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These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. What determines their choices? What are logical routes for them? What is their planning? What other parameters influence the call size? For example: Is there a seasonal regularity? And what is the effect of the stagnation in the growth of container transport?Īs taking measures may entail social costs, it needs to be determined which measures are justified.Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. There is a limited number of alliances of shipping companies that have a worldwide network. Nevertheless the call size only increases to a limited extent and the ships continue to visit other ports as well. What will that mean for cargo flows? Rotterdam is often the first call in the region for ships from other continents, which is an advantage over the competitors. The enormous growth of these ultra-large container vessels inevitably leads to other logistical concepts. Nowadays, the largest ships have a capacity of more than 20,000 TEU (the indication for the dimensions of containers, the abbreviation stands for Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit). How can we ensure that the call size, the number of containers unloaded by the ships in the port, continues to increase (port of choice)? What are parameters that influence the call size of seagoing vessels? How can terminals prepare for the ever-expanding ships? Rotterdam is ahead of other ports due to its location right by the sea and its strong infrastructure that can receive even the largest ships. For example: instead of calling at multiple ports on a continent, larger vessels are more often limited to sailing back and forth between only a few specific ports, from one part of the world to another. What consequences does this deployment of larger ships have on the shipping routes and the transport flows around the world, and on port activities. Ships being used for the transport of containers are increasing in size.