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ALL WEATHER TERMINALSRLOCATION: Brittanniëhaven, Port of Rotterdam, The Netherlands TERMINAL OPERATOR: Broekman DistriPort BVFURTHER INFORMATION: broekmanlogistics.comotterdam AWT operatorBroekman DistriPort has created a surface area in the region of 20 hectares, including 35,000 m2 of covered storage at its base in the Brittanniëhaven area of Europe’s largest port on the River Maas.Over 13,000 m2 of the site consists of the AWT for transhipment into and from vessels of up to 9,000 DWT under cover and temperature- controlled storage for high-grade steel products. The quay has a length of 540 m, of which 75 m is under cover. There is also room for a freight barge and for ship-to-ship transfer with sea- going vessels. The terminal has a dual-track rail link stretching 900 m, 150 m of which is also covered.Important clients are the Finnish steel producer Ruuki and steel products and other metals are handled for Pacorini, Corus, ThyssenKrupp and Lensveld.logistics centre which enhances the Port of Rotterdam’s competitive edge as a world-class industrial complex in terms of both quality and size.The €15 million AWT was opened in 2004 as part of a new multimodalThe covered 81 m long and 32 m wide AWT allows two ships to enter simultaneously for directBroekman DistriPort BV