City of Rotterdam

General Information

Rotterdam is a vibrant international city with a longstanding trading spirit and Europe’s largest port Rotterdam’s central location provides access to the 220 million consumers who live within a radius of 600 miles of the city as well as the 500 million people throughout the whole of Europe.

Key industries/ regional strengths

Europe’s energy port, logistic hub, large medical sector, creative sector & financial and service industry.

Foreign companies

Eastman Chemicals, Arcelor Mittal Steel, Lyondell Basel, Odfjell Terminals & Shipping, Stolt Nielsen Europe, Progress Software Europe, Chemoil Europe, Argos Oil, Mobil BP, Hexion Europe, Unilever, Petronas Europe, Bank of China, Braskem Europe, Fortis, Aegon, Shell, Svenska Handelsbanken, Coca Cola, Maersk Line, Subsea 7, Cosco, China Shipping, Petrobras, Organik Kimya, Hapag Lloyd, Allianz, etc.

Accessibility

Rotterdam Airport has excellent direct connections to a growing number of major European cities (London, Hamburg, Manchester, Rome, Barcelona, Genoa, Gerona, Nice, Antalya, etc.).

Schiphol International Airport can be reached within 26 minutes.

Short sea/feeder services with connections to more than 200 European ports and beyond.

New fast connections with the High-speed train throughout Europe.

Special Attention

Rotterdam is the largest and most important port in Europe.