Coal throughput at Rotterdam falls in 1H16

Coal throughput at Port of Rotterdam fell 18.4% in 1H16 compared to the same period in 2015, according to figures released by the port. Rotterdam handled 12.75 million t of coal over the six months to June, compared to 15.62 million t in 1H15.

The vast majority of this was imported coal with port seeing 12.64 million t of incoming coal shipments. Only 0.11 million t was exported.

Total dry bulk throughput was down 9.9% as a jump in agribulk handling helped to offset falls in coal, iron ore and scrap and other dry bulks. The port handled 39.31 million t of dry bulk commodities, down from 43.65 million t in 2015.

Despite the fall in dry bulk throughput, the port retained a leading market share in the Hamburg-Le Havre range, accounting for 38.3% of traffic in 1Q16.

“Overall this means that, given the current difficult macro-economic circumstances, Rotterdam’s port business community is performing well compared to companies in competing ports,” the port said in its half year results.

Edited by Jonathan Rowland.

Read the article online at: https://www.worldcoal.com/handling/28072016/coal-throughput-at-rotterdam-falls-in-1h16-2016-2095/