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20-674: The Europoortkering or barrier of the Europoort is a program of engineering works in addition to the Delta Plan , designed to protect the maritime access routes from the port of Rotterdam and thus, the entire South Holland against storms and tides. The original Delta Plan provided no closure of the Western Scheldt and of the Nieuwe Waterweg to allow access to the ports of Antwerp and Rotterdam. But regarding

40-583: Is a member of the Hutchison Port Holdings group , and Euromax are three big container terminals located here. They can all accommodate the world's largest ships. On the new Maasvlakte new container terminals will be built. Danish shipping group Maersk has an existing terminal on the original Maasvlakte and will build a new terminal on the second Maasvlakte. With this new terminal Maersk will invest approximately €100 million. A special section has been reserved for large distribution centres:

60-688: Is connected to the Ruhr Area in Germany as well as Switzerland , Belgium and France . Furthermore, Europoort is connected to its rival, the port of Antwerp by the Scheldt–Rhine Canal . Adding to its transit-function, Rotterdam is connected to Germany by the A15 highway and a railway-network. In 2007, an extra railway connection (the Betuweroute ) was completed to create an extra connection to

80-751: Is situated on the South bank of the Nieuwe Waterweg , same as the Maasvlakte area. On the Northern bank of the Nieuwe Waterweg one could find Hook of Holland (in Dutch: Hoek van Holland). Rotterdam has developed from a small town into a major harbour city. In earlier centuries, docks were built on the banks of the Nieuwe Maas river. In the 19th century, connections between Rotterdam and

100-520: Is stored. When it is filled it will be covered and left there. It is expected to be fully filled around the year 2025; so far it is about half-full. The area was formerly used for recreational activities such as kite surfing , and the Slufterbeach nearby was also used as nude beach . Since 2010 the road that ran around the Slufter has been closed to public traffic. A power station located in

120-678: The Europoort port and industrial facility within the Port of Rotterdam . Situated in the municipality of Rotterdam in the Netherlands , the Maasvlakte is built on land reclaimed from the North Sea . Before the commencement of the Maasvlakte project, the region was a sandbank which was hazardous to shipping. The Maasvlakte was created in the 1960s by reclaiming land from the North Sea through dykes and sand suppletion. The sand for

140-545: The IJmuiden harbour coast line and remains unaffected by the expansion. In the past five years the industrialized skyline has been changed by the addition of large numbers of wind turbines taking advantage of the exposed coastal conditions. The most important factor contributing to the large amount of cargo shipping in and out of Europort is the presence of the Maas (Meuse) and Rhine rivers. Through these rivers, Europoort

160-716: The Maeslantkering at Hook of Holland , and the Hartelkanaal will be protected up to another storm surge barrier, the Hartelkering . Between those two barriers, the raising of all dikes will be required. The whole work was finally completed in 1997. The Delta Plan itself protects the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta , so mainly Zeeland , while the Europoortkering protects South Holland and not

180-406: The Nieuwe Waterweg and the Hartelkanaal it appeared in the mid-1980s that the levees were not high enough to ensure optimum protection of the territories densely populated South Holland . A heightening of all dikes would be too expensive. An alternative was found. In 1987 the final decision was taken, the Nieuwe Waterweg will be protected by dikes up to the location of a storm surge barrier,

200-525: The North Sea were poor, with a large estuary / delta area with many small waterways between them. Ships had to sail around Voorne-Putten to go out to sea. This could take several days or even weeks. To improve the situation, the Nieuwe Waterweg ("New Waterway"), a large canal, was designed to connect the Rhine and Meuse rivers to the sea. The Nieuwe Waterweg , designed by Pieter Caland ,

220-544: The 1970s the port was extended into the sea at the south side of the mouth of the Nieuwe Waterweg by completion of the Maasvlakte (Meuse-plain), a large land reclamation area with even more refineries and storage tanks. This project was called Europoort , literally the "Gate to Europe". The Maasvlakte 2 project is extending Europoort even further seaward, but the UK-Netherlands border is set equidistantly from

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240-475: The Europoort which is situated before those protections. This article about a civil engineering topic is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Europoort Europoort ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈøːroːpoːrt] , English: Eurogate , also "Europort") is an area of the Port of Rotterdam and the adjoining industrial area in the Netherlands . Being situated at Southside of

260-597: The Maasvlakte. The Maasvlakte is also the starting point of the Betuweroute freight railway to Germany. An extension, Maasvlakte 2 , was begun in 2008. Maasvlakte 2 will cover 1000 hectares net of industrial sites, located directly on deep water. This new part of the Maasvlakte opened in 2013. To accommodate larger container ships the Maasgeul , which is the channel in the North Sea providing deep-water access to

280-552: The Rotterdam Distribution Centre. The biggest are Reebok , DHL and Kloosterboer . The Reebok Distribution Centre takes care of the distribution of shoes and apparel for all of Europe. Kloosterboer stores mostly chips from the nearby Farm Frites company. On one side of the Maasvlakte is the Slufter . Inside the Slufter, a very deep pit shielded from the surrounding area, toxic waste and polluted sand

300-532: The Ruhr area. The P&O passenger/car/lorry overnight ferry service to Hull , England, operates from Europoort using 2 ferries: the Pride of Rotterdam and the Pride of Hull . 51°56′36″N 4°08′33″E  /  51.94333°N 4.14250°E  / 51.94333; 4.14250 Maasvlakte The Maasvlakte ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmaːsflɑktə] ) is a massive man-made westward extension of

320-460: The area is run by Uniper . It is a coal-fired power station generating 1040 megawatts. It dates from 1988, but there are plans for a new plant on the same location. There are direct rail links to elsewhere in Europe, especially Germany. The rivers Rhine and Maas enter the sea next to it. This creates good connections for rivergoing vessels. The A15 motorway , which runs into Germany, ends on

340-586: The first company at Maasvlakte. They are the biggest bulk terminal in western Europe and are located at the Mississippihaven. In 1989 Frans Swarttouw started building a deep water terminal at the Amazonhaven which, in 1990, was sold to EMO. Deep-water access to Rotterdam allows the world's largest ore carriers to visit Rotterdam. The Maasvlakte features various big companies and some smaller ones. Maersk , Europe Container Terminals (ECT), which

360-532: 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. Europoort

380-499: The suppletion was largely taken from the North Sea and the Lake of Oostvoorne . This lake was created by the construction of the Maasvlakte. Fossils were (and can still be) found in the sand. An expansion called "Second Maasvlakte" or Maasvlakte 2 was built between September 2008 and May 2013 by spraying sand on the bottom of the North Sea. This project extended the port of Rotterdam by about 2,000 hectares. In 1973 EMO started as

400-425: Was to be partly dug, then to further deepen the canal bed by the natural flow of the water. Ultimately however, the last part had to be dug also. Nevertheless, Rotterdam from now on had a direct connection between the sea and harbour areas with sufficient depth. The Nieuwe Waterweg has since been deepened several times. Over the years the port was further developed seaward by building new docks and harbour-basins. In

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