The Port of Rotterdam Authority and various companies operating in the logistics and sale of fruit and vegetables are collaborating to ensure faster handling at port terminals, more container transport via inland shipping and less traffic on the A15 motorway.
Many are the markets that have conducted two pilot projects aiming to improve port accessibility, boost efficiency and have lower environmental impact.
The pilot projects support port of Rotterdam’s goal in favour of growing demand for reefer containers.
The Netherlands imported more than 13% of reefers in 2018, in comparison to 2017 numbers. In the meantime, the export reefers increased by 7%.
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In addition, the first pilot project was the MSC barge concept, according to which containers form the ECT Delta Terminal voyage to Barge Center Waalhaven (BCW). From there, a fast lane assists transporters to rapidly load full containers and surrender the empty ones.
Removing more containers from rush hour traffic and transporting these via inland shipping improves port accessibility and has lower environmental impact. On average, CO2 emissions from inland shipping are 28% lower than road freight transport.
Concerning the second pilot project, it’s a collaboration between Nature’s Pride, Post-Kogeko and ECT. The partners thought of extending Nature’s Pride opening times, resulting to reefer containers being transmitted in the night hours.
The Port of Rotterdam Authority and GroentenFruit Huis took the initiative to establish the above-mentioned projects. The projects are in addition to previous market initiatives to transport reefers by barge from Maasvlakte to the Waal/Eemhaven.
