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Rotterdam warns container throughput could fall as much as 20 pc
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ROTTERDAM, Europe's biggest box port, fears 2020 container volume to fall as much as 20 per cent year on year in the face of the impact if the coronavirus pandemic, reports London's Lloyd's List.
"We are facing unprecedented disruptions and the Port of Rotterdam, as a vital process intends to continue contributing to society," said the port's CEO Allard Castelein.
Container capacity between Asia and Europe is being cut by 25 per cent in response to the reduction in demand for transport, the port said in a release on its first-quarter throughput figures.
Ro-ro volumes will be significantly lower as long as the lockdown in various countries continued, it added.
"The flow of iron ore and coal to the German steel industry will decrease in response to falling demand from the automotive and construction industries," the port said.
"The decline in the use of oil products for transport will reduce the need for crude oil supplies. However, volatility in the oil market can lead to higher trade flows."
Total throughput in the first quarter was 112.4 million tonnes, down 9.3 per cent down on the corresponding period in 2019. But Rotterdam noted that volumes in container handling, liquefied natural gas and biofuels during the first quarter of 2019 were at record highs.
Figures from Lloyd's List Intelligence showing calls at Shanghai and Yangshang by containerships, general cargo vessels with container capacity, con-ro vessels and container barges, indicate activity is already beginning to slow.
"We are facing unprecedented disruptions and the Port of Rotterdam, as a vital process intends to continue contributing to society," said the port's CEO Allard Castelein.
Container capacity between Asia and Europe is being cut by 25 per cent in response to the reduction in demand for transport, the port said in a release on its first-quarter throughput figures.
Ro-ro volumes will be significantly lower as long as the lockdown in various countries continued, it added.
"The flow of iron ore and coal to the German steel industry will decrease in response to falling demand from the automotive and construction industries," the port said.
"The decline in the use of oil products for transport will reduce the need for crude oil supplies. However, volatility in the oil market can lead to higher trade flows."
Total throughput in the first quarter was 112.4 million tonnes, down 9.3 per cent down on the corresponding period in 2019. But Rotterdam noted that volumes in container handling, liquefied natural gas and biofuels during the first quarter of 2019 were at record highs.
Figures from Lloyd's List Intelligence showing calls at Shanghai and Yangshang by containerships, general cargo vessels with container capacity, con-ro vessels and container barges, indicate activity is already beginning to slow.