Rotterdam Breaks Records
Rotterdam became the first European port to break the 10m TEU barrier last year, following a performance which saw container handling volume rocket by 12% over the 2006 figures.
In it, the Raymarine YJA Yachtsman of the Year for 2004 expresses gratitude for this book about sailing’s inventors and innovations, which gave him, a man who had spent much of his life ‘messing about in boats’, a new insight into the history of his sport.
The increase, which took box volume to 10.8m TEU, saw more containers handled at the port than crude oil for the first time ever. Some 105 tons of boxes passed through the port as total cargo figures rose by 6.4% to reach 406m tons.
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