Europoort
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thumb|250px|Location of Europoort thumb|250px|Satellite photo of the Port of Rotterdam thumb|Refineries in the vicinity of Europoort Europoort (, , also "Europort") is an area of the Port of Rotterdam and the adjoining industrial area in the Netherlands. Being situated at Southside of the mouth of the rivers Rhine and Meuse with the hinterland consisting of the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and partly France, Europoort is one of the world's busiest ports and considered a major entry to Europe. The port handled 12 million containers in 2015.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in landmark, across 3 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Commons link from Wikidata, Port of Rotterdam and Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta.
Its subject is documented across 18 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- port
- Part of
- Port of Rotterdam
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Rotterdam
- Population
- 5
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Body of water
- Calandkanaal
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Development of Europoort
- Factors for Europoort's success
- References
- External links
thumb|250px|Location of Europoort thumb|250px|Satellite photo of the Port of Rotterdam thumb|Refineries in the vicinity of Europoort Europoort (, , also "Europort") is an area of the Port of Rotterdam and the adjoining industrial area in the Netherlands. Being situated at Southside of the mouth of the rivers Rhine and Meuse with the hinterland consisting of the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and partly France, Europoort is one of the world's busiest ports and considered a major entry to Europe. The port handled 12 million containers in 2015.
The Europoort area is very heavily industrialised with petrochemical refineries and storage tanks, bulk iron ore and coal handling as well as container and new motor vehicle terminals.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Europoort” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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