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The decline in traffic in the port of Rotterdam eased in the fourth quarter of 2020
In the whole year, 436.8 million tonnes of goods (-6.9%) were moveded
February 19, 2021
In total, containerised goods amounted to 38.7 million tonnes (+1.4%), with container handling which amounted to almost 3.7 million teu (+1.4%). In rolling stock sector, 6.9 million tonnes (+18.2%), while the other miscellaneous goods were equal to 1.6 million tonnes (-2.9%). The overall bulk figure was 49.0 million tonnes (-5.2%), of which 22.5 million tonnes of crude oil (-16.6%), 17.4 million tonnes tonnes of refined petroleum products (+11.7%), 1.2 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (-28.6%) and 8.0 million tonnes of other liquid loads (+5.8%). The bulk totalled 18.3 million tonnes (-1.5%), including 6.6 million tonnes of minerals and scrap (-12.2%), 5.6 million tonnes million tonnes of coal (-0.2%), 2.3 million tonnes agricultural bulk (-12.8%) and 3.8 million tons of other (+34.4%).
In the whole of 2020, the Dutch port moved 436.8 million tonnes of goods, down -6.9% on the year of which 296.0 million tonnes of cargoes at the landing (-9.2%) and 140.8 million tonnes at boarding (-1.9%). Overall, container goods amounted to 151.1 million tonnes (-1.2%) carried out with a handling of more than 14.3 million teu (-3.2%). In the segment of the various goods were also moved 24.0 million tonnes of ro-ro loads (-1.2%) and 6.0 million tons of other loads (-8.3%). Liquid bulk was 192.0 million tonnes (-9.1%), of which 93.6 million tonnes of oil crude oil (-10.2%), 60.1 million tonnes of petroleum products refined (-11.9%), 6.2 million tonnes of natural gas liquefied (-12.7%) and 32.1 million tonnes of other bulk (+1.3%). Solid bulk fell by -14.3% to 63.8 million tonnes, of which 22.7 million tonnes were tonnes of minerals and scrap (-24.5%), 17.3 million tonnes of tonnes of coal (-22.8%), 10.3 million tonnes of agricultural bulk (+4.8%) and 13.5 million tonnes of other solid bulk (+10.6%).
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