After three quarters of decline, in the July-September period by 2025, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam is stable result as approximately 109 million euros were moved tons of cargo, volume similar to that of the same period last year. The stability of the traffic volume is generated by a +2% increase in goods on landing amounted to 78 million tonnes, which offset a drop of -4% of those on boarding, which fell to over 31 million tons.

In the third quarter of this year, the total traffic alone of containerized goods was 34 million tons (0%) and was made with a of containers equal to 3.7 million TEUs (+3%). A decrease was recorded in results both rolling stock with about 6.5 million tons (-2%) and conventional goods with 1.4 million tons (-7%). In the liquid bulk sector, the total figure was over 50 million tonnes (+1%), including 25.8 million tonnes of crude oil (+3%), 12.7 million tons of products refined oil (-8%), 3.1 million tons of gas liquefied natural (+29%) and 8.6 million tonnes of other liquid loads (0%). In the dry bulk segment, traffic was 17 million tons (+1%), of which 6.3 million tonnes of minerals and scrap (-18%), 4.7 million tonnes of tons of coal (+42%), 3.1 million tons of products (+15%) and 2.9 million tons of other dry bulk (-7%).

In the first nine months of this year, the global volume of traffic was 320.2 million tonnes, down by -2.6% over the same period in 2024, a reduction that was mainly produced by the reduced movement of minerals iron and scrap (-12.7%) and petroleum products (-17.2%), while the traffic of various goods was stable. In the container sector, traffic was 100.5 million of tons (-0.6%) and was carried out by moving over 10.7 million TEUs (+3.0%). Rolling stock totaled 19.4 million tons (-0.1%) and conventional goods 4.6 million of tons (+1.1%). The total volume of liquid bulk is 146.4 million tons (-3.4%) and that of bulk dry waste by 49.3 million tons (-5.6%).