Port of Rotterdam as a distribution hub

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Port of Rotterdam as a distribution hub

• Kevin Edelin
• Matthieu Souillard

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Table of contents

• Introduction
• Part one Netherlands economic overview
• Part two The port of Rottedam
• Part three Rotterdam as a distribution hub
• Conclusion

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Part one Netherlands economic overview

• A . General facts
• Creation of the country 1815
• Founding member of NATO and EMU
• Prosperous and open economy
• Leading european nation for attracting foreign
  investment

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Part one Netherlands economic overview

• B. Rotterdam in Dutch economy
• The port industry 43 of the direct gross added
  value of the total Rotterdam seaport complex
• Main fields oil refining, chemicals,
  shipbuilding, electricity generation, food,
  beverage and recycling
• 315 000 people are employed in the Rotterdam port
  cluster 5.4 of the total Ducth employement
• Total added value 6.8 of Dutch GDP

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Part twoThe port of Rotterdam

• A . Historic
• 14th century fishing port
• development in the last century
• 1962 biggest port in the world
• 96 million of transhipments

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Development in 6 steps
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Part twoThe port of Rotterdam

• B. The port today
• An area of 40 Km from the town-centre to the
  North Sea 10,500 hectares
• Ranked 1st for metric tonnage handled with over
  314 million MT
• Ranked 6th in terms of TEUs handled with over 6
  million TEUs
• 30 000 seagoing vessels and 130 000 inland
  vessels every year

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Container traffic in TEUs
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Part twoThe port of Rotterdam

• Some of the reasons
• Increasingly larger vessels, which can only call
  at a few ports
• Deep waterways, absence of locks, excellent
  facilities and infrastructures
• The shortest and most cost-effective route

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Part twoPort of Rotterdam

• C . Future trends
• Report 2020
• Increase in containers traffic and vessels
  calling the port
• Road hauling remain major mode of transport for
  the port and inland wareways for the hintrland

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Part three Rotterdam as a distribution hub

• Multimodal transport
• 1. Rail
• 2. Road
• 3. Inland shipping
• 4. Pipelines
• 5. Short sea and feeder shipping

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Part three Rotterdam as a distribution hub

• Rail
• Fast and reliable transport
• 400 full rail shuttle services
• 50 short-track rail shuttle services
• 1997 400 000 CTR transported by rail

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Part three Rotterdam as a distribution hub

• 2. Road
• Direct access to the European motorways system
  spanning all major countries from the UK to
  Hungary and from Scandinavia to Italy
• Dutch haulers provide door to door services at
  competitive prices
• Short transit times ranging from 8 hours to
  places such as Frankfurt to 48 hours for
  destinations such as Moscow, Rome and Stockholm
• Around 80 million tons transported by trucks (25
  are Containers)

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Part three Rotterdam as a distribution hub

• 3. Inland shipping
• The most important mode of transport between
  Rotterdam and its hinterland 50 of all goods
  traffic is transported along rivers and canals
• Dry bulk goods 60 of the traffic
• Liquid bulk goods 30 of the traffic
• Container traffic trebled the last 10 years
  today, inland barges carry around 900 000 CTR to
  and from the hinterland

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Part three Rotterdam as a distribution hub

• 3. Inland shipping
• Reliable and cost-effective mode of transport
• A vast network of rivers and waterways linked
  to destinations throughout Europe
• Transit time 1 day to 3 days to Germany,
  Belgium and Switzerland

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Part three Rotterdam as a distribution hub

• 4. Pipelines
• From the sea terminals and the Rotterdam based
  oil and chemical companies to locations far into
  the European hinterland
• Volume 60 million tons yearly
• Crude oil represents 80 of the total

• 5. Short sea and feeder
• Regular short sea and feeder services connect
  Rotterdam with more than 200 ports in Europe and
  beyond
• Many destinations are served on a daily basis
• Some can be reached within less than 24 hours

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Part three Rotterdam as a distribution hub

• B . Distripark
• Answer to the need of JIT services
• Logistics parks with extended facilities
• Warehousing
• Added value

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Part threeRotterdam as a distribution hub

• Eemhaven
• Companies specialised in storage/distribution
• Botlek
• Warehousing and groupage services
• Maasvlakte
• Most recent for centralised distribution

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Conclusion

• ? Rotterdam is the biggest hub in Europe because
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• a good economic and politic situation
• a well located area
• an important know-how in transport and logistics
  
• a huge hinterland
• an important network of communication
• the smaller relay hubs such as Hamburg and
  Antwerp

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REFERENCES

• The port of Rotterdam Dickey Alan 1992
• Port of Rotterdam maganzine October 1997, June
  and August 1998
• www.fe.doe.gov
• www.rotterdam.nl
• www.portofrotterdam.com
• www.portofhamburg.com
• www.ship-world.de/stories/sven.htm