In the second trimester the traffic in the port of Rotterdam grew by +3.0%

Globally in the period April-June 2022 the volumes containerized handled by the Dutch port of call are piled to 35,4 million tons, with a decrease of -12.3% that it is less accentuated if these volumes are counted by taking as a unit of measurement the 20-foot containers that are results pairs to 3,6 million teu, with a contraction of -6,9% mitigated by the increase in empty containers. In the field of various goods were also handled 7.0 million tons of rolling stock (+13.5%) and 2.1 million tons of other cargoes (+21,2%).

In the liquid bulk segment the overall figure is state of 53.9 million tons (+10.5%), including 27.1 million of tons of crude oil (+9.0%), 14.3 million tons of refined petroleum products (+4.2%), 2.7 million tons of liquefied natural gas (+23.6%) and 9.8 million tons of other liquid loads (+22.8%).

Solid bulk totalled 21.4 million tonnes (+11.0%), of which 8.7 million tons of coal (+56.0%), 6.3 million tons of minerals and scrap (-21.5%), 1.9 million tons of agricultural bulk (-15.5%) and 4.5 million tons of other bulk (+31.6%).

In the first half of 2022 the Dutch port handled total 233.5 million tons of goods, with a slight progression of +0.8% on the first half of last year, of to which 165.5 million tons of cargoes at disembarkation (+3.4%) and 68.0 million tons at boarding (-5.1%). The total of the container traffic was 71.0 million tons (-8.9%) with a handling of containers equal to almost 7.3 million teu (-4.4%). Rolling stock amounted to 13.8 million tons (+16.8%) and other miscellaneous goods to 3.9 million tons (+17.7%). In the liquid bulk sector, enlivened 105,5 million tons (+4.6%), with 52,6 million of tons of crude oil (+4.3%), 27.8 million tons of refined petroleum products (-9.4%), 5.4 million tons of liquefied natural gas (+45.8%) and 19.7 million tons of other liquid bulk (+22.5%). Dry bulk was 39.4 million tons (+4.4%), of which 14.6 million tons of coal (+29.7%), 11.9 million tons of minerals and scrap (-20.6%), 3.8 million tonnes of agricultural bulk (-15.1%) and 9.0 million tons of other cargoes (+30.1%).

The Port Authority of Rotterdam has highlighted the effects on the flows enlivened by the port caused by the war in Ukraine and the resulting sanctions against Russia, with - example - imports of both liquefied natural gas (+100.9% in the first quarter and +28.5% in the second) and coal (+7.5% in the second) first quarter and +56.6% in the second) which increased significantly as an alternative to reducing imports European Russian gas via pipeline.