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the port of rotterdam
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what is a mainport?
that are ports in the flow of goods , to and from different parts of the world -
what kind of biggest containers have the rotterdam ainport?
oil, ore and cointainer tankers -
goods arrive at a central place en from there they are seperatded and sent to a other desination , how is this process called?
transshipment -
how can the goods transported ?
waterways, pipelines, road or rail -
why is rotterdam a example of transit port / distibution port?
because everything that goes there is immediately going to a other county -
give 3 examples for bulk goods
oil, coal, iron ore -
how are general goods packed?
in containers -
were s the biggest rotterdam tranfser depot in the rotterdam port?
the maasvlakte -
wich raw material are they processed here in rotterdam and what do they make with it ?
oil, they make it in the plants (factory) , they make fuel in the plants -
how are raw materials transported ?
through a network of pipelines
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