In the 2014 level of the harbour taxes to Rotterdam will grow of 1%



To conclusion of the consultations with Deltalinqs, the association of the harbour and industrial enterprises of the port of Rotterdam, the Harbour Authority of the Dutch port of call has announced that - after the reductions in price applied to the harbour taxes during the last few years and in particular that of the -8,5% practiced in 2012 - in the 2014 these rates they will endure an increase of 1% bringing back them to the same level of 2008. Between the measures agreed with the enterprises, is decided to transform in structural the tariff reductions introduced during the last few years let alone to maintain in vigor the current reductions in price for the activity of transhipment of the container and parificare the rates for the goods transported with services of short sea shipping or services for rotabili.

"During the last few years - it has commented the president and managing director of the Port of Rotterdam Authority, Hans Smits - we have continued to propose occasionally you discount. Returning such reductions permanent we offer certainties over the long term to the shipowners". "This - it has agreed the president of Deltalinqs, Steven Lak - is a movement hard tests of the Harbour Authority and nozzle a sign at the market. The activity of the harbour community constitutes an important device driver for the economy of Rotterdam and Holland. Here because it is well to continue to work so that harbour taxes and other costs are competitive". Satisfaction for the decision of the Port Authority is expressed also by the president of the association of the marine agents and broker of Rotterdam: "the Harbour Authority of Rotterdam - Albert Thissen has declared - has demonstrated once again of being itself realized of the difficult situation in which it pours the market. On one side to increase light to the taxes and the other to return the applied reductions in price structural in the past has allowed to determine a good balance".

In the 2012 harbour taxes has yielded to the Harbour Authority of Rotterdam returns for 294 million euros generated from the marine traffic and ulterior returns for 14 million euros generated from the fluvial traffic. The other revenues recorded last year from the Harbour Authority, pairs to 292 million euros, are produced essentially by the concession canons.