THE Port of Rotterdam increased year-to-date container throughput 5.7 per cent year on year to 10,780,204 TEU, with the biggest and record-setting increase posted in the first seven months of the year.
'I am happy to see that the healthy growth in the container segment - one of the port authority's spearheads - shows no signs of slowing down,' said Port of Rotterdam CEO Allard Castelein.
Along the Asia-Europe trade lane, the volume of incoming laden containers rose 10 per cent, while outbound volumes decreased 7.6 per cent, said the port authority.
North American volumes increased almost 10 per cent, and handling for the South American lane even rose by more than 20 per cent.
Liquid bulk Liquid bulk throughput fell by over more than one per cent. Crude oil in particular was affected by lower refinery production levels in Germany and Belgium, as well as downtime for maintenance at refining.
Throughput of mineral oil products fell 1.5 per cent compared to last year, a result of reduced trading with Singapore.
LNG volumes in Rotterdam continued to grow with a total throughput of close to 800,000 tonnes, a result of intakes of LNG transported by small carrier vessels from the Yamal peninsula in Russia.
In Rotterdam, these shipments are transferred to large LNG carriers and forwarded to other destinations around the world.
Nine month dry bulk throughput fell 7.3 per cent year on year, with the biggest hit taken by agribulk, down 18 per cent, and iron ore, down six per cent. Coal fell 4.6 per cent. On the other hand, the port did see a higher intake of industrial coke to fuel the increase in steel production.
'I am happy to see that the healthy growth in the container segment - one of the port authority's spearheads - shows no signs of slowing down,' said Port of Rotterdam CEO Allard Castelein.
Along the Asia-Europe trade lane, the volume of incoming laden containers rose 10 per cent, while outbound volumes decreased 7.6 per cent, said the port authority.
North American volumes increased almost 10 per cent, and handling for the South American lane even rose by more than 20 per cent.
Liquid bulk Liquid bulk throughput fell by over more than one per cent. Crude oil in particular was affected by lower refinery production levels in Germany and Belgium, as well as downtime for maintenance at refining.
Throughput of mineral oil products fell 1.5 per cent compared to last year, a result of reduced trading with Singapore.
LNG volumes in Rotterdam continued to grow with a total throughput of close to 800,000 tonnes, a result of intakes of LNG transported by small carrier vessels from the Yamal peninsula in Russia.
In Rotterdam, these shipments are transferred to large LNG carriers and forwarded to other destinations around the world.
Nine month dry bulk throughput fell 7.3 per cent year on year, with the biggest hit taken by agribulk, down 18 per cent, and iron ore, down six per cent. Coal fell 4.6 per cent. On the other hand, the port did see a higher intake of industrial coke to fuel the increase in steel production.