Port of Rotterdam

The Port of Rotterdam is the biggest port in Europe, placed inside the city of Rotterdam, Netherlands. From 1962 till 2004 it become the world's busiest port, now overtaken first by way of Singapore after which Shanghai. In 2011, Rotterdam turned into the world's eleventh-biggest box port in terms of twenty-foot equal units dealt with. In 2012 Rotterdam turned into the world's 6th-biggest port in phrases of annual cargo tonnage. Covering 105 rectangular kilometres the port of Rotterdam now stretches over a distance of 40 kilometres. It includes the town centre's historical harbour region, together with Delfshaven; the Maashaven Rijnhaven Feijenoord complex;

the harbours round Nieuw-Mathenesse; Waalhaven; Vondelingenplaat; Eemhaven; Botlek; Europoort, situated along the Calandkanaal, Nieuwe Waterweg and Scheur and the reclaimed Maasvlakte place, which projects into the North Sea. Over the years the port became similarly evolved seaward with the aid of building new docks and harbour-basins. Rotterdam's harbour territory has been enlarged with the aid of the construction of the Europoort complex alongside the mouth of the Nieuwe Waterweg.