2020-01-22
As we all know, in the long history of economic development, ports have always played a very important role in the economic development of a country. Transportation has connected the world, and ports are an indispensable link in transportation, developed countries in the world generally have their coastlines and more complete function of the port. There are so many ports in the world, let's have a good look at them.
Now, Micro Shipping encyclopedia introduces you to Port of Rotterdam.
Port of Rotterdam, the largest Port in Europe and one of the most important logistics centers in the world, was the world's largest Port in the 1880s and ranked 10th in 2010.
The Port of Rotterdam, at the confluence of the Rhine and Meuse, is a natural gateway to Europe. The Rotterdam port area covers an area of 10,556 hectares, of which 5,257 hectares are for industrial use and 5,299 hectares are for infrastructure and water. The port is 40 kilometers long, the wharf is 89 kilometers long, the total berth 656, the channel maximum depth 22 meters, is more than 500 route ships'home port or the docking port, leads to the global more than 1,000 ports, the freight volume accounts for 78% of the Dutch national. Rotterdam port is not only the biggest transshipment place of crude oil, petroleum products, grain and other bulk cargo in Europe but also the sixth-largest container transshipment port in the world.
