Rotterdam Cool Port Project Heats Up

Dutch logistics services provider Kloosterboer and the Port of Rotterdam Authority are investing in the start of a new cold storage cluster on the City Terminal site in the Waalhaven/Eemhaven: Rotterdam Cool Port.

Kloosterboer is setting up a new cold store, specialised in the storage and handling of refrigerated and frozen cargo in reefer containers. The accompanying services, such as empty depots and food inspection, will also be set up here in the future.

Early 2016, construction work will start on the cold store and the layout of the Kloosterboer site. The company is purchasing five hectares of land with the option to expand in the future.

The terminal is expected to become operational in the course of 2017, with a capacity of 40,000 temperature-controlled pallet spaces to handle an estimated 400,000 pallets a year.