In the second quarter of this year, the Port of Rotterdam handled 107.3 million tons of goods, with a decrease of -2.3% on the corresponding period of 2024. In the field of container traffic was 34.3 million tons (-0.8%), a volume that was achieved with a of containers amounting to almost 3.7 million TEUs (+3.2%), of which 1.9 million TEUs million TEUs on landing (+1.7%) and 1.8 million TEUs on board (+4,9%). In addition, in the general goods segment, 6.7 million tonnes of rolling stock (+3.6%) and 1.6 million tonnes of rolling stock handled million tonnes of conventional goods (-2.3%). In the of liquid bulk cargo traffic fell by -2.0% to 48.1 million tonnes, including 25.4 million tonnes of crude oil (+9.9%), 10.7 million tonnes of products refined petroleum products (-23.7%), 3.3 million tonnes of gas liquefied natural waste (+14.5%) and 8.7 million tonnes of other liquid bulk (-3.7%). The reduction in volumes is more marked of dry bulk cargo totalling 16.6 million tonnes (-9.5%), of which 7.9 million tonnes of minerals and scrap (+6.6%), 3.4 million tons of coal (-26.2%), 2.6 million tonnes of agricultural products (+12.7%) and 2.6 million tonnes of tons of other cargo (-35.5%).

Announcing today the data of the traffic of goods handled by the Dutch port in the first half of 2025, the Authority Rotterdam Port Office expressed concern about the lack of investments in the industrial sector, noting that, although the Dutch Government has recently taken positive steps with the the aim of aligning the state of the national industry with that of the neighboring countries, further measures would be necessary. In In particular, the Port Authority highlighted that the announced closure of several chemical companies, with the consequent loss of hundreds of jobs in the first half of 2025, confirms these concerns.

In the first half of 2025, the port of Rotterdam handled 211.0 million tonnes of goods, with a total of 211.0 million tonnes of goods, decrease of -4.1% on the first half of last year, of which 150.7 million tonnes at landing (-2.2%) and 60.3 million tonnes of tons at embarkation (-8.4%). The total figure for goods containerized was 66.5 million tons (-1.0%) with a container handling of 7.03 million TEUs (+2,7%). The Dutch port authority attributed the growth in TEUs of containers to the recovery of European consumption that has led to the an increase of +8.4% in imports from Asia to which accompanied by a growth of +9.1% in volumes to and from the North America attributed to the increase in maritime services on this route with the entry into force last February of the Gemini alliance Cooperation between container shipping companies Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk. Regarding the decline in the weight of traffic of containers, the body specified that the decrease is due to the higher number of empty containers at loading and -5% decrease in full containers on export caused by the persistent weakness of the competitive position of European industry.

In the first six months of 2025, moreover, 12.9 million tonnes of rolling stock (+0.9%) and 3.2 million tonnes of rolling stock tonnes of conventional goods (+3.0%). In the field of bulk cargo, liquid cargoes amounted to 96.2 (-5.3%), of which 50.1 million tonnes of crude oil (+2.6%), 22.4 million tonnes tonnes of refined petroleum products (-21.5%), 6.5 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (+9.0%) and 17.1 million tonnes million tons of other liquid bulk cargo (-5.9%). Bulk total 32.3 million tonnes (-8.9%), of which 13.1 million tonnes of minerals and scrap (-10.1%), 7.9 million tonnes of coal (-21.1%), 5.7 million tonnes of agricultural products (+18.6%) and 5.6 million tonnes of other loads (-8.0%).