Full Year 2020 Figures for Port of Rotterdam
Full Year 2020 Throughput Figures for Port of Rotterdam
Port of Rotterdam’announced that the volume of goods throughput in 2020 in the port of Rotterdam was 436.8 million tonnes. During the first half year, total throughput fell by 9.1%. However, in the second half year, that fall was 4.6% by comparison with the same period last year. Consequently, the decrease for 2020 as a whole was limited to 6.9%.
The changes in volume were largely attributable to the corona recession. Above-average volume decreases were seen in iron ore (-24.5%), coal (-22.8%), crude oil (-10.2%) and mineral oil products (-11.9%). The decline in containers was limited (-1.2% in tonnes, -3.2% in TEUs). Rises were seen in the throughput of agribulk (+4.8%) and biomass (+108.3%).