Minimal container volume growth at Port of Rotterdam amid Chinese and Russian economic slowdowns

The Port of Rotterdam Authority has attributed the minimal growth in its container throughput in the third quarter to lower Chinese exports, the deterioration of the Russian economy and its new terminals not operating at full speed.

The port has announced that it handled around 9.3m teu in the first nine months of 2015, a 1% increase from the 9.2m teu handled in the same period last year.

In tonnes, the volume handled from January to September this year was virtually the same compared to the same period in 2014, with a negligible growth of 0.2%.