Vermelding onderdeel organisatie

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Rotterdam Port Expansion

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Prof. H. Ligteringen

Section of Hydraulic Engineering

June 2004

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Rotterdam Port Expansion

The Maasvlakte 2 Project

• History of the project• Project studies• Present status

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History of the project

• Position of Port of Rotterdam in Western Europe

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Historical Development Port of Rotterdam

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Western Europe

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History of the project

• Position of Port of Rotterdam in Western Europe• Existing Maasvlakte near saturation

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Existing Maasvlakte

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History of the project

• Position of Port of Rotterdam in Western Europe• Existing Maasvlakte near saturation• Planning the next fase

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Planning Process

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Forecast Container Troughput

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Lay-out Development

• 3 basic alternatives, varying in overall size, nautical conditions and costs.

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Basic Alt. A

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Basic Alt. B

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Basic Alt. C

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Lay-out Development

• 3 basic alternatives, varying in overall size, nautical conditions and costs.

• EIA carried out for maximum size• Cost-Benefit Analysis (by Central Governement) only

positive for the minimum size

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Present Status

• Actual container throughput• Update projected throughput

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Container throughput Port of Rotterdam1968 - 2003

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Projections container throughput Rotterdam

Projected Throughput Containers Rotterdam

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Facilitate New Terminal Capacity

Facilitate the expected growth• Maasvlakte 1: • Delta peninsula (ECT+APM): • Intensifying and extension terminals (DDW+APM)

==> 2,3 mil. TEU

• Euromax (PONL/ECT) : 2,8 mil. TEU• Maasvlakte 2: • Container terminals: 620 ha (26000 TEU/ha/yr)

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Euromax terminal

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Overview of Euromax 1

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Euromax characteristics

• Terminal surface: 125 hectares• 2,350 meters of quay-wall• Capacity 2.8 million TEU• Good hinterland connections• 40% inland shipping• 40% road (connection to the A15)• 20% rail (connection to the Betuwe route)

• Phase 1 ready by 2007

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Land reclamation/Maasvlakte 2

• Area: 1000 ha • Cost: est. 2 billion US dollars• Planning: operational in 2010/2011• Design ship: Suez-max (Vossnack)• 15500 TEU• Max. draught 17/18m

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Latest DevelopmentsNew Second Maasvlakte design

Alternative 2: container cluster

Alternative 1: chemie cluster