Rotterdam surpasses forecasts
05-08-2008
With its good results for 2007, the port of Rotterdam has amply surpassed the forecasts. The most optimistic scenario, with 1995 as reference point, anticipated the handling of 370 million tonnes. Last year, actual figures exceeded this by 10%.Growth accelerated clearly from 2003 onwards and in 2004 throughput reached the highest predicted level. After that, the gap gradually widened. The main reasons for this are globalisation, continuing economic growth, the increases in scale in shipping and the resulting fall in transport costs.
1995 1999 2004 2007
Actual figures 293 304 353 407
High scenario 293 317 349 370
Low scenario 293 305 321 330
(Numbers in millions of metric tons)
For a complete overview of the developments between 1995-2007, including graph, see the 2007 Annual Report
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