The Port of Rotterdam noticed document progress in cargo quantity in 2015.

Goods throughput in Rotterdam elevated by a complete of 4.9% to 466.4 million tonnes in 2015, progress that’s nearly totally attributed to elevated throughput of crude oil and oil merchandise, the port of Rotterdam revealed Friday. The complete quantity compares to 445 million tonnes a yr earlier.

“Low oil prices result in high margins for the refineries, so they have large quantities of oil shipped in for refining. This not only applies to the refineries in Europe but also to those in Russia. The latter produce a relatively large amount of fuel oil which is shipped to the Far East via Rotterdam,” Port of Rotterdam Authority CEO Allard Castelein mentioned.

Low oil costs helped crude oil on the port rise by 8.1% to 103.1 million tonnes in 2015, the port mentioned. The provide and transport of oil merchandise jumped by 18.0% to 88.5 million tonnes, whereas LNG throughput additionally elevated by over 90% to 2.3 million tonnes.

The dealing with of dry bulk fell by 1.0%. The ores and scrap quantity dropped by 0.6% to 33.9 million tonnes, whereas coal transport and provide rose by 1.0% to 30.7 million tonnes. The small improve is because of a declining coal demand in Germany, which is focusing extra on photo voltaic and wind growth. The quantity of different dry bulk rose by 3.9% to 12.3 million tonnes as fewer vitamins and minerals have been imported.

The dealing with of containers additionally fell by 0.5% to 12.2 million TEU and by 1.1% to 126.3 million tonnes. The quantity of transport to Asia rose by 2%, whereas there was a lower in container transport to Latin and North America.

The class break bulk, together with roll-on/roll-off visitors and different break bulk, elevated by 6.5%. The robust British economic system performed an vital function in attracting Ro/Ro visitors over the North Sea, with visitors growing by 10.1% to 22.0 million tonnes. Other break bulk decreased by 5.5% to five.7 million tonnes.

“Due to the need to combat climate change, the port is fully committed to energy efficiency as well as the development of renewable energy and bio-based chemistry. Rotterdam already has one of the most energy efficient refining and chemicals clusters and the largest bio-based cluster in the world. It is our ambition to retain our leading position,” Castelein added.

Writing by Nadeem (c) gCaptain