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Rotterdam first half market share edges up 0.3pc while tonnage falls 3pc
CONTRADICTORY first half statistics have emerged from the Port of Rotterdam - while its Le Havre-Hamburg range market share edged up 0.3 per cent to 38.3 per cent, cargo volume went down three per cent.
First half container throughput dropped 2.3 per cent year on year to 6.09 million TEU, reported London's Loadstar.
Rotterdam Port Authority CEO Allard Castelein expected a small increase for the full year - despite the fact that Maersk's and MSC's 2M alliance had left for Antwerp.
"This is proof that Antwerp is performing well," he said, but added that Rotterdam was prepared to win 2M back.
"The congestion we suffered is over now the new terminals at Maasvlate 2 are fully commercially operational," he said.
"The testing phases of the fully automated Rotterdam World Gate terminal and that of APMT have been concluded, and the paperless transition of containers between terminals at Maasvlakte is satisfactory," Mr Castelein said.
The new Maasvlakte 2 terminals handled 300,000 TEU in the period and are expected to push their joint throughput up to 1.5 million TEU by the end of the year.
Mr Castelein said the port needed to face up to changes in society and economy such as the Paris climate agreement, the low oil price, the Brexit referendum and the increasing size of container vessels.
First half container throughput dropped 2.3 per cent year on year to 6.09 million TEU, reported London's Loadstar.
Rotterdam Port Authority CEO Allard Castelein expected a small increase for the full year - despite the fact that Maersk's and MSC's 2M alliance had left for Antwerp.
"This is proof that Antwerp is performing well," he said, but added that Rotterdam was prepared to win 2M back.
"The congestion we suffered is over now the new terminals at Maasvlate 2 are fully commercially operational," he said.
"The testing phases of the fully automated Rotterdam World Gate terminal and that of APMT have been concluded, and the paperless transition of containers between terminals at Maasvlakte is satisfactory," Mr Castelein said.
The new Maasvlakte 2 terminals handled 300,000 TEU in the period and are expected to push their joint throughput up to 1.5 million TEU by the end of the year.
Mr Castelein said the port needed to face up to changes in society and economy such as the Paris climate agreement, the low oil price, the Brexit referendum and the increasing size of container vessels.
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