Maasvlakte (Rotterdam, Netherlands)

The Maasvlakte is a massive man-made westward extension of the Europoort port and industrial facility within the Port of Rotterdam. The Maasvlakte is situated in the municipality of Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

Maasmond en Edisonbaai (Maasvlakte, Rotterdam, Nederland) — Maasmond and Edison Bay (Maasvlakte, Rotterdam, Netherlands)

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Maasvlakte (Rotterdam, Niederlande)

Maasvlakte Olie Terminal (Rotterdam, Nederland) — Maasvlakte Oil Terminal (Rotterdam, Netherlands)

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Maasvlakte (Rotterdam, Países Bajos)

Balkon van Europa op de Maasvlakte in Rotterdam, Nederland — Balkon van Europa (Smickel Inn) on the Maasvlakte in Rotterdam, Netherlands

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Before the commencement of the Maasvlakte project, the region was a sandbank which was hazardous to shipping. The Maasvlakte was created in the 1960s by reclaiming land from the North Sea through dykes and sand suppletion. The sand for the suppletion was largely taken from the North Sea and the Lake of Oostvoorne. This lake was created by the construction of the Maasvlakte.
The Maasvlakte features various big companies and some smaller ones. Maersk, Europe Container Terminals (ECT), which is a member of the Hutchison Port Holdings group, and Euromax are three big container terminals located here. They can all accommodate the world’s largest ships.

ماسفلاكت (روتردام ، هولندا)

Maasvlakte Truck Registration (Rotterdam, Netherlands)

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Maasvlakte (Rotterdam, Pays-Bas)

Maasvlaktestrand (Rotterdam, Holandia) — Maasvlakte Beach (Rotterdam, Netherlands)

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मासवल्के (रॉटरडैम, नीदरलैंड्स)

Maasvlakte (Roterdão, Países Baixos)

There are direct rail links to elsewhere in Europe, especially Germany. The rivers Rhine and Maas enter the sea next to it. This creates good connections for rivergoing vessels. The A15 motorway, which runs into Germany, ends on the Maasvlakte. The Maasvlakte is also the starting point of the Betuweroute freight railway to Germany.
An expansion called “Second Maasvlakte” or Maasvlakte 2 was built between September 2008 and May 2013 by spraying sand on the bottom of the North Sea. This project extended the port of Rotterdam by about 2,000 hectares. Maasvlakte 2 is the biggest civil engineering project in the Netherlands since the Delta Works.