Dutch dredging company Van Oord says its turnover in 2011 was EUR 1,715 million (2010 EUR 1,578 million) and was evenly attributable to activities performed by its various divisions and areas.

The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) is calling on dockers' affiliates to support dockworkers at the port of Rotterdam who are involved in an ongoing dispute over the terms and conditions of a new CBA for workers at the terminal Maasvlakte 1.

* Coal vols to Rotterdam port seen rising 20-40 pct y/y * New crude oil terminal will bring supply security for oil refineries * Eurozone crisis not hurting port operations (Adds detail, quotes) By Anthony Deutsch and Ivana Sekularac ROTTERDAM, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The volume of thermal coal coming th

The container terminals in the Port of Rotterdam together have 12,000 connections for reefer containers. This is more than twice as many as the number two in the Hamburg-Le Havre Range.

Rotterdam's new harbour, Maasvlakte 2, is now protected against the severest of storms and wave attacks. On Monday 30 January, Rotterdam municipal executive councillor Jeannette Baljeu (Port, Transport and Regional Economy) laid the last block in the dam forming the hard sea wall of Maasvlakte 2.

The last block in the dam for a protective seawall at the Port of Rotterdam's Maasvlakte 2 has been laid. The dam is made up of 19,558 concrete blocks, each weighing more than 44 tons.

Rotterdam's new harbour, Maasvlakte 2, is now protected against the severest of storms and wave attacks. On Monday 30 January, Rotterdam municipal executive councillor Jeannette Baljeu (Port, Transport and Regional Economy) laid the last block in the dam forming the hard sea wall of Maasvlakte 2.