SHIPPING HUB
Rotterdam
the Netherlands
Rotterdam is Europe's largest port and the gateway to the Rhine–Scheldt delta, with a long-established shipbuilding, ship-repair, and maritime-services industry serving owners across Northern Europe.
- Transit time
- ~30–38 days
- Common class societies
- DNV, LR, BV, ABS
- Packaging standard
- Export seaworthy
- Incoterms
- CIF (FOB / CFR)
How steel moves from our mill to Rotterdam
- Inland origin
- Wuhan, Hubei
- Coastal transfer
- Shanghai or Ningbo
- Ocean leg to Rotterdam
- ~30–38 days
Wuhan sits on the Yangtze, about 1,000 km inland. It has no deep-sea berth of its own, so every export shipment starts with an inland leg.
Plate moves by Yangtze barge or road to Shanghai or Ningbo, where it is loaded onto an ocean-going vessel FOB. This first leg is identical for every destination we ship to.
Typical transit time from Shanghai to Rotterdam, based on general ocean-freight shipping knowledge for this lane — subject to carrier routing, transshipment, and season. Confirm the exact schedule when you book; this is not a vessel-specific commitment.
Classification society compatibility
Shipyards and repair yards in the Netherlands commonly work with DNV, LR, BV, ABS, among others. That reflects regional practice, not a port rule — a vessel's classification society is chosen by its owner or yard, not by the port it calls at. Either way, it is not a compatibility question for plate from our mill: the WISCO mill holds simultaneous works approval from all nine major classification societies — CCS, ABS, DNV, GL, BV, LR, RINA, KR, and NK — so your project's society is already covered.
View classification society certificatesGet a CIF quote to Rotterdam
Send us the grade, thickness, and tonnage — we will quote CIF Rotterdam with ocean freight and marine insurance already included.