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ADVOCACY
THE
NETHERLANDS
ROTTERDAM
UNITED
KINGDOM
London
GERMANY
Duisburg
POLAND
BELARUS
UKRAIN
FRANCE
ITALY
GREECE Istanbul
TURKEY
Piraeus
RUSSIA
Moscow
Teheran
IRAN
KAZAKHSTAN
Almaty
Bishkek
KYRGYZSTAN
Dushanbe
PAKISTAN
Gwadar
INDIA
Kolkata
Urumqi
Xi’an
CHINA
Zhengzhou
Chengdu Shanghai
Fuzhou
Hong Kong
Hanoi
VIETNAM
The Mayor of Rotterdam,
Mr Aboutaleb
DJIBOUTI
Hambantota
MALAYSIA
Colombo
Kuala Lumpur
Singapore
Lamu
KENYA
Jakarta
INDONESIA
CEO of the Port of
Rotterdam Authority,
Mr Castelein
jump on board. In this respect, cold chain agro food
logistics seem to have huge potential, positioning
Rotterdam Cool Port well for connecting with China.
Link between Asia, the UK and the USA
The rail connection not only holds excellent
opportunities for cargo shipments between the
Netherlands and China. The port of Rotterdam also
has weekly short sea and roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro)
connections to more than 200 destinations in Europe.
Multiple times a day, short sea and Ro-Ro vessels
leave for the UK, Ireland, Scandinavia, Spain,
Portugal and the Baltic countries. The Mediterranean,
the Black Sea and North Africa are also easily
accessible. The transit time is short. After arrival in
the port by train, it only takes eight hours to load a
container onto a short sea vessel. Regular shipping
connections to the East Coast of the United States
also make Rotterdam an excellent transfer port for
cargo destined for the USA.
Rotterdam: solid ground for Chinese investors
Globally, Rotterdam is the third-most attractive
urban region for foreign direct investments, according
to IBM’s Global Location Trends report (2016). The
city offers a solid ground for international investors.
It is the second largest city of the Netherlands,
a country that combines political and economic
stability with growth-oriented dynamism and a
country that is ranked the eighth-most competitive
country in the world.
Rotterdam has become an international trading
and business centre, with its excellent business
Port of Rotterdam
Authority
portofrotterdam.com
Rotterdam Partners
rotterdampartners.nl
facilities, innovative climate, down-to-earth work
ethic, highly skilled workforce and attractive
price-quality ratio. International influences give
Rotterdam a cutting edge design, international
cuisine and a dynamic city atmosphere. People from
no fewer than 170 countries around the world call
Rotterdam their home.
The history and development of the city on the
world stage is intimately linked to more than 400
years of successful experience in trade and shipping.
The Chinese businesses play an integrated role in
the regional economy. Ahmed Aboutaleb, Mayor of
Rotterdam: “The City of Rotterdam has been home
to the largest Chinese business community on the
European continent since 1911. Many companies from
mainland China and Hong Kong are present in our
city, enabling newly arrived Chinese to settle down
and start business quickly.” The dedicated China
desk of Rotterdam Partners, Rotterdam’s investment
agency, also plays a key role in this process.
Working together to create greater prosperity
East and West are better connected and more
interdependent than ever. Of course, governments
and businesses alike should collaborate to improve
each aspect of the logistics chain – making trade
faster, more efficient and better integrated.
Allard Castelein, CEO at the Port of Rotterdam
Authority: “Sharing knowledge and ideas leads to
innovations that benefit us all. Joint investments and
initiatives consolidate these partnerships and create
greater prosperity for all the nations along the new
Silk Route.”