News / Strong Q3 sees port of Rotterdam bounce back ahead of alliance network rejig

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Container throughput at the port of Rotterdam edged down just 0.4% in the first nine months of the year, compared with the same period of 2015, to 9.3m teu, thanks to a strong recovery in the third quarter.

“While the port saw a lower container throughput than last year in the first five months, it was able to record higher volumes from June on,” it said in a statement.

It added that the “positive trend” was “expected to continue in the final quarter”, thanks ...