Rotterdam builds new containerterminal
published: cw 17, 2007 in Logistics & ShippingThe Port of Rotterdam Authority (PoR) and terminal operator ECT are constructing the new “Delta Barge Feeder Terminal” (DBF) at Maasvlakte. The terminal is specially designed for handling inland vessels and feeder vessels.
The construction of the quay wall of 800 meters, the whole width of the Delta peninsula, is almost completed. The wall is built some 75 meters into the water and the resulting basin is filled in with 700,000 m3 of sand originating in the future Yangtse dock at the Maasvlakte. At the moment the constructors are busy with the pipes and cables and pavement of the area (see photograph), working from north to south.
ECT expects to receive the first three quay cranes in March 2008. They can be operational 2 months later. In this first phase the capacity of DBF is 300,000 TEU. The final capacity will be three times that much an finally the costs will amount to some € 145 million, of which one third for the quay wall and the other basic infrastructure.
Source: Port of Rotterdam
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