Port of Rotterdam

The objective of the Port of Rotterdam Authority is to enhance the port’s competitive position as a logistics hub and world-class industrial complex. Not only in terms of size, but also with regard to quality. The Port Authority is therefore leading the transition to sustainable energy and it is committed to digitalisation in order to make the port, and the supply chain, more efficient. The Port of Rotterdam Authority’s core tasks are the sustainable development, management and operation of the port and industrial complex and maintaining the effective, safe and efficient handling of shipping in the port and the offshore approaches to the port.

Facts and figures for the Port of Rotterdam Authority and the port of Rotterdam: Port of Rotterdam Authority: 1,400 employees, turnover approx. € 882 million. Port area: 12,500 ha port area (land & water, of which ca. 6,000 ha industrial sites). The port area is more than forty kilometres long. Employment: 192,000 jobs. Goods throughput: approx. 470 million tonnes of goods per annum. Shipping: approx. 30,000 ocean-going vessels and 105,000 inland vessels per annum. Added value: (direct and indirect): over € 29.6 billion, over 2.9% of the Dutch GDP.