Rotterdam harbor

Rotterdam (in the Netherlands) has the largest harbor in Europe and is a major center for container ships, and more than 6 million containers pass through it every year.  We took a tour of the harbor from a little boat (very little when compared to the container ships we passed!)

On our tour boat



A container ship, being loaded via a special crane



A small portion of the containers at the port
When we moved to Belgium, the ENTIRE contents of our
house didn't even fit into half of one of these containers!



A small container ship travelling in the river near Rotterdam



I had never really thought about what it would take to put a container ship into drydock...
Now I know


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