File Photo: Port of Rotterdam/Eric Bakker By Ron Bousso and Jonathan Saul LONDON, April 15 (Reuters) - Dozens of tankers holding jet fuel and gasoline are at anchor in sea lanes around Europe's main storage hubs, unable to discharge their cargoes as onshore tanks are full to capacity following the collapse in demand linked to the coronavirus crisis. Nearly 1 million … [Read more...]
Port of Rotterdam: 2020 Traffic “Clearly Below” Forecasts Due to Coronavirus
Photo: By VanderWolf Images / Shutterstock AMSTERDAM, March 18 (Reuters) - The Port of Rotterdam, Europe's largest, expects the flow of goods over the whole of 2020 to be "clearly below 470 million tonnes last year" as the coronavirus epidemic spreads across the continent, spokesman Leon Willems said on Wednesday. The outbreak of the virus in China had been seen … [Read more...]
Port of Rotterdam CEO Sees Slight Recovery in China Volumes
Photo: VanderWolf Images / Shutterstock AMSTERDAM, March 9 (Reuters) - The number of container ships travelling from China to the port of Rotterdam seems to have recovered slightly, as coronavirus measures that had significantly curbed traffic from China have been eased, the port's CEO said on Monday. "A few weeks ago we estimated that the number of ships leaving … [Read more...]
Europe’s Busiest Port Reports Flat Throughput in 2019
Photo courtesy Port of Rotterdam Authority Throughput at the Port of Rotterdam remained flat in 2019 amid “significant underlying shifts” in the various commodity sectors served by the Europe’s busiest port. The Port of Rotterdam Authority last week reported freight throughput of 469.4 million tonnes in 2019, only fractionally higher than the 469 million tonnes reported … [Read more...]
Port of Rotterdam Expects Years of Rising LNG Bunker Use
By Bart Meijer ROTTERDAM, Sept 4 (Reuters) - The Port of Rotterdam on Wednesday said it expects sales of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a bunker fuel to increase in the coming years as ships are forced to switch to cleaner sources of energy. Europe's largest sea port expects throughput of LNG as a bunker fuel to increase to around 30,000 tonnes this year, up from 9,500 … [Read more...]