Port company EPM Terminals will double its container capacity at Amaliahaven on the Maasvlakte. Port economics researcher Bert Kuipers of Erasmus University Rotterdam calls this good news. According to him, this long-term investment fits well into all growth scenarios of the Rotterdam Port Authority.
The owner of EPM Terminals, the Danish Maersk, complains that container transport prices are under pressure. This is because demand from post-corona China is growing less rapidly than expected. However, the Rotterdam Port Authority expects long-term growth. ‘A little growth, a strong growth, or a fairly strong growth. There is growth in all scenarios.’ This means that the new terminals to be built will remain well filled.
“There is growth in all scenarios”
Incidentally, Maersk has initiated construction of a large warehouse on Maasvlakte II at the southern end of Amaliahaven. The container shipping company, which also provides other logistics services, is building a 35,000-metre refrigerated/freezer warehouse and a 23,000-square-metre so-called “cross-dock warehouse” here. Naturally according to the strictest sustainability criteria, according to Maersk.
Environmentally friendly leader
“Maersk is a forward-thinking company that operates in a very environmentally friendly way,” says Kuipers. “They build ships that run on methanol. That’s green, the tunnel is green. And they have their own strategy where they mainly focus on big customers in order to arrange global logistics for them.’ So no more just container shipping. Kuipers calls it a very nice and advanced company, and it is very nice that it is expanding in Rotterdam.
Source: BNR
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