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Rotterdam Port

Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands

Legendary · held by 195 collectors

The Port of Rotterdam is the largest port in Europe and the primary entry point for containerised goods into the European single market. 469 million metric tonnes of cargo moved through Rotterdam in 2023 — petroleum products, containers, dry bulk, and chemical cargo arriving from 500+ ports across 100+ countries. The port's Maasvlakte 2 expansion, completed on reclaimed sea land, added 2,000 hectares of terminal capacity. Rotterdam processes 13 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) of containers annually; the digital twin of the port — a real-time computational model of every vessel, berth, and cargo movement — is the most advanced port logistics system in the world. The Rhine connects Rotterdam to Basel, Frankfurt, and the entire Central European industrial hinterland, making the port the functional mouth of the European inland waterway network.

rotterdam · port · netherlands · europe