The Port of Rotterdam Authority and terminal operator ECT are constructing the new Delta Barge Feeder Terminal (DBF) at Maasvlakte.
The terminal is specially designed for handling inland vessels and feeder vessels.
Construction of the 800 metre quay wall, the whole width of the Delta peninsula, is almost complete.
The wall is built some 75 metres into the water, and the resulting basin is filled in with 700,000 m3 of sand originating in the future Yangtse dock at the Maasvlakte.
Constructors are currently busy with the pipes and cables and pavement of the area, working from north to south.
ECT expects to receive the first three quay cranes in March 2008, which could be operational two months later.
In this first phase, the capacity of DBF will be 300,000 TEU, one third of the final capacity.
The final costs will be around €145 million - a third for the quay wall and the balance for basic infrastructure.
The terminal is specially designed for handling inland vessels and feeder vessels.
Construction of the 800 metre quay wall, the whole width of the Delta peninsula, is almost complete.
The wall is built some 75 metres into the water, and the resulting basin is filled in with 700,000 m3 of sand originating in the future Yangtse dock at the Maasvlakte.
Constructors are currently busy with the pipes and cables and pavement of the area, working from north to south.
ECT expects to receive the first three quay cranes in March 2008, which could be operational two months later.
In this first phase, the capacity of DBF will be 300,000 TEU, one third of the final capacity.
The final costs will be around €145 million - a third for the quay wall and the balance for basic infrastructure.