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Port of Rotterdam facing container crisis

The Port of Rotterdam is hit hard by the sluggish economic development in Brazil, China and Russia, according to the port's first quarter interim report.
The first quarter was challenging for the Port of Rotterdam, according to the port's interim report. | Photo: APM TERMINALS
The first quarter was challenging for the Port of Rotterdam, according to the port's interim report. | Photo: APM TERMINALS
BY MATHIES HVIDE TOFT

Europe's biggest container port, the Port of Rotterdam, noted a decline in the number of containers handled in the first three months of the year. Container throughput at the port went down 3.9 percent to 3 million teu.

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