In the first six months of 2010, the Rotterdam throughput to and from roll on/roll off vessels, as compared to the same period in 2009, rose with 8% to 8.3 million tons. This can be attributed completely to the, gentle, recovery of the British economy.
Although Rotterdam does not have a ‘roro-imago’ like Zeebrugge, Dover, Kiel or Travemünde, in volume it is in the Nortwest European top. This position is at least maintained in the past six moths. The integration of DFDS Torline, terminal Maasvlakte, and Norfolk Line, terminal Vlaardingen, has a positive effect on the Rotterdam throughput. In Brittaniëhaven, home base of Cobelfret and Rotterdam Car Terminal, problems with the Caland Bridge have diminished the growth. A number of sailings were rerouted to other ports. Besides that, the handling of cars recovers with difficulty from the economic crisis.
The deployment of the worlds largest Ropax vessels by Stena Line in May, was too late to have an affect on the mid year figures. Recently Stena also announced to deploy more modern and slightly larger full freight ferries between Rotterdam and Harwich. The incoming roro with paper from Sweden remained stable.
Although Rotterdam does not have a ‘roro-imago’ like Zeebrugge, Dover, Kiel or Travemünde, in volume it is in the Nortwest European top. This position is at least maintained in the past six moths. The integration of DFDS Torline, terminal Maasvlakte, and Norfolk Line, terminal Vlaardingen, has a positive effect on the Rotterdam throughput. In Brittaniëhaven, home base of Cobelfret and Rotterdam Car Terminal, problems with the Caland Bridge have diminished the growth. A number of sailings were rerouted to other ports. Besides that, the handling of cars recovers with difficulty from the economic crisis.
The deployment of the worlds largest Ropax vessels by Stena Line in May, was too late to have an affect on the mid year figures. Recently Stena also announced to deploy more modern and slightly larger full freight ferries between Rotterdam and Harwich. The incoming roro with paper from Sweden remained stable.