October 22, 2019: The port of Rotterdam handled 112.4 million tonnes of freight and a total of 353.5 million tonnes transhipment during the third quarter of 2019 despite the continuing trade rifts and the ambiguity on the new trade tariffs after Brexit.
Volume growth was mainly driven by containers, crude oil, LNG and biomass.
That is a fall of 1.4% compared to last year.
The faltering economy in Germany has led to less transhipment in recent months.
Transhipment of energy coal fell sharply after a strong start in 2019, caused by the low price of coal at the time.
This downturn was due to the sharply declining share of coal and lignite in German power generation and due to maintenance work at the Maasvlakte power stations.
In July 2018, 110 tons of cobalt were stolen from a port in the Netherlands.
The thoroughly planned and perfectly executed theft occurred amidst a hype on price fluctuations for cobalt on the world metal exchanges that happened due to a significant asymmetry in a supply-and-demand ratio of battery minerals on the global market.
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The losses appeared due to delayed deliveries.
When something wrong happens with your containers somewhere in your supply chain, your should be informed about it to intervene timely.
October 17, 2019: Port of Rotterdam Authority has signed a Memorandum Of Understanding with the Maharashtra Maritime Board, appointed Broekman Logistics as the representative and will team up for the establishment of a maritime university in Gujarat.
The port will be signing another MOU with the government of Kerala for the maritime development in the state during the trade mission and state visit to India.
It is in line with its efforts to intensify joint activities in India and to involve more in consultancy assignments, selling of digital products, attracting investments and promoting maritime trade flows between India and Europe via Rotterdam.
Broekman Logistics India, operating in India since 2006, has started its activities as a representative in October 2019.
With sixteen offices in India, it has a strong presence in all major ports and trading cities, including Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Kochi and Kolkata.
The Port of Rotterdam Authority is supporting the Erasmus University, Rotterdam and the Dutch Shipping & Transport College for providing consultancy services to set up a maritime university in Gujarat.