Impact in the port of Rotterdam

Erasmus University Rotterdam conducts research into the Port of Rotterdam from different perspectives. After all, this is a place close to home where we can have immediately a lot of impact. Our researchers and teachers - regularly with the help of special collaborations with partners in the city - contribute from various areas of expertise to a safer, cleaner and more efficient port, which can also ensure economic growth. If that's not an impact!

Frictions – a PortCityFutures podcast

Frictions investigates the conflicts that arise where port and city meet.

Studio Erasmus: Is de Rotterdamse haven opgewassen tegen drugssmokkel?

Resilient Delta Initiative - cooperate to solve problems

Juggling with numbers concerning cruise ships
Bauke Visser, Professor of Economics of Decision-Making Processes at Erasmus School of Economics, elucidates on the cruise ships that often appear in Rotterdam.
- Thursday 2 May 2024
- In the media
Colossal container ships pose major logistical challenges
Container ships are getting increasingly colossal. This creates logistical problems throughout the transport chain, which must be solved by all participants.
- Tuesday 16 May 2023
- General
"The transition momentum lies in three things: awareness, urgency and the alternatives"
A conversation with Derk Loorbach, director of Drift, on the transition from a linear to a circular economy.
- Friday 31 Mar 2023
- In the media
How the port made prostitution and sailors disappear from Rotterdam
How did illustrious nightlife disappear from Rotterdam in the 20th century? Vincent Baptist's dissertation provides an interesting insight.
- Wednesday 29 Mar 2023
- PhD defence

Victor Bekkers

Victor Bekkers - Public Administration expert

How can the Port be made more efficient through technological innovation?

Rob Zuidwijk

Rob Zuidwijk - Professor of Global Supply Chains and Ports

What we need is a journey planner for European good transport.

Hilde Sennema

Hilde Sennema - Historian

Cleaner air, better control of hazardous substances and adequate protection against sea-level rise: this is only possible if it is clear who is in charge in the port city.

Robby Roks

Robby Roks - Criminologist

As a result of the good location, Rotterdam has grown into a huge Port, which is also to the advantage of criminals.

Lieselot Bisschop

Lieselot Bisschop - Criminologist

Sometimes the fine for the environmental damage a company causes just becomes part of the business plan.

Paul van de Laar

Paul van de Laar - Historian

People really think that parts of South Rotterdam are a no-go area. But compared to other neighborhoods in port cities in Europe or elsewhere, Rotterdam has a better track record.

More research into the port

Creative Industries

Collaborations with other researchers and organisations

Erasmus Centre for Urban, Port and Transport Economics

Expertise about the port, logistics and urban mobility

Maritime & Transport Law
Master in Maritime & Transport Law: The programme provides you with thorough, in-depth knowledge of the dynamic world of maritime and transport law.
- Master
- 1 year
- English
Urban, Port and Transport Economics
The Urban, Port and Transport Economics programme focuses on how to optimise the key elements of modern society: transport, logistics, and modern cities.
- Master
- 1 year
- English

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Impact in the port of Rotterdam

Frictions – a PortCityFutures podcast

Studio Erasmus: Is de Rotterdamse haven opgewassen tegen drugssmokkel?

Resilient Delta Initiative - cooperate to solve problems

News overview

Juggling with numbers concerning cruise ships

Colossal container ships pose major logistical challenges

"The transition momentum lies in three things: awareness, urgency and the alternatives"

How the port made prostitution and sailors disappear from Rotterdam