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Wed 30 Dec 2009, 06:57 GMT

New berths for Rotterdam storage terminal


Berthing capacity is increased to reduce congestion in the port of Rotterdam.

The Port of Rotterdam Authority and Odfjell Terminals Rotterdam (OTR) have jointly developed and constructed a 460 metre long quay wall at Odfjell’s storage terminal in Rotterdam-Botlek, providing two additional berths - one for deep-sea tankers and the other for coastal vessels and barges.

With this additional berthing capacity the port authority aims to reduce the over-utilization of existing jetties and the consequent congestion in the port of Rotterdam.

The quay wall could only be built after the Port of Rotterdam Authority offered OTR’s former neighbor – box container operator PCS – an alternative location within the port. Once PCS moved to its new location, the Port of Rotterdam and OTR jointly started the construction of the new quay wall.

As an integrated part of the project, OTR’s barge pier 11 was demolished and deep-sea jetty 10 – originally a single berth for deep-sea tankers – was reconstructed and converted into an L-jetty. Consequently, jetty 10 allows deep-sea tankers on the outside and coastal vessels / barges on the inside.

The inauguration of quay 11 heralded the end of a comprehensive, multi-year jetty (re)construction project at Odfjell’s Rotterdam-Botlek terminal. The first vessel to arrive at the quay was the 183-meter tanker Salamis to load a parcel of gasoline.

Following the completion of the quay wall project, OTR now offers five berths for deep-sea tankers, fourteen berths for inland tankers and seven spots for coastal vessels, substantially increasing the terminal’s service level and flexibility.

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