Economics & Water

Bart Kuijpers, Phillip Willy, Report about Economics & Water

 

 

1.     Port of Rotterdam

Discribtion

The Rotterdam port and industrial zone fulfils an important role as a hub for international goods flows and as a business location for industry and logistic services. The port and industrial complex is of great significance for the European, national and regional economies.

The aim of the Port of Rotterdam (Havenbedrijf Rotterdam N.V.) is to strengthen the port and industrial complex in Rotterdam. As manager of the port, the Port of Rotterdam leases sites to businesses and bears responsibility for the efficient and safe handling of shipping traffic. The Port of Rotterdam also takes care of the infrastructure of waterways, roads, quays and other facilities for users of the port area.

In addition to its traditional role as ‘letter of commercial sites’, the Port of Rotterdam is also an international service provider, stimulating and facilitating economic activity in the port area. A service provider that spends a lot of time with its clients, in order to strengthen the logistic and industrial networks and clusters, of which Rotterdam forms a part. The endeavour towards a sustainable living and working environment is an integral aspect of how the Port of Rotterdam conducts its business.

 

 

In the port, roughly 80,000 ship’s movements of sea-going vessels and 300,000 ship’s movements of inland navigation vessels take place. The Port of Rotterdam (Havenbedrijf N.V.) is responsible for the efficient and safe handling of shipping traffic in a clean and sustainable port. The (government) harbor master of Rotterdam – also head of the Rotterdam Port Authority, a division of the Port of Rotterdam – manages these activities.

Rotterdam is the mainport of European container transport. With an average of about 6.5 million TEU passing through the port each year, Rotterdam by far outstrips all the other ports in Europe.

Rotterdam owes its position as European container mainport to a vast number of factors, such as:

  • excellent accessibility, also for the most recent generations of container ships;
  • nautical safety;
  • dedicated terminal facilities, both on the landside and the waterside;
  • European transport hub function;
  • Excellent hinterland connections, especially via inland vessel, short sea/feeder and rail; for more information click Transport
  • possibilities for expansion and setting up new operations;
  • fast turnaround times;
  • attractive location for bunkering, among other things as a result of competitive tariffs

The port is more than just a link in the logistics chain. The intercontinental services of almost all of the major mega-carriers include Rotterdam. For many shipping companies, Rotterdam is both the first and last port of call in Europe. In addition, Rotterdam offers a tailor-made approach for all containerized cargo. Whether it’s pre-transport and post-transport, the handling of Customs formalities or the processing of cargo in the Distriparks…a comprehensive range of specialized government bodies and service providers facilitates your product.

The handling of containers in Rotterdam is basically concentrated at two locations: the Maasvlakte and the Waalhaven/Eemhaven area, which is situated more inland. The large container ships that maintain intercontinental services are predominantly handled at the Maasvlakte, which is near the sea. The Waalhaven/Eemhaven area mainly specializes in shortsea shipping. Around the container terminals, there are dozens of firms focusing on the storage, maintenance and repair of empty containers.

 

 

 

 

The goods are transport by trucks to the next station of distribution.

 

 

 

 

 

2.     SEABREX

 

Seabrex Rotterdam B.V. is the entity within the Ebrex group of companies specializing in the handling of fruit and vegetables by sea and by road.

Seabrex offers reliable and independent logistics, always acting with your best interests in mind. We are at the right spot and with the right infrastructure to serve any client in Europe.

Our services are:
• terminal handling
• advanced warehouse management systems
• the right equipment in the right quantity to ensure safe and smooth handling of your fruit
• knowledge of receiving markets in Europe to ensure timely delivery to the various final destinations
• expertise on customs formalities
• door-to-door transport to any European destination including container trucking
• dedicated staff with many decades of experience and know-how

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.     CDMR

 

Cobelfret operates ro-ro terminals, covering a surface of in excess of 3,000,000 m2, dedicated to the handling, storage and on-carriage of trailers, containers, vehicles and general cargo.

 

 

Cobelfret Ferries offers ro-ro connections between the British Isles, Scandinavia and Continental Europe.

It operates a core fleet of 21 vessels specifically designed for the short sea ro-ro trade, occasionally supplemented by time chartered tonnage, which accommodate trailers, containers, vehicles and other rolling equipment.

 

 

Cobelfret is involved in the worldwide transportation of around 50 million tonnes per annum of coal, iron ore, bauxite and other dry bulk products through freight contracts with industrial and mineral groups.

It operates a fleet of owned and chartered bulk carriers in sizes ranging between 50,000 and 200,000 tonnes deadweight.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.     ECT

 

 

ECT means Europe Container Terminal

ECT is the largest and most customer focussed container terminal operator in Europe, handling almost three-quarters of all containers at the port of Rotterdam. All year round, twenty-four hours a day, ECT operates the Delta Terminal on Rotterdam’s Maasvlakte along the North Sea and the Home Terminal in the Eemhaven area, near the city center. Both terminals are under all conditions easily accessible from sea. The ships who are moor at the harbour are very tall and very big.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.     THE MAESLANT BARRIER

 

 

 

If a water level of 3.00 metres above NAP is anticipated for Rotterdam the Storm Surge Barrier in the New Waterway has to be closed. In these circumstances the Storm Surge Barrier computer - the Command and Support System (Dutch acronym BOS) instructs the Control System (BES) to shut the barrier. The BES implements the BOS's commands.

In the event of a storm tide, the docks are filled with water, so that the hollow gates start to float and can be turned into the New Waterway. Once the gates meet, the cavities are filled with water and the gates sink to the bottom, thus sealing off the 360 metre-wide opening. After the high water has passed the gates are pumped out and the structure begins to float again. Once it is certain that the next high water will not be another abnormally high one, the two gates are returned to their docks.

When the New Waterway is sealed off it is no longer possible for shipping to pass. The storm-surge barrier will only be closed in extremely bad weather – in probability once every ten years. A test closure will probably be conducted once a year in order to check the equipment. This will be done when there is little shipping. With the rise in sea levels the storm-surge barrier will need to close more frequently in 50 years time, namely once every five years.
The costs of the Stormvloedkering are something about a half miljard euro’s.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.     THE FLOWER AUCTION

 

The flower auction is a place were the growers sell there flowers. In the auction you can find growers (who sell there products) and men who buy there products (the salemen). 

The flowers are going in front of the clock and then the are sold to the salemen. The meaning of the clock is that the salemen can press on a button  and the can determine a price. The flowers are coming from the growers. In the greenhouses the flowers needs water and sunlight to survive.

 

 

 

 

 

7.     VOC

The VOC was a big company in the 17th century. The travelled to other countries and take a lot of stuff with them back to Holland and to the Sout America’s.  There was a triangle between Holland, Asia and South America. Holland taked Cheese and Delfts Blauw with them to Asia, there they sold the stuff from Holland and they taked spices back to Holland and to South America. They also get slaves from Africa and they taked them to America.

The canals in Amsterdam are from a high historical value. There are boats sailing into the canals and you can visit them.