Port of Rotterdam to Extend Maasvlakte Terminal

摘要

The Port of Rotterdam is planning a 2000-hectare land reclamation project, named the Maasvlakte 2, an extension of the existing Maasvlakte port area. The new land will provide 1000 hectares of surface area suitable for building container terminals and related handling facilities. The land reclamation will require 300 million cubic meters of dredged sand, available nearby in the North Sea. Contract tenders for the work will be advertised starting the first quarter of 2005. "It's a massive and technically challenging project. This gives scope for plenty of optimization in terms of design and execution. We expect this of the market", said Ronald Paul, the director of the port's Project Organization Maasvlakte 2.