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	Rotterdam Netherlands Photo Gallery by Luc VN at pbase.com
		The port offers direct employment to around 60,000 people in Rotterdam as well as to an additional 250,000 people in the rest of the country.
		Rotterdam in addition is Europe’s largest container port.
		The direct gross added value of the port and industrial area amounts to 6.2 billion euro (in the year 2000).
	www.pbase.com /luc_vn/rotterdam (303 words)

	English information UK!!!
		Rotterdam is the largest port in the world, the second city and the industrial heart of the Netherlands and the economic, social and cultural centre of the Rijnmond (‘Rhine Estuary’) region.
		Its international orientation as a port and the regeneration of its city centre have made Rotterdam a business city without parallel.
		Rotterdam was founded in the mid 13th century after a dam had been constructed in the River Rotte on the site of the present Hoogstraat.
	www.rotterdam.nl /smartsite268958.dws?MainMenu=268958&Menu=268958 (397 words)

	Rotterdam Travel Guide Fodor's Online
		Today, Rotterdam's Europoort is the world's largest port, a massive complex of piers, warehouses, and refineries stretching for 48 km (30 mi), an awe-inspiring sight from a boat after dark.
		When Rotterdam was caught in the crossfire between Hitler's forces and the Allies during World War II, the city and its port were leveled.
		Rotterdam has a young, urban culture, with some of the hottest nightlife in Europe.
	www.fodors.com /miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=rotterdam@131 (408 words)

	The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: Rotterdam@ HighBeam Research
		One of the largest and most modern ports in the world, Rotterdam is the major foreign-trade center of the Netherlands and its second largest city.
		The city's inner port, which lies mainly on the left bank of the Nieuwe Maas, is connected to Hoek van Holland, its outer port, by the New Waterway.
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	www.highbeam.com /doc/1E1:RotterdNeth/Rotterdam.html?refid=ip_hf (190 words)

	Rotterdam Travel Guide Fodor's Online
		Today, Rotterdam's Europoort is the world's largest port, a massive complex of piers, warehouses, and refineries stretching for 48 km (30 mi), an awe-inspiring sight from a boat after dark.
		When Rotterdam was caught in the crossfire between Hitler's forces and the Allies during World War II, the city and its port were leveled.
		Rotterdam has a young, urban culture, with some of the hottest nightlife in Europe.
	fodors.com /miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=rotterdam@131&... (398 words)

	Port [Definition]
		Port of Rotterdam Netherlands The Netherlands (Dutch Nederland) is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Dutch Koninkrijk der Nederlanden), a parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarch.
		Singapore also emerged as the top port in terms of cargo tonnage handled with 393 million tonnes of cargo in the same year, pipping the port in Rotterdam for the first time in the...
		Port of Singapore The Port of Singapore, run by port operators PSA International (formerly the Port of Singapore Authority) and Jurong Port, is the world's busiest in terms of shipping tonnage handled.
	www.wikimirror.com /Port (398 words)

	Department of State Washington File: Text: Container Security Initiative Now Operational in Singapore
		The port of Singapore joins the already operational CSI ports of Rotterdam, LeHavre, Bremerhaven, Hamburg, and Antwerp in Europe, Singapore in Asia, and Vancouver, Montreal, and Halifax in Canada.
		Singapore's port now joins the already operational CSI ports of Rotterdam, LeHavre, Bremerhaven, Hamburg, and Antwerp in Europe and Vancouver, Montreal, and Halifax in Canada, the news release says.
		The CSI security blanket is now expanding and strengthening as it encompasses the port of Singapore, the first port in Asia and one of the largest ports in the world," said Commissioner Bonner.
	usinfo.org /wf-archive/2003/030318/epf207.htm (761 words)

	Rotterdam.BIZ > Rotterdam Business Directory
		Rotterdam occupies a strategic position where the Rhine, Europe's most important river, meets the North Sea.
		The Rotterdam hotels section provides our visitors with reviewed information on hotels in Rotterdam, and possibility of instant reservations - free of charge.
		Barges from Rotterdam transport goods deep into the continent, and ocean ships carry European exports around the world.
	www.rotterdam.biz (85 words)

	Everything but the kitchen sink
		It will take you through Rotterdam and the Rijnmond area, show you the Port of Rotterdam, tell you something about the history of Rotterdam, and it will try to give you a general impression of what the neigbourhood looks like and how we live.
		Please use the HTML version of the submenu.
	www.vanwensveen.nl /rotterdam/rotterdam.html (71 words)

	Open Directory - Regional: Europe: Netherlands: South Holland: Rotterdam
		Medical Centre For Seamen - Healthcare for sailors in the port of Rotterdam.
		Gemeente Rotterdam - Official site of the municipality offering practical information for new residents, Rotterdam as ICT city and links to other government websites in English.
		The Rotterdam Virtual Tour - History, facts, and figures, guided tours and a photo archive.
	dmoz.org /Regional/Europe/Netherlands/South_Holland/Rotterdam (94 words)

	Rotterdam on 43 Places
		As I understand it, many Dutch people consider Rotterdam to be a dangerous city full of immigrants, but I really enjoyed the day trips I took here during my time in the Netherlands.
		I had to move here when I married a Rotterdamer and was not looking forward to living in the largest port in Europe (or is it the world?) But I LOVE LOVE LOVE this city!!!
		I lived in Rotterdam for a few months and I’m not sure I’d advocate that, but it’s definitely worth popping into once you’ve seen Delft, Groningen etc.
	www.43places.com /places/view/105433 (670 words)

	Port of Singapore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Singapore also emerged as a top port in terms of cargo tonnage handled with 393 million tonnes of cargo in the same year, passing Rotterdam for the first time in the process.
		The Port of Singapore, run by port operators PSA International (formerly the Port of Singapore Authority) and Jurong Port, is the world's second busiest port in terms of shipping tonnage handled, after Shanghai.
		Only then can the service industry such as hospitality services typical of a port of call, for example, restocking a ship's food and water supplies, take their role.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Port_of_Singapore (670 words)

	Working Paper 182
		Thus, in the case of ports, a range of means of achieving privatisation exists, from the leasing of container terminals to private operators, a practice that is common in Australia, to the establishment of joint ventures, through to innovative ‘public private partnerships’ as have recently developed in planning at the port of Rotterdam.
		Port Klang, formerly Port Swettenham, is located on the west coast of Malaysia, at the mouth of the Klang River, about 40 kilometres from Kuala Lumpur, the country’s capital.
		However, much of the port privatisation literature is characterised by a high degree of universalism, a lack of historical consciousness, and a general inattention to the socio-economic context and networks within which ports are embedded.
	wwwbusiness.murdoch.edu.au /econs/wps/182.html (670 words)

	Rotterdam Guide
		Rotterdam is the largest port in the world, the second city and the industrial heart of the Netherlands and the economic, social and cultural centre of the Rijnmond ("Rhine Estuary") region.
		Rotterdam was founded in the mid 13th century after a dam had been constructed in the River Rotte on the site of the present Hoogstraat.
		Rows of people in front of his house in Rotterdam, millions of people signed the condolence books that where set up in every city, it was the topic in every conversation on the streets, in cafes, on TV and in the papers.
	www.rotterdam-guide.com /facts.asp (886 words)

	Working Paper 182
		Thus, in the case of ports, a range of means of achieving privatisation exists, from the leasing of container terminals to private operators, a practice that is common in Australia, to the establishment of joint ventures, through to innovative ‘public private partnerships’ as have recently developed in planning at the port of Rotterdam.
		Port Klang, formerly Port Swettenham, is located on the west coast of Malaysia, at the mouth of the Klang River, about 40 kilometres from Kuala Lumpur, the country’s capital.
		However, much of the port privatisation literature is characterised by a high degree of universalism, a lack of historical consciousness, and a general inattention to the socio-economic context and networks within which ports are embedded.
	wwwbusiness.murdoch.edu.au /econs/wps/182.html (9319 words)

	PORT OF ROTTERDAM - Home
		An introduction to the Port of Rotterdam (Havenbedrijf Rotterdam N.V.).
		Introducing commercial opportunities at the Mainport, plus doing business with Port of Rotterdam (Havenbedrijf Rotterdam N.V.).
		Many opportunities for interesting trips in the Rotterdam port and industrial area.
	www.portofrotterdam.com /UK/index.asp (148 words)

	CNN - One critically wounded during Rotterdam soccer riot - April 26, 1999
		Earlier on Sunday evening, more than 200,000 people had crammed into the center of the port city to cheer the local team, Feyenoord Rotterdam, which had just won the Dutch league championship by tying their match against Breda.
		One of four men shot by police during a riot by Feyenoord Rotterdam soccer fans was in a critical condition in a hospital, officials said.
		ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (CNN) -- Rioting soccer fans may have returned fire at police during a clash in central Rotterdam Sunday night in which police shot into the crowd, wounding four people, Dutch officials said Monday.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/europe/9904/26/dutch.soccer.riot (503 words)

	HardNews - End of the liberal dream
		Driving through the southeast of Holland's busy port city of Rotterdam, it is difficult to miss the sight of the famous and imposing Feyenoord Stadium, known to the Dutch as de kuip (the tub).
		While Rotterdam's burgeoning immigrant population (about 280,000 — or 47 per cent — of the approximate total population of 600,000), an overwhelming majority of whom are Muslims from Turkey and Morocco, hails this as a triumph, many Rotterdam residents see this as a disgrace, a deliberate insult to their national pride.
		The Rotterdam administration is trying out a general housing scheme that affords accommodation only to households with incomes of 20 per cent more than the national average and a certain level of proficiency in the Dutch language.
	www.hardnewsmedia.com /jan2005/immigration.php (1458 words)

	CAGE Articles Netherlands: Immigration Becomes Political
		It is testament to his legacy that Rotterdam is imposing some of the toughest immigration restrictions in all of Europe.
		For all its recent conflict, Rotterdam is the melting pot of the Netherlands.
		Anti-immigrant sentiment is running high in the Netherlands, and nowhere is this more evident than in Rotterdam, the largest port in the world and a longtime socialist bastion transformed virtually overnight by ethnic tensions into a right-wing stronghold.
	www.acage.org /articles?id=0004 (1122 words)

	Rotterdam Hotels in Rotterdam
		The hotel is in the center of the International port of Rotterdam near all the important attractions.
		The Inntel Rotterdam Hotel is a deluxe hotel located 9 miles from Rotterdam International Airport, uniquely located on the banks of Maas River, nestled in downtown Rotterdam.
		The NH Atlanta Rotterdam Hotel is a deluxe class hotel located five kilometers from Rotterdam Airport.
	www.area-hotels.com /Europe_Hotels/Netherlands_Hotels/Rotterdam_Hotels (658 words)

	Rotterdam.BIZ > Rotterdam Business Directory
		Rotterdam occupies a strategic position where the Rhine, Europe's most important river, meets the North Sea.
		Barges from Rotterdam transport goods deep into the continent, and ocean ships carry European exports around the world.
		The Rotterdam hotels section provides our visitors with reviewed information on hotels in Rotterdam, and possibility of instant reservations - free of charge.
	www.rotterdam.biz (85 words)

	Rotterdam (Airport)
		Rotterdam offers a different perspective: not only is it the world's largest port, but, according to the locals, it is also the most beautiful city in Holland.
		Rotterdam offers a multitude of shops, restaurants and café 's, and is famous for its architectural highlights.
		Please note that nor the Bus Company, nor Transavia, nor Rotterdam Airport are responsible for possible delays that might cause passengers to miss their flight.
	www.transavia.com /tra/bestemmingen.nsf/vwwebdocs/IE~holland2 (714 words)

	Singapore-The Regional Maritime Hub
		Singapore ranks with Rotterdam as the world's busiest port, in terms of cargo tonnage handled, with both ports handling more than 300 million tonnes of cargo in 2000.
		Physically, the Port of Singapore comprises four multi-berth container terminals (Tanjong Pagar, Brani, Keppel and Pasir Panjang) and a separate general terminal, all operated by the former Port of Singapore Authority (now PSA Corporation); and a bulk and conventional cargo port and container berth, run by Jurong Port Pte.
		Today, Singapore is the world's busiest port in terms of shipping tonnage, the world's second busiest transshipment port (80% of container traffic in Singapore is for transshipment), the world's top bunkering port, a key ship building and repair center, and has the seventh largest merchant fleet in the world.
	singapore.usembassy.gov /ep/2001/MaritimeHub2001.html (714 words)

	Shipping & Ports - Irish Trucker Magazine Online
		Geest Ireland Ltd and Norfolkline Containers have launched a new, weekly container service between Rotterdam and the Irish port of Drogheda, 30 miles (45km) north of Dublin.
		Dublin Port has appointed a head of security as part of a range of measures to tighten up security at the port.
		A man working on the site of the Dublin Port Tunnel had a lucky escape when part of the roof of the tunnel collapsed.
	www.irishtrucker.com /topics/shipping/shipping.asp (714 words)

	Gay & Fisher. The Commission for Relief in Belgium. 1929. Chapter Thirteen.
		On shipment of supplies from the ports of entry, they were debited to the interior committees at flat round prices, and their accepted quantitive bills of lading secured, thus enabling proof that supplies reached the interior committees.
		The intention is gradually to transfer the Rotterdam office to that point, and Brown will take up residence in Antwerp.
		The Germans had the entire place blocked with an enormous, quantity of dead freight such as coal, paving blocks, immense quantities of lumber, gravel, iron carts, various sorts of heavy munitions, which must be removed before there is room to handle cargoes.
	www.lib.byu.edu /~rdh/wwi/comment/CRB/CRB2-13.htm (714 words)

	Rotterdam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rotterdam is currently going through somewhat of a renaissance, with some urban renewal projects featuring ambitious architecture, an increasingly sparkling nightlife, and a host of summer festivals celebrating the city's multicultural population and identity, such as the Caribbean-inspired 'Summer Carnival', the Dance Parade, Rotterdam 666, the Metropolis popfestival and the World Port days.
		Rotterdam, Amsterdam, The Hague and a number of smaller cities in the west of the country are expanding towards each other to the extent that the entire area is sometimes denoted as a single metropole known as Randstad.
		On May 14, 1940 Rotterdam was bombed by the German Luftwaffe, on the last of five days of war in the Netherlands (save Zeeland).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rotterdam (2417 words)

	British India Steam Navigation Company
		Hamburg - Rotterdam - Antwerp - Port Said - Aden - Karachi - Bombay - Colombo - Madras - Calcutta.
		Rangoon - Indian coastal ports - Madras / Bombay / Colombo.
		Middlesbrough - London - Port Said - Aden - Malabar ports - Madras - Coromandel ports - Chittagong.
	www.theshipslist.com /ships/lines/bisn.html (2417 words)

	zambia.ca - Rotterdam
		Find new estates in the port of Rotterdam at portr...
		Dutch giant Nauta Dutilh has headed off a call to close its 30-partner Rotterdam office at a crisis meeting called by the management board last Wednesday (2 November).
		European Society for Surgical Research, 20th Congress, Rotterdam 1985: Abstracts
	www.zambia.ca /Rotterdam/reference/search (334 words)

	ROTTERDAM AIRPORT HOTELS
		With a distance of 15 minutes from the bustling center of world port Rotterdam it is directly located near the Highway A13 nearby the attractive cities Delft, The Hague and Amsterdam.
		The Carlton Oasis is situated in the Europoort district, to the South West of Rotterdam, just 15 minutes from the city center and from Rotterdam Airport by car.
		The Bilderberg Parkhotel Rotterdam is surrounded by gardens and situated on the "green" lane (Westersingel) in the centre of Rotterdam.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /dmorison/european-airport-hotels/rtm.html (1777 words)

	Hoek van Holland on Encyclopedia.com
		It is an outer port of Rotterdam, with which it is connected by the New Waterway.
		It is a terminus for ships that cross the English Channel from Harwich, England.
	encyclopedia.com /html/H/HoekvanH1.asp (1777 words)

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