Port of Rotterdam’s ECT City Terminal ends operations

The ECT City Terminal, the oldest container terminal at the Port of Rotterdam, closed its doors last week as a result of not being able to handle the increases in scale in container shipping.    The container terminal operator Europe Container Terminals (ECT) closed its ECT City Terminal at the Port of Rotterdam last week with the CMA CGM Sambhar being the last vessel to have sailed from the terminal.
   The ECT City Terminal, also known as the ECT Home Terminal, was unable to handle the increases in scale in container shipping, according to a statement from the company.
   ECT said it will shift operations from the ECT City Terminal to its two deep sea terminals at the Maasvlakte, the ECT Delta Terminal, which opened in 1984, and the Euromax Terminal Rotterdam, which opened in 2008. Both of the deep sea services that previously called the ECT City Terminal will now call the ECT Delta Terminal.
   In addition, all employees who worked at the ECT City Terminal have been given the opportunity to the Maasvlakte facilty.
   The 65 hectare (160.6 acre) ECT City Terminal, which opened in 1967, was the oldest container terminal at the Port of Rotterdam. The Port of Rotterdam Authority said it has plans to redevelop the site and anticipates on making further announcements about redevelopments in the coming months.