Rotterdam sets itself up as king of containerised reefer trade worldwide

Rotterdam tops global container terminals for number of connections for reefer containers, twice as many as its rival Hamburg, and 5,000 more connections than PSA Singapore which has 7,000 connections with a total throughput of 29 million TEU, says a port authority statement. Its six main ocean terminals boast 11,000 connections alone with a further 1,000 distributed over specialised inland shipping terminals (300) and depots for container storage (800), according to a statement from the Rotterdam port authority. Most of these connections allow for FEUs with an average connection time of three to four days, the port’s maximum output could amount to two million TEU per year not taking into account seasonality of perishables.