ROTTERDAM, HOT SPOT FOR COOL LOGISTICS

FOR MORE INFORMATIONPort of Rotterdam AuthorityP.O. Box 6622 3002 AP Rotterdam, The NetherlandsT + 31 (0)10 252 18 85E info@portofrotterdam.comW www.portofrotterdam.com

PORT OF ROTTERDAM AUTHORITY

The aim of the Port of Rotterdam Authority is to enhance the port of

Rotterdam’s competitive position as a logistics hub and world-class

industrial complex. Not only in terms of size, but also quality. The core

tasks of the Port Authority are to develop, manage and run the port in a

sustainable way and to maintain a speedy and safe service for shipping.

Rotterdam, hot spot for cool logistics

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INTERMODAL TRANSPORTTraditionally, reefer transport into Europe has been dominated by the trucking industry. To promote a sustainable future for this sector, the Port of Rotterdam Authority works in partnership with various other parties and initiatives like Fresh Corridor1 and Lean and Green Barge to get the reefer containers ‘off the road’, directing as much cargo as possible to the hinterland via inland shipping and rail.

Thanks to high-frequency hinterland connections, products distributed via Rotterdam are able to be transported to their final destinations in Europe more quickly and efficiently, saving costs and reducing the environmental impact. The intermodal shuttles can benefit from bundled volumes of export of Dutch products (vegetables, fruit, flowers, meat, dairy, etc.) combined with import products.

The lion’s share of the fruit (citrus) and vegetables grown in Southern Europe is transported to Western Europe by road. In view of the growing restrictions placed on road haulage and the increasing attention for sustainability issues, a major share of this cargo is stimulated to move to shortsea. Rotterdam, as a highly-regarded shortsea hub, has excellent prospects to benefit from this development.

Rotterdam is also an attractive port of call for short sea shipping companies due to the proximity of the nearby Greenports, which are responsible for huge import and export volumes on an annual basis. Thanks to the port’s busy departure schedule, reefer cargo can be quickly shipped overseas to the UK, Ireland and Scandinavia as well as Russia and the emerging markets in Eastern Europe.

ROTTERDAM COOL PORT PROGRAMRotterdam intends to further strengthen its prominent position in the European cold store and refrigerated cargo sector. Working in partnership with the local private sector, the Port of Rotterdam Authority started the Rotterdam Cool Port program. This program focuses on new state-of-the-art coldstore facilities and extension of existing coldstore facilities in the Waal-/Eemhaven and Maasvlakte area. The aim is that the reefer cargo facilities have direct synergy with the large container clusters in Rotterdam. Next is building strong intermodal reefer shuttles to the European hinterland and excellent connection with the Greenports. In the near future, Rotterdam Cool Port will be able to bundle all forms of reefer cargo, offer ample room for associated activities (cold storage, cross-docking, inspection, empty depot and PTI etc.) and form the start and end point for a high-frequency schedule of intermodal shuttles that handle the sustainable transport of perishables throughout Europe.

1 Fresh Corridor is a national project focused on promoting the multimodal transport of reefer containers

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Container terminals Perishable cargo facilities

1 Rotterdam World Gateway2 APM Terminals Maasvlakte II3 Euromax Terminal Rotterdam4 Rotterdam Container Terminal5 APM Terminals Rotterdam6 Delta Container Services7 ECT Delta Terminal8 ECT Delta Barge Feeder Terminal9 ECT City Terminal10 Rotterdam Shortsea Terminals11 Uniport Multipurpose Terminals12 Barge Center Waalhaven

1 Eurofrigo BV - Maasvlakte2 Kloosterboer Delta Terminal3 Rotterdam Fruit Wharf / CTM4 Total Produce5 Fyffes6 Opticool7 HIWA8 Continental Juice9 Eurofrigo BV - Eemhaven10 Frigocare11 Kloosterboer Rotterdam BV

The port of Rotterdam is Europe’s premier port for refrigerated and frozen cargo. With its unrivalled number of reefer plugs, wide array of specialised companies, state-of-the art container terminals, cold storage facilities and outstanding multimodal connections to the hinterland, Rotterdam is the leading import and export hub.

ROTTERDAM, HOT SPOT FOR COOL LOGISTICS

SUCCESS FACTORSRotterdam has a prominent position in the European cold storage and refrigerated transport sector. The port offers the key advantages of speed and delivery reliability, and thanks to the high volumes handled on a daily basis in the area, Rotterdam offers great opportunities to realise cargo combinations for the end customer at low costs. These are all major success factors in the refrigerated and frozen cargo sector. What’s more: for many shipping companies in Europe, Rotterdam is the first port of call – an important criterion for perishable goods. Speed is of the essence!

FURTHER GROWTHWhile only ten years ago, break bulk (pallets, boxes, etc.) was by far the most common form of transport for refrigerated and frozen cargo, by now, this role has unmistakably been taken over by reefer containers. In Rotterdam, over 90% of all temperature-controlled goods is already transported in reefer containers. In addition to fruit and vegetables, this also includes large volumes of meat, fish, dairy, flowers and plants. Worldwide, container shipping companies are investing in larger container vessels with further expansion of reefer capacity on board their ships. As Europe’s leading container hub, Rotterdam expects a further increase in the flow of reefer cargo transported via its port, particularly in view of the ongoing expansion of container handling capacity in the port area – specifically Maasvlakte 2.

THE NETHERLANDS, THE EUROPEAN HUB FOR PERISHABLESThe port of Rotterdam’s position in reefer cargo is strengthened by the Netherlands’ leading trade position in refrigerated and frozen products. The Netherlands not only ranks second in the world (after de USA) in the export of agrofood products, the country has also earned an excellent reputation for itself when it comes to in-house production, product innovation, new technologies, seed cultivation, packaging and it has various prominent universities with a focus on food technology and logistics. Most of the activities relating to perishables in the Netherlands – e.g. production, import, export, distribution, transport and value-added services – are concentred in six areas: the so-called Greenports. The port of Rotterdam is situated very favourably in relation to the Greenports of Westland and Barendrecht, and has excellent intermodal connections with other Greenport areas such as Venlo.