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| Amsterdam
Port to enjoy Closer Ties with Port of Rotterdam |
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The report 'Nederland Havenland' (The
Netherlands, Land of Ports) from the National Ports Council (NHR)
proposes increased strategic cooperation between the country's ports
and infrastructural improvements. For Amsterdam, this involves the
construction of a second large lock to increase accessibility for
larger sea-going vessels and reduce the time it takes for them to
enter the North Sea Canal at IJmuiden, at an estimated cost of NLG
1.3 billion (EUR 590 million). Smaller projects include the improvement
of the De Zaan waterway that offers inland shipping access to the
northern part of the province of North-Holland, as well as construction
of new road and rail connections. Improved networking between the
Dutch ports will mean a better competitive position on the international
market.
Source: Amsterdam the Newsletter No. 6. |
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| New
container terminal Amsterdam unique in the world |
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| This summer, July 1st, the Port of Amsterdam started
operating a brand new container terminal with a designed capacity
of 950,000 TEU (twenty foot container unit) per year. This new so-called
'Ceres Paragon' container terminal, operated by Ceres Terminals Inc.
is the first container terminal in the world where ships can be worked
simultaneously from both sides up to nine cranes total. Ships can
be discharged 30-50 % faster. Even the largest vessels currently afloat
can be serviced at very high speed and efficiency. The newest computerized
systems support the operation. Next to the new Ceres Paragon container
facilities new sites are developed with a total of 275 hectares, which
are allocated for related activities such as consolidation, warehousing,
distribution of cargo |
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| and other logistics activities. Another
unique feature of this port and container terminal is the fact that
it is located at just over 10 km from Schiphol airport. A new road
is under construction, to be finished in 2003, that will directly
connect the Amsterdam Port with the Airport and reduces the distance
to just a few minutes. This makes the area ideal for processing both
sea- and airfreight in one logistics operation for pan-european distribution.
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