6 July 2007
According to the statistics of Rotterdam Port Authorities in Holland, Constanta Port is number 9 in Europe in relation to cargo traffic, with 57.1 millions tones representing the maritime traffic transactions registered in 2006.
Rotterdam Port, number 1 in Europe for maritime traffic, was 378.2 millions tones. The following positions on the chart are held by Antwerp (167,4 millions tons), Hamburg (134,8 millions tons), Marsilia (100 millions tons) and Amsterdam (84,3).
According to the Romanian Port Authority, there has been a significant increase in the traffic of containers in the year 2006, however, Constanta Port was not on the chart of European Ports which names the best fourteen ports in Europe.
Nevertheless, the Romanian traffic of containers is increasing rapidly, and soon it will surpass Piraeus Port traffic of containers, which registered in 2006 at 1,386 million TEU.
Source: Telegraf