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In 2020, Rotterdam was the world's tenth-largest container port in terms of twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) handled. [5] In 2017, Rotterdam was also the world's tenth-largest cargo port in terms of annual cargo tonnage. [6] Covering 105 square kilometres (41 sq mi), the port of Rotterdam now stretches over a distance of 40 kilometres (25 mi).
Satellite image of the Port of Rotterdam, with the Maasvlakte on the left Location of the Maasvlakte (green) in the municipality of Rotterdam (purple) Aerial view of the Maasvlakte Container terminal on the Maasvlakte Artist impression of the Maasvlakte 2
The table below lists 20 of the busiest ports in Europe; Rotterdam currently ranks first here, and eleventh in the world by cargo tonnage. For ferries, transport vehicles like heavy trucks are included using their full weight, while passenger cars are not counted as cargo.
The Europoort area is very heavily industrialised with petrochemical refineries and storage tanks, bulk iron ore and coal handling as well as container and new motor vehicle terminals. Europoort is situated on the South bank of the Nieuwe Waterweg , same as the Maasvlakte area.
The top 10 busiest container ports by year (2004–2023) This article lists the world's busiest container ports (ports with container terminals that specialize in handling goods transported in intermodal shipping containers ), by total number of twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) transported through the port.
The APM terminal opened in April 2015. [7] Rotterdam World Gateway (RWG) is the main competitor for European Container Terminals (ECT), currently the biggest operator of a container terminal in Rotterdam. RWG's terminal includes a 20-meter deep dock and its own railroad station, and would be capable of handling 2.35 million containers annually. [8]
APM Terminals is a port operating company headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands.A unit of Danish shipping company Maersk's Transport and Logistics division. It manages container terminals and provides integrated cargo and inland services, operating 74 port and terminal facilities in 38 countries on five continents.
Port of Chennai; Port of Kollam; Port of Nhava Sheva (Jawaharlal Nehru Port); Port of New Mangalore; Port of Mundra; Port of Visakhapatnam; Port of Vizhinjam (Vizhinjam International Seaport)