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| No
increase in port dues |
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Rotterdam Municipal Council has decided
to keep port and quay dues in 2002 at the present level. In this way,
the Council wants to send out a signal to maritime shipping, particularly
the container sector, which is experiencing increasingly severe economic
conditions. In addition, more ships are to benefit from the "shortsea/feeder
tariff". This tariff was introduced to promote coastal shipping
and sea/sea transshipment of containers. Ships with a port of call
in Europe or North Africa and a gross tonnage of a maximum 6,500 are
eligible for this tariff. In recent years, there has been a trend
towards the use of larger ships. To keep the port dues attractive
for these ships, the limit will be raised to 10,000 gross tons in
2002.
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| Amsterdam
moves up the ladder of European ICT regions |
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The Amsterdam region now ranks among the top three
European regions for foreign ICT companies to locate their operations,
a report commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs has
found. The international benchmark study among Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) companies carried out by Ernst & Young places
Amsterdam alongside Dublin and Stockholm. As the most important factors
contributing to the high ranking, the report mentions the good international
image of the Amsterdam region, the quality of life, good international
accessibility and an excellent price/quality ratio in the Amsterdam
office market.
On a national level, the Netherlands also constitutes one
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of the most attractive locations for
software, hardware and telecom companies, placing it alongside the
United Kingdom, Ireland and Sweden. Over the year 2000, 59 new foreign
ICT enterprises set up operations in the Netherlands, placing it fourth
after the United Kingdom, France and Germany. The Netherlands ended
above Ireland for the first time since 1997. The availability of highly
qualified personnel, the quality of life and the international image
of the Netherlands were the highlights for foreign ICT companies who
furnished data for the 62 location-related factors considered in the
international study. The taxation climate is the most critical consideration
when foreign ICT companies are choosing a European base, the report
noted; the actual location is to a greater degree influenced by environmental
factors.
Source: Amsterdam Weekly Report No. 46, 12 November 2001 |
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