InlandLinks network now covers the entire port of Rotterdam area
The registration of Rotterdam Container Terminal (RCT) on the Maasvlakte and Combi Terminal Twente Rotterdam (CTT) in Pernis means that the InlandLinks network now covers the entire port of Rotterdam area. Previously, UWT in the Waalhaven area and Steinweg Beatrix Terminal in the Eemhaven area also joined. The network now comprises 40 terminals throughout the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Italy and Hungary, said in the port's press release.
RCT, on the Maasvlakte, has a total area of 17 hectares and a throughput capacity of more than 550,000 TEU per year. The terminal has a 410-metre quay, with two quay cranes on rails. Ships with a draught of up to 10 metres can moor there. RCT has 3 railway tracks (2x300 metres and 1x350 metres). Every day, the terminal receives several dozen inland vessels. These can be handled by the Kramer Group in the nearby Amazonehaven at DCS (joint venture with ECT) as well.
CCT Rotterdam, on the eastern side of Pernis, has a total area of 4.5 hectares and an annual throughput capacity of some 150,000 TEU. The terminal has a 140-metre quay with a depth of 8 metres and a mobile quay crane. The three train tracks can handle trains up to 650 metres long, thanks to reach stackers. Four to five times per week CTT Rotterdam provides a rail service to and from Nuremburg/Munich, Stuttgart and Kutno (Poland), among others.
CTT Rotterdam and RCT also act as hubs for the terminals on the Maasvlakte. The terminal is visited by dozens of inland vessels every day, from places like Hengelo, Antwerp, Vlissingen and Terneuzen.
InlandLinks
InlandLinks is the online platform for container terminals in the hinterland, offering inter modal services to/from Rotterdam. The terminals are presented on the basis of objective and comparable criteria. This enables all participants in the logistics chain to identify the general and specific advantages better. It also contributes to a rise of intermodal transport by train and barge of the flow of containers that triples in the next 25 years. InlandLinks is an initiative of the Port of Rotterdam Authority and developed two years ago in cooperation with VITO (Dutch Inland Container Terminal Organisation).
Tripling
Rotterdam expects to see container flows triple in the next 25 years. Due to the growth in world trade, the favourable geographic location and the increase in very large container ships, each with a capacity in the region of 20,000 units. Of the total of some 30 million TEU handled in 2035, approx. 2 million are expected to be shipped in and out using smaller vessels from and to European ports. Some 18 million TEU will travel to and from the hinterland via intermodal transport. For this flow, InlandLinks should give insight in better and more sustainable connections.