..and builds new container terminal

Port of Rotterdam and operator ECT have reached agreement to construct a new container terminal at Maasvlakte. This Delta Barge Feeder Terminal (DBF) is meant to handle inland and feeder vessels in a more flexible way whilst the terminals maximum capacity will expand to 880,000 TEUs. DFB will have a quay 800 metres long and almost 11 metres deep, with a size of some 7ha. Total investments amount to some ?145m, of which a third is for quay construction and other basic infrastructure. The new terminal could be in operation in the beginning of 2008.