Europort in Rotterdam
Description:
Seaport in Rotterdam. It is located at the mouths of the rivers Rhine and Meuse. It connects Rotterdam with the interior regions of Belgium, Germany, France and the Netherlands. Since 1962, the port of Rotterdam was the busiest in the world, and only in 1986 lost to the port of Singapore. It is now considered the largest port in Europe. More than 30,000 ships moor in it every year.
The main activity of the port is maintenance of oil refineries, as well as enterprises of coal and metallurgical industry. It also operates the largest ferry in the world, carrying passengers and cargo from the Netherlands to England.