NYK has opted for a ‘one-stop-shop’ solution that efficiently concentrates its different freight flows in a single port. While Rotterdam already served as NYK’s port of call for its bulk cargo, until now the company still used Antwerp for its break-bulk.
“It’s a fine feather in the cap of our break-bulk proposition,” says Robert Jan Timmers of the Port of Rotterdam Authority. “Indeed, Rotterdam has the best proposition in this area. We are superior in terms of the quality and effectiveness of our hinterland connections and the optimum accessibility of our port. What’s more: the port of Rotterdam is frequently the most economical option thanks to fewer superfluous middlemen.”
“Besides already calling on Rotterdam for the unloading of our bulk cargo, we now plan to also unload our breakbulk in Rotterdam – for the simple reason that it raises the efficiency of our calls. In addition, we will be coordinating the export of both freight flows from Rotterdam. This way we can avoid having to call on a second port,” says NYK Bulk & Projects’ General Manager Seiji Ando, calling from Hamburg.
NYK Bulk & Projects Carriers is a division of NYK, the world’s largest shipping company. Operating a fleet of 160 vessels, the division concentrates on the worldwide transport of project cargo, heavy lift cargo, steel and bulk cargo. Every month, the 20,000-30,000 tonne vessels of the company’s Europe-Far East Service maintain a scheduled service between the Japanese ports of Yokohama and Kobe and Rotterdam. Their return voyages follow a more flexible itinerary, and the ships can load and unload in ports along the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, the Red Sea, India and Southeast Asia.