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Port of Rotterdam Authority
The Port of Rotterdam Authority aims to enhance the port’s competitive position as a logistics hub and world-class industrial complex.
Not only in terms of size, but also quality. The core tasks of the Port Authority are to develop, manage and run the port in a sustainable way and to maintain a speedy and safe service for shipping.
Facts and figures for the Port Authority and the port of Rotterdam
- Port Authority 1200 employees, turnover approx. € 500 million.
- Port area approx. 26,000 acres (12,500 acres of which commercial sites, 13,500 acres water and rail lines, roads, service corridors and greenery).The port will be extended by Maasvlakte 2 with 20%. The length of the port area is approx. 40 km.
- Direct employment over 90,000 jobs.
- Goods throughput over 387 million tonnes of goods in 2009.
- Shipping approx. 33,000 ocean-going vessels and 100,000 inland vessels per annum.
