The district court of Rotterdam has cleared the Port of Rotterdam of abusing power when allocating sites for the second Maasvlakte, after a lawsuit was filed by Europe Container Terminals (ECT).
ECT, owned by Hutchison, was claiming €1bn (US$1.27bn) in estimated losses over the award of concession agreements to Rotterdam World Gateway and APM Terminals for new box facilities on the reclaimed Maasvlakte II area.
In particular, ECT slammed the plans for additional throughput capacity, asserting that Maasvlakte II would bring 50% overcapacity in container handling operations to the port, “cannabilising” Maasvlakte I where ECT operates the ECT Delta and Euromax terminals.
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