The shipping platform

Location: Dordrecht is located at the junction of the Rivers Merwede, Noord, Dordtse Kil and Oude Maas. General overview: The port has excellent communications with the North European Inland Waterway Network. The constituent harbours of Dordrecht possess a large variety of handling gear which can accommodate general cargo vessels, bulk cargo vessels, Ro-Ro vessels, container vessels and tankers. It is the main inland water transport hub to Germany, France and Switzerland.Ships with draft less than 9.45 meters can enter the port.The main entrance is from the channel of Rotterdam port to the Maas River, which is about 42km away from hook in the Netherlands. The water depth is 9.75m, the length is more than 135m, and the maximum ship width is more than 7.5m. Ships must be approved before they can sail from the port to the Maas River. Under normal circumstances, the captain is more than 175m,Vessels with a width of more than 23 meters or a draught of more than 9.14 meters are not allowed to sail in the MAS river. Oil tankers must have visibility of not less than 500 meters to pass. The second entrance road is 80 km from the southwest via the Longport canal and the Netherlands canal, with a maximum allowable draft of 7.6 meters at high tide.The tide in the port area is diurnal.The daily fluctuation is 1-1.2 meters, and the tide turns half an hour after the high tide and low tide.Port service facilities are: ship repair, refueling, dry dock, small boats, medical, traction, sewage, fresh water, supplies, repatriation. There are spacious transit warehouse and 18580 square meters open warehouse, which can be used to store bulk goods. They are connected with the railway at 24 meters of the breakwater. The jetty is 274 meters long and 9.4 meters wide. When the minimum tide is low, the front water depth is 9.44 meters. There is a 250,000 cubic meter fuel storage tank built in the port. There are seven jetties in the warehouse.For the loading and unloading operations of ocean going oil tankers and inland oil tankers, the transportation of each terminal is connected with the inland transportation network, which can give full play to the combined transportation advantages of inland oil tankers, trains, highways and oil tankers. Three of the jetties are used to handle vaseline and lubricants. There are two livestock feed wharves and two building materials wharves. Traffic figures: Approx 900 vessels, 2,500,000t of cargo and 2,000TEU handled annually. Load line zone: North Atlantic Winter Seasonal Zone II, Winter Nov 1 to Mar 31, Summer Apr 1 to Oct 31. Max size: Vessels using Oude Maas are restricted to a draught of 9.4m FW. Vessels with a length greater than 175m or a beam of 25m, or a draught exceeding 8.8m FW must request permission to navigate to Dordrecht from Harbour Co-ordination Centre Rotterdam (HCC) or Regional Traffic Centre Dordrecht (RTC) 24 hours in advance. The message should include: 1. Ship's name and callsign. 2. Nationality. 3. Length and beam in metres. 4. Expected date and time of arrival at the pilot station or of departure from the berth. 5. GT and max draught on arrival. Draught in fresh water. Vessels with an LOA greater than 135m and a draught greater than 7.0m are considered restricted in their ability to manoeuvre in Oude Maas. Permission should be requested from: Harbour Co-ordination Centre, Traffic Management, Galvanistraat 15, 3029 AD Rotterdam. Tel: +31 10 425 1400, Fax: +31 10 477 1800. The largest vessel called at the port: LOA: 290 m, draught: 9.4 m, deadweight: 61,087 t.