Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
There are several ways of doing this:
- You can consult Rotterdam Port Information.
- For more information about Rotterdam shipping agents and/or forwarders you check out the website of the Vereniging van Rotterdamse Cargadoors” (Association of Rotterdam Shipping Agents) at www.shipagents.nl. More than 100 agents and forwarders are affiliated with the association, offering regular (scheduled) services and/or sailings by tramp vessels.
- For shipping goods to destinations within Europe (per container and Ro/ro), you can turn to www.shortsea.nl; among other things, this site offers a list of shipowners and/or agents.
There are several ways of doing this:
- You can consult Rotterdam Port information.
- For more information about Rotterdam shipping agents and/or forwarders you check out the website of the Vereniging van Rotterdamse Cargadoors” (Association of Rotterdam Shipping Agents) at www.shipagents.nl. More than 100 agents and forwarders are affiliated with the association, offering regular (scheduled) services and/or sailings by tramp vessels.
- For shipping goods to destinations within Europe (per container and Ro/ro), you can turn to www.shortsea.nl; among other things, this site offers a list of shipowners and/or agents.
- You can consult the printed guide “Rotterdam Transport Handbook” and “Rotterdam Transport Directory”, which can be ordered via the website www.rotterdamtransport.nl
For more information about shortsea, surf to www.shortsea.nl. The search engines on this site offer an overview of all the shortsea services in Europe, sorted on country and/or port of destination (only details about scheduled services to and from Dutch ports).
You will also find an overview of all the cargo brokers and ship brokers in the Netherlands and a system for requesting freight, which allows you to directly send your request for a tariff to the agents selected by you.
You can also consult Rotterdam Port Informaton for shipping companies and booking agents.
For more general information about shortsea shipping, consult the Connections section in the section Business.
You will find some excellent photographs of the port in our Photo Gallery.
The port in picture section has some great wallpapers for you to download.
There are several ways of doing this:
- You can consult Rotterdam Port information.
- For shipping goods to destinations within Europe (per container and Ro/ro), you can turn to www.shortsea.nl; among other things, this site offers a list of shipowners and/or agents.
- You can consult the printed guide “Rotterdam Transport Handbook” and “Rotterdam Transport Directory”, which can be ordered via the website www.rotterdamtransport.nl.
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A look behind the scenes with
industrial tourism in Rotterdam! Industrial Tourism makes it possible to visit an essentially non-tourist part of Rotterdam: its harbour and industrial area.
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Within the Port of Rotterdam Authority, a special project organisation has been set up for the construction of Maasvlakte 2. All information relating to the Maasvlakte 2 and the work of the project organisation can be found on the website www.maasvlakte2.com
You can see the overviews of cruiseships at the website
The Port of Rotterdam Authority manages Rotterdam’s 10,500-hectare port and industrial area on behalf of the Municipality of Rotterdam.
For information about the handling of cargo and Rotterdam’s global position within the Hamburg-Le Havre range, please consult the Port Statistics.
You can download the annual report (with key figures and the annual statement of accounts) of the Port of Rotterdam Authority.
Our News section will keep you informed with press releases and articles from our news service about recent developments in the port of Rotterdam.
The construction of Maasvlakte 2 is of crucial importance for the future development of the port of Rotterdam. The creation of 1,000 hectares of industrial sites in the North Sea provides opportunities for attracting new clients as well as relocating existing businesses from the older port areas.
Click here to find out more about the Maasvlakte 2 project The Port Key is a means of identification and registration that makes it possible to organise safe access to the port facilities.
The Port Key is a private initiative of the Secure Logistics company in collaboration with the Deltalinqs association of port and industrial companies, and the Port of Rotterdam Authority. More information about the Port Key can be found on the website www.portkey.nl where you will also find the relevant contact information at Secure Logistics. All available maps can be downloaded here.
In exceptional cases, the Port Authority sponsors events in and around the Port of Rotterdam. Contact via the contactform. You will find the Port of Rotterdam Authority address information and a route description in the “Contact” section.
The top conference locations at the World Port Centre are hired via the Regus company.
You can contact them at Regus.
Right in the heart of the port area, on the point at Rozenburg, the “Educatief Informatie Centrum (Educational Information Centre) Mainport Rotterdam” also has excellent conference facilities that can be hired.
For more information: Tel. +31(0) 181 296 029 or www.eic-mainport.nl (only Dutch)
Go to the Career & Vacancies (only in Dutch) for all the information you need about working for the Port of Rotterdam Authority (Havenbedrijf N.V.) and an overview of available vacancies.
