About us

Europe Container Terminals (ECT) is the leading and most advanced container terminal operator in Europe; it handles a vast majority of all the containers passing through the port of Rotterdam. At the deep-sea terminals , ECT always puts the customer first. Everything is aimed at an optimum service and performance.

In addition, ECT offers customers through European Gateway Services (EGS) an expanding network of inland terminals which function as extended gates® of the deep-sea terminals in Rotterdam. In this concept, trains and barges ensure highly frequent, reliable and especially also sustainable connections. Within European Gateway Services, customers can furthermore benefit from additional services, such as document-free transport from deep-sea terminal to inland terminal and transport with a time guarantee.

ECT employs some 2000 people, many of whom work in continuous shifts. ECT aims to be an attractive employer to them. This from the conviction that it is the employees who make the difference in terms of service and performance.

Full-service for containers

ECT’s core business is the fast, efficient and safe discharging, temporary storage and loading of containers at its deep-sea terminals in the port of Rotterdam. Furthermore, ECT offers numerous other services aimed at both handling and the reliable and sustainable transport of containers to and from the hinterland.