Rotterdam quarterly figures: more containers, less bulk cargo

In the first three quarters, 10,780,204 teu of containers were transshipped. August was a record month with 136,500 tonnes. There were big differences: from Asia, landings grew by 10% while discharges shrank by 7.6%, to and from South America, volumes increased by over 20% and on the North America route by almost 10%. Shortsea grew less, especially to and from the UK.