The port of Rotterdam is booming. Container traffic in 2004 grew by 16 percent to 8.3 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU), each unit corresponding to a 20-foot long shipping container.

• 鹿特丹港正在飞速发展，2004年的集装箱吞吐量上升了16%25，达到830万个标准箱单位（TEU），每个单位对应一个20英尺的船运集装箱。