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Port of Rotterdam
Every year, some 30,000 seagoing vessels and some 100,000 inland vessels berth in the port of Rotterdam. The port of Rotterdam is Europe’s largest sea port. Approximately 1,270 employees are working at the Port of Rotterdam Authority located in the city center Rotterdam. The port covers 12,500 hectares (land & water, including approximately 6,000 hectares of industrial sites) and the port area is more than 40 kilometres long.
The port owes its leading position to its outstanding accessibility for sea-going vessels. For many years already, Rotterdam has been making targeted investments in its network, infrastructure, terminal capacity and services. And thanks to direct connections with over 1,000 ports worldwide, Rotterdam is the best-connected gateway on the continent. The port’s vast array of intermodal connections with the hinterland, as well as Europe’s largest short sea network, mean that cargo in Rotterdam can be moved to all Europe’s foremost industrial centres – and a market of over 500 million consumers – within 24 hours.
This is why the entire top twenty of the world's largest container shipping companies have intercontinental services that call at Rotterdam. Often as their first or last port of call. This generates significant time savings for shippers by comparison with other ports in Northwest Europe
In the exceptional year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the port of Rotterdam was fully operational, allowing goods and raw materials to continue finding their way to consumers and businesses. In March of this year the world faced another major disruption of international trade due to blockage of the Suez Canal. 64 container vessels blocked in the canal were destined for Rotterdam. Together with various sector organisations such as terminal operators, deepsea carriers, shippers and logistic service providers, the port of Rotterdam has confirmed its role as a reliable partner in the logistics chain.
The aim of the Port of Rotterdam Authority is to strengthen the competitive position of the port of Rotterdam as a logistics hub and a world-class industrial complex in terms of both size and quality. The Port Authority is able and willing to make an impact and so it is focusing on accelerating sustainability in the port and it is a partner in the digitalisation of the port and logistics chains. The Port Authority's core tasks are the sustainable development, management and operation of the port, the maintenance of the smooth and safe handling of shipping and supporting the future-resilience of the port of Rotterdam.
We are presenting various initiatives that demonstrate the innovative force of the Rotterdam port and industry complex. Intensive partnerships with like-minded partners makes Rotterdam the perfect place for innovation, particularly with a focus on sustainability and digitisation.
We are very much looking forward to meet you again in-person at the Ahoy Convention Centre in Rotterdam during TOC Connect.
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