In the 2011 traffic in the port of Rotterdam it has grown of 0.8%



In the 2011 volume of the traffic of the goods in the port of Rotterdam it has reached the quota record of 433,4 million tons, in increase of 0.8% regarding 430,2 million tons enlivened in the precedence year record of 2010. The import traffic is piled to 307,9 million tons (+0.8%) and that of export to 125,5 million tons (+0.7%).

"We have recorded an increase for the ninth time in ten years in spite of the disappointing economic situation and the bending of the increase of the traffic in port begun to November", it has emphasized the managing director of the Port of Rotterdam Authority, Hans Smits. "This - it has added - demonstrates the importance to continue the investments in ability and new activity, as storage of natural gas which liquified and the production of bioetanolo. The main areas of increase have been the transhipment of the container, the coal and the agricultural bulk".

In spite of the recent analyses of numerous experts, than paventano a worsening of the economic crisis in Europe, manifest Smits a convinced confidence in the resumption: "the traffic of the port - it has observed - closely is correlated to the development of the world-wide exchanges and to the German industrial production. On such bases, the next year we preview to maintain the current level. I consider that in the second half of the year we will have placed the crisis of European confidence to our shoulders. The enterprises and the Harbour Authority will continue to invest in things as Maasvlakte 2, the terminals for the container and the liquid bulk, because - he has explained - also we preview that an adapted increase will happen beginning from 2013".

This year the single containerized trade enlivened from the port of Rotterdam has been attested to 123,3 million tons (+9.8%) for a total handling of 11,9 million container teu (+6.8%). The goods conventional has totaled 25,3 million tons (+6.3%), of which 17,6 million tons of rotabili (+3.7%) and 7,7 million tons of other goods (+12.7%).

In the field of the liquid bulk tons (- 5.7%), of which 92,3 million tons of crude oil (- 7.9% are enlivened 197,5 million), 72,8 million oil tons of producing (- to 6.2%) and 31,8 million tons of other liquid bulk (+0.8%).

The traffic of the bulk sand banks has been of 87,3 million tons (+3.1%), of which 37,5 million tons of minerals and 6.0% scrap (-), 26,8 million tons of coal (+11,5), 9,8 million tons of agricultural bulk (+17.5%) and 13,1 million tons of other bulk sand banks (+6.6%).

In the solo fourth trimester of the 2011 Dutch port has enlivened altogether 106,6 million tons of goods, with a bending of the 1.9% regarding the period October-December last year. The containerized trade is piled to 30,1 million tons (+7.7%), with a handling of 2,9 million container teu (+5.6%), and the goods conventional has totaled 6,1 million tons (+0.6%). The liquid bulk is diminished of 11.3% to 48,8 million tons, while the bulk sand banks is increased of 10.0% 21,7 million to tons.