Facts and Figures
The port of Rotterdam in numbers
11 May 2021
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Facts and figures from the Port of Rotterdam Authority and the port of Rotterdam.
Port of Rotterdam Authority
- approximately 1,440 employees
- revenue approximately €940 million
- gross investments €291 million
Port area
- 12,500 ha of port area (land and water, of which over 6,000 ha is industrial sites)
- Length of the port area: over 40 km
- Cargo throughput: approximately 428 million tonnes of freight a year
- Shipping: approximately 27,384 seagoing vessels and 93,680 inland vessels annually
- Employment: approximately 182,000 jobs (directly and indirectly in Rotterdam-Rijnmond)
- Added value: €23.3 billion, 2.2% of the Dutch GDP
ANNUAL FIGURES 2025
Throughput in the port of Rotterdam fell by 1.7% in 2025. This brought total throughput to 428.4 million tons. The largest decline of 6.5% occurred in the dry bulk segment. The liquid bulk segment saw a decline of 1.5%. Container throughput showed growth of 3.1% in TEU, reaching 14.2 million TEU. In terms of tonnage, container throughput decreased by 0.2%.
Working on a resilient port
As a port operating on an international scale, we connect the world — it’s in our DNA. We’ve done this for many years and will continue to do this for future generations. We are building a resilient port. How? Read all about it in our annual report.