- Start
- May 22, 201390% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Maasvlakte 2 Opens as the Port of Rotterdam’s Newest Extension
- Maasvlakte 2 was officially opened for shipping on 22 May 2013 by Dutch infrastructure minister Melanie Schultz van Haegen, who said the port grows 20 percent larger and container capacity doubles[2][3]
- About 2,000 hectares were reclaimed behind a 4 km dike, roughly 1,000 hectares for port-related industry; sand work began in 2008 by PUMA, a Boskalis and Van Oord venture, and sea defences were finished in July 2012[2][3]
- Cost was about EUR 1.55 billion, EUR 150 million under the estimate, with the EUR 200 million contingency untouched[2]
- APM Terminals and Rotterdam World Gateway began building terminals in 2012; the APM terminal opened in April 2015[3]
- It is the biggest Dutch civil engineering project since the Delta Works[3]
References 384% CONFIDENCE
The first entry is always the pin's source. Overall confidence is a weighted average of how firmly each reference supports the start and end times used above; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newest.
- [1]90%youtube.com/watch?v=jEOA1_fdGO0youtube.com· Posted Sep 15, 2026· Starts May 22, 2013 ✓· 33% of score
Dutch Water Sector's[2] report on Maasvlakte 2 states the extension was officially opened for shipping on 22 May 2013.
- [2]85%Port of Rotterdam's Maasvlakte 2 extension officially opened for shippingdutchwatersector.com· Added Sep 15, 2026· 33% of score
News report of the 22 May 2013 opening for shipping.[1]
- [3]78%Maasvlakte 2 - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 15, 2026· 33% of score
Corroborates the extension's 2013 opening and 2015 container terminal start-up.[1]
Suggest a correction
Something missing or wrong? Say it in your own words: a link that backs this pin up, a different start or end date and why, or a fact it lacks or gets wrong. The AI checks it against this pin's sources, searches for better ones, and adds any page that backs you up. The pin's own sources still count most.
