volume rose back above pre-corona level in the third quarter of the year, as part of a substantial increase in throughput including oil products, iron ore, coal and biomass. %). Containers were up 4.0% in tonnage, and 7.8% in teu.
Goods throughput in the ...
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An international alliance of 45 companies, knowledge institutes and ports, headed by the Port of Rotterdam Authority, has been awarded nearly €25 million in EU funding to execute 10 pilot and demonstration projects focusing on sustainable and smart logistics.
The schemes will developrenewable fuels including green hydrogen, large electric batteries, ammonia ...
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Throughput at the port of Rotterdam increased by 3% in first quarter of 2021, to 115.8 million tonnes. Most of the growth was in containers (up 4.5%), biomass, coal and mineral oil products. Volumes declined in LNG (-26.8%), agribulk (-8.6%) and other liquid bulk (-2.8%).
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UK forwarder Woodland Group has opened its first warehouse in mainland Europe, a 34,649sq ft eCommerce facility in Rotterdam, Netherlands, under the name Redwood Fulfilment.It will offer clients a direct route to market in mainland Europe for Woodland Group’s B2B and B2C clients, three of which are already using the ...
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The Port of Rotterdam has launched a 'Boxinsider' application that allows shippers and freight forwarders to see where their containers are located at any given moment. It is much more reliable than collecting information manually from different websites but draws on status information from vessels and terminals. It can determine ...
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CMA CGM Group has launched a Rhine Valley Rail service linking the port of Rotterdam with the German hinterland. Six departures per week will run to inland hubs at Dortmund, Duisburg and Ludwigshafen, operated in cooperation with TFG with a first train departure on 18 October.
In Rotterdam, the trains will ...
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The port of Rotterdam is to set up a 60-hectare Food Hub at Calandkanaal, at the entrance to Maasvlakte. Construction on the ‘Kop van de Beer’ (Head of the Bear) site will start in July and it is envisaged that the first sites will be ready for occupation by the ...
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ABN AMRO bank, tech firm Samsung SDS and the Port of Rotterdam Authority are launching a container logistics blockchain pilot. The ultimate goal is for a complete, paperless integration of physical, administrative and financial streams within international distribution chains.
The pilot involves the multi-modal transport of a container from a factory ...
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