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Rotterdam Sees First Uptick in Vessel Arrivals in 9 Years
The Port of Rotterdam Authority Friday announced that the port has seen an increase in the number of vessels arriving at the port for the first time in nine years.
It is said that 29,122 sea-going vessels (SGVs) arrived at Rotterdam in 2015, compared to 29,014 during the previous year, making it the first increase seen since 2007, when 37,097 SGVs called at the port.
It is also noted that the number of significant accidents at the port decreased compared to the 2014 year, falling from 12 to seven, three of which involved leisure vessels.
Harbour Master René de Vries is said to havemade the official announcement at a presentation on the port's annual nautical figures at the port authority's headquarters, the World Port Center.
The presentation is also said to have covered topics including water pollution, port and terminal security, refugee issues, and sailing speed, as well as the benefits and drawbacks of the improved nautical information provision.
"The increasing ease with which information is exchanged stimulates the throughput of cargo flows, but it also demands quite a lot of the digital resilience of the users of the port, and this will receive extra attention in 2016," said Vries.
In January, the Port of Rotterdam Authority announced that sales of low sulfur gas oil and diesel "almost tripled" from 1.8 million m3 in 2015, compared to 0.7 million m3 during the previous year.
