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Expressed in numbers, container throughput increased by over 15% to 4.6 million TEU. It is the first time in over a decade that Rotterdam’s growth in containers has exceeded that of its closest rivals. The total quantity of dry bulk remained stable at over 44 million tonnes, and about 1.5 million tonnes more coal was handled. Throughput of ores and scrap dropped 5% to 19 million tonnes. Other dry bulk performed well, up 13% to 6 million tonnes. The liquid bulk total was up 3% to 85 million tonnes. The great demand for oil products and refining margins are keeping incoming trade in crude oil at a high level of 100 million tonnes or more, with any fluctuations due mainly to maintenance shutdowns. Incoming trade in oil products increased was up 31% to 13 million tonnes and outgoing trade up 19% to over 7 million tonnes. In total, 21 million tonnes (+26%) were handled. Throughput of other liquid bulk, mainly basic chemicals, increased by 5% to 13 million tonnes (outgoing trade -6%, incoming +11%). For the sixth consecutive year, results are good. General cargo was up 10% to 55 million tonnes, due to the significant rise in incoming (+15%) and outgoing (+12%) containers. In terms of weight, throughput was 6 million tonnes up, to over 45 million tonnes. Expressed in numbers, this was up 15.6% to 4.6 million TEU. Ro-ro transport at 5 million tonnes was down 9%, attributed largely to the conversion of a Seawheel ro-ro service into a container service. Other general cargo dropped 9% to just over 4 million tonnes.