Rotterdam Port

Rotterdam Port is the largest seaport in Europe, located in the city of Rotterdam in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands.
From 1962 until 2004 it was one of the world's busiest port, now overtaken first by Singapore port and then Shanghai port. In 2018, Rotterdam was the world's eleventh-largest container port in terms of twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) handled. In 2017 Rotterdam was the world's tenth-largest port in terms of annual cargo tonnage.
Covering 105 square kilometres (41 sq mi), the port of Rotterdam now stretches over a distance of 40 kilometres (25 mi).Rotterdam consists of five distinct port areas and three distribution parks that facilitate the needs of a hinterland with over 50,000,000 consumers throughout the continent of Europe.
rdam was the world’s tenth-largest port in terms of annual cargo tonnage.Rotterdam Port Data
- Country
- Netherlands
- Official name
- Haven van Rotterdam
- Location
- Rotterdam, South Holland
- Operator(s)
- Port of Rotterdam Authority
- Year of opening
- 14th century
- Industrialization date
- First half of the 19th century
- Status
- In use
- Size of port
- 4,810 ha / 11,900 acres (2018)
- Port type
- Deepwater seaport, Riverport
- Features
- Smart port, Natural port, Artificial port
- Region
- Western Europe
- Sea area
- North Sea
- Annual container volume
- 14.5 million TEU (2018)
- Annual cargo tonnage
- 469 million tons (2018)