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Ship to Norway Congres 2012

Patrick Vroegop | Business Manager Containers, Shortsea & RoRo

Rotterdam Container Port"The Biggest Port of Norway"

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Port of Rotterdam map

Port Area

40 KM

Total port area: 12.500 ha

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Football Stadium Feyenoord Rotterdam “de Kuip”

Equals Rotterdam Football stadium

x 25.000

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Port areas

Maasvlakte

Europoort

Waal-/Eemhaven

Botlek

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435 million tons •12 million TEU

• 4 million TEU shortsea/feeder

• Total employment 140,000 people

(90,000 direct and 50,000 indirect)

• Depth up to 75 ft (= 24 m)

• Total investment in port: € 11 billion

(2011 – 2015)Port of Rotterdam 2011 throughput equals 1.750.000 Antonov airplanes

Port Figures

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Top 20 World ports

x 1 million tons

Source: Port Authorities

2011

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Top 20 European ports

x 1 million tons

Source: Port Authorities

2011

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Top 20 World container ports

x 1 million TEU

Source: Port Authorities

2011

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Top 20 European container ports

x 1 in million TEU

Source: Port Authorities

2011

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Containers Norway - Rotterdam

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1. Gateway and transshipment hub.

2. Intra-European shortsea hub.

Role PoR in supply chain

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Invest in capacityConstruction MV2

Maasvlakte 2

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Invest in new conceptsRotterdam Cool Port

• Complete Cool cluster in the Waal-

Eemhaven area

• State-of-the-art cold store operations

• Cross-docking facilities

• High frequency shuttle connection with

Maasvlakte

• LCL consolidation point

• Start construction: Q1 2014

• Operational (phase 1): Mid 2015

Artist impression

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Invest in connectivityFeeder & Shortsea

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Invest in hinterland connections Barge connections

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Invest in hinterland connections Rail connections

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