Port of RotterdamJoyce Bliek

Business Manager Short sea

4th of May 2007

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Area of responsibility

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Maasvlakte

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Responsibility

Private business

PoR

Rotterdam Port

Authority

Private

Area of responsibility

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European market1,300 km (800 miles)

350 million people

950 km (600 miles)

220 million people

500 km (300 miles)

160 million people

1,600 km (1000 miles)

400 million people

Rotterdam

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Number of incoming sea-going and inland

vessels, Port of Rotterdam Authority, 2006

Sea-going vessels about 31,078

Inland vessels about 133,000

Ship-movements sea-going

and inland navigation about 1,000,000

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100

200

300

400

500

600

Shanghai 1)

Singapore 1)

Rotterdam

Ningbo *

Guangzhou*

Tianjin*

Hong K

ong 1)*

Nagoya 2)*

Qingdao*

Dalian*

Antw

erp

Ham

burg

World’s major ports, 2006

* estimated

Unit: Gross weight x 1 million metric tons

1) Including river trade 2) Freight tons (1 freight ton = 0,92 metric ton)

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Total throughput by commodity at the

Port of Rotterdam Authority, 2006

0 15 30 45 60 75 90 105

Other General cargp

Containers

Roll on/roll off

Other liquid bulk goods

Mineral oil products

Crude oil

Other dry bulk goods

Coal

Ores and scrap

Agribulk

Unit: Gross weight x 1 million metric tons

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Deep-sea

4.2

Short sea

Hinterland

6,1

2.8

0.7

1,32,0

0,7

0.4

Container streams Rotterdam 2006(x 1 mln teu)

Rotterdam

Feeder

2.3

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Rotterdam

Weekly connections to over 100

destinations in Europe

Spain / Portugal /

Mediterranean

29 weekly services

UK / Ireland

40 weekly services

Scandinavia

26 weekly services

Baltic / Russia

16 weekly services

Inter European Sea connections

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Most common shortsea operations

•Stack separated from quay crane

•Transport by tractor trailer, reach

stackers, forklifts and/or straddle

carriers

•Longer dwell times

•Stack between legs quay crane

•Direct handling trucks & trains

•Shorter dwell times

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Service demands Shortsea Terminals

Time-in-port 4-10 hours (depending on type of service

and call size)

Berth performance 25-50 boxes/ hour

Truck service time < 20 minutes

Possibilities for direct handling truck-vessel

Flexibility in modalities and last-minute changes

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Expected Future Developments

4% growth /year

Nearing 1 million containers in 2015

Most containers 45 ft

TEU factor approx. 2

Ship size up to 1000 TEU

Dwell time average 2 days

20% empties

Change of modal split

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Port infrastructure

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Development of shortsea40 ft standard

12,02m x 2,34 m

40 ft palletwide

12,10 m x 2,44 m

45 ft palletwide

15.55 m x 2,44 m

25 pallets

1.2 m x 0,8 m

21 pallets,

1.2 m x1.0 m

30 pallets 1.2

m x 0,8 m 24 pallets

1.2 m x1.0 m33 pallets

1.2 m x 0,8

m

26 pallets

1.2 m x1.0

m

20

17 TEU

6 TEU

5 TEU

Rotterdam has a distinct advantage:

Scale of inland waterway transportation!

Record april 2004:

496 TEU