Goods throughput in Rotterdam increased by a total of 4.9% to 466.4 million tonnes in 2015, according to the Port of Rotterdam Authority.
This significant growth is almost entirely attributable to the increased throughput of crude oil and oil products, it added. This increased by 8.1% to 103.1 million tonnes, driven by low oil prices. The supply and transport of oil products increased by 18% to 88.5 million tonnes. In addition to a substantial increase in the throughput of fuel oil, more gas oil and diesel came into the port for the European market. The throughput of LNG increased by no less than 91.3%.
The throughput of ores and scrap fell by 0.6% to 33.9 million tonnes. That of coal increased by 1.0% to 30.7 million tonnes. Agricultural bulk fell by 3.8% to 10.8 million tonnes. The amount of other dry bulk decreased by 3.9% to 12.3 million tonnes. All in all, the handling of dry bulk decreased by 1.0%.
The handling of containers fell by 0.5% to 12.2 million TEU and by 1.1% to 126.3 million tonnes in weight. In the first half of the year 6.2 million TEU was handled, the second half 6.0 million TEU.
Ro/Ro traffic increased by 10.1% to 22.0 million tonnes. Other break bulk decreased by 5.5% to 5.7 million tonnes.
