The Port of Rotterdam saw record cargo throughput of 322 million tonnes in 2000, up 6.1% on 1999 and 8 million tonnes up on the 1998 record of 314 million tonnes. Coal transhipment were up 26.5%, ore and scrap up 21.5%, oil and oil products up 14.8% and other liquid bulk (mainly chemicals) up 10.8%.
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