Maasvlakte 2 - Physical characteristics


General
Total area	ca 2,000 hectares
Area for industrial sites	1.000 hectares
Space needed for infrastructure	190 hectares
Space needed for sea defences (above sea level)	165 hectares
Space needed for fairways and docks	490 hectares

Division of area
*Economic activities*
Container storage and througput	630 hectares
Chemicals	190 hectares
Distribution	180 hectares
Total capacity container througput	17 million TEU* annually

*Infrastructure*
Roads (2 x 2-lane)	13 kilometres
Rail (double, rail service centre)	14 kilometres
Quay walls	13 kilometres

Materials required
Sand, 1st phase construction (2013)	240 million m³
Maximum total quantity sand required (2033)	365 million m³


Lenght of sea defences
Soft sea defence	8,4 kilometres
Hard sea defence	2.4 kilometres
Transition between soft and hard sea defence	1.4 kilometres

Access for shipping
Lenght of navigation channel	10 nautical miles
Draught	up to 20 meter
Width of port entrance	600 meter
Diameter turning basin for ships	700 meter

* TEU stands for Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit, and is the unit of measurement for containers