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Wednesday, 30 October 2013

ROTTERDAM PORT WINS ----------PORT OF THE YEAR AWARD

Rotterdam port was awarded 'Port of the Year' in London during the 2013 event of

 "Containerisation International Awards". The award was given by experts. They complimented

 the port of Rotterdam for the significant investments they made to be leading European

 industrial complex and logistics hub. Innovations like the initiatives NextLogic and  InlandLinks

 and the port's sustainable object development also were  praised by the jury and gave their 

contribution to the award. 

The director of Containers, Breakbulk and Logistics,  Port of Rotterdam Authority, Emile 

Hoogsteden was very happy with the award:



"Winning this award is a tremendous achievement and recognition 

of our efforts. As the port of Rotterdam, we are constantly

 working on new investments and innovations. We don’t do this

 alone, but in partnership with as many market parties as

 possible. This is the only way we can continue to improve our 

port and pursue our ambition to be the most efficient, safe and

 sustainable port in the world. A good example of this is 

obviously the development of Maasvlakte 2. This is a project with

 which we are investing in the future and not only responding to

 the increasing volume size of container ships, but also taking

 steps towards optimising the logistical supply chain. At the

 same time, we enable our clients to achieve economies of scale.

 That’s the aim of joint ventures like P3, which will also boost

 our total throughput in the short and long term. Rotterdam leads

 today, by planning for tomorrow."

The World Economic Forum stated that the infrastructure of the Rotterdam port is the best for 

the last two years. The businesses investments in the port of Rotterdam for the period between

 2008 and 2015 is estimated to exceed €11 billion, for container terminals will go €1.2 billion

. The port main purpose is to respond the tendency of building vessel with capacity over 15,000

 TEU. P3 already are sending to Rotterdam their biggest ships. The port will increase further its

 volume when the  Maasvlakte 2 container terminals are in use. 

The European CEO at APM Terminals,Ben Vree said: 

"Although the frequency of calls made by container vessels to 

Rotterdam may decline in the coming year, the volume will 

continue to increase. Combined with the state-of-the-art 

infrastructure and the improved efficiency in ship and cargo 

handling, Rotterdam's future looks very bright. So I think the 

port of Rotterdam deserved to win."


The publisher  Containerisation International has initiated the Containerisation International

 Awards. The awards take place every year and they are given to private individuals and 

businesses to praise their exceptional, proactive and innovative input in the logistics sector and

 the container liner shipping.


The Port of Rotterdam won 'Port of the Year'  beating the other nominees - the Port of Long 

Beach,  DP World's Jebel Ali Port and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA). 

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