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More goods unloaded in Dutch seaports, inbound cargo from Russia decreasing
In 2022, the total volume of inbound and outbound transport of goods at Dutch seaports fell by 1.2 percent to 622 million tonnes, relative to the previous year.
Port throughput slumped in first half of 2020
In the first six months of 2020, the volume of transhipments at Dutch seaports declined by nearly 10 percent relative to the same period last year.
Focus on container traffic, from seagoing vessel to HGV
Every year, some 4.5 million containers are being discharged in ports around the Netherlands.
Throughput in Dutch seaports at record level
In 2018, the total volume of incoming and outgoing cargo shipments to and from Dutch seaports reached a historic high of almost 605 million tonnes.
Traffic growth in ports driven by container sector
Container transhipment increased substantially at Dutch seaports in 2017.
Sustained decline coal transhipment at Dutch seaports
Coal supply to Dutch seaports dropped by nearly 7 percent to 50 million tonnes in 2017.
Container transport up, surge in transhipment
Transhipment, onward transportation of unloaded containers to other seaports outside Holland, increased by nearly 30%
Half of unloaded containers carried by container giants
On container shipments arriving in the Port of Rotterdam.
Less cargo throughput in Dutch seaports
Overview of throughput in Dutch seaports in 2016.
Fact sheet Port of Rotterdam
Information on the Port of rotterdam
Less refrigerated meat shipped to the Netherlands
Fewer cooled and frozen goods imported in containers in Dutch seaports last year.
Oil tankers dominate short sea shipping
Dutch ports handled a total of nearly 570 million tons of goods in 2014. Nearly half (48 percent) was carried by coastal shipping also referred to as short sea shipping. The rest of the goods were...
China dominates container transport to Port of Rotterdam
According to Statistics Netherlands nearly a quarter of all goods unloaded in the Port of Rotterdam originate from China. The number of containers coming from china had increased by 9 percent in 2014.
Container transport increasingly important
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports that container transhipment in Dutch sea ports has risen by 9 percent in 2014.
more goods entering seaports, larger ships
The volume of goods arriving in Dutch seaports rose by 24 percent between 2000 and 2013. Last year, 388 million tonnes of goods arrived by sea, mostly bulk and container goods. The number of ships...
North Sea provides a quarter of a million full-time jobs
The activities by Dutch enterprises on and around the North Sea provide jobs, directly or indirectly, to almost a quarter of a million people.
Last year ended poorly for the Dutch seaports
In the fourth quarter of last year, 132 million tons of goods were shipped to and from Dutch seaports, 6.5 percent down on the previous quarter. The downturn is more substantial than the 3.2 percent...