Rotterdam Terminal
The Port of Rotterdam is the largest seaport in
Europe, and the world's largest seaport outside of
East Asia, located in and near the city of
Rotterdam
in the province of South Holland
From 1962 until 2004, it was the world's busiest port by annual cargo tonnage. It was overtaken first in 2004 by the port of Singapore, and since then by Shanghai and other very large Chinese seaports. In 2020, Rotterdam was the world's tenth-largest container port in terms of twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) handled. In 2017, Rotterdam was also the world's tenth-largest cargo port in terms of annual cargo tonnage.