Transport in Europe from the airport. The Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands is the largest port in Europe and one of the busiest ports in the world, handling some 440 million metric tons of cargo in 2013. When the associated Europoort industrial area is included, Rotterdam is by certain measurements the world's busiest port. Two thirds of all inland water freight shipping within the E.U., and 40% of containers, pass through the Netherlands. Other large ports are the Port of Hamburg in Germany and the Port of Antwerp in Belgium. They are all a part of the so-called "Northern Range". The English Channel is
Kollam Port Kollam Port Kollam Port is one of the historic ports situated away from Downtown Kollam (formerly Quilon). It is the second largest port in Kerala by volume of cargo handled and facilities. Located on the south-west coast of India, under the name of Quilon Port it became one of the country's most important trade hubs from the ninth to the seventeenth centuries. Kollam was one the five Indian ports visited by Ibn Battuta. It was founded by Mar Abo at Thangasseri in 825 as an alternative to reopening the inland seaport (kore-ke-ni kollam) near Backare, (Thevalakkara) also known as Nelcynda