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An ever-increasing amount of project cargo is being transshipped in the port of Rotterdam. More and
more often, special vessels for the transportation of heavy loads find their way to Rotterdam. The
availability of deep water and spacious harbour basins, and especially the presence of many floating
cranes with various lifting capacities make Rotterdam the ideal port for dealing with heavy lift and project cargo.
Add to that the specialised service providers, the European inland waterway connections and dedicated
terminals: all combine to ensure that in the field of project cargo, no order is too tall for Rotterdam.
Truly everything in the field of project cargo passes through Rotterdam. Enormous installations or parts
thereof are transported in and out of the port for the offshore industry with semi-submersible vessels.
Turbines, transformers, railway engines, and, of course, the shells of inland vessels that have been manufactured
in China - lately, these are common sights.
An important element for handling project cargo in the port of Rotterdam is the large number of available
floating cranes. Four renowned companies (Smit, Bonn & Mees, Mammoet Maritime and GPS) together have a
fleet of thirteen floating cranes with a lifting capacity of up to 1,600 tonnes.
Rotterdam also has specialists for handling this kind of cargo. The dedicated terminals of Broekman Project
Services and RHB are in the Waalhaven, but the port area also features multi-purpose and RoRo terminals
that are highly suited for storing and transshipping project cargo.
Besides its specialists and specialised equipment, Rotterdam's inland waterway connections to the
European hinterland make the port a strategically good place for the transshipment of project cargo. Inland
vessels are excellently suited for transporting large and heavy items from the port of Rotterdam. As a result
of the increasing activities in the area of handling heavy lift and project cargo, more and more
specialised shipping companies are including Rotterdam in their more or less regular itineraries.
Moreover, in addition to Jumbo Shipping, Rotterdam has recently introduced its 'own' heavy lift shipping
company, RollDock. The shipping company is developing a fleet of new semi-submersible vessels that
can transport up to 8,000 tonnes of cargo.
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