# Vlaardingen (NL VLA)

**UN/LOCODE:** NL VLA  
**Country:** Netherlands  
**Water Body:** North Sea; North Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Very Small  
**Harbor Type:** River (Basins)  
**GPS:** 51.9000, 4.3500

Deep-sea tank berths, stainless and mild-steel storage and multimodal connections define Vlaardingen, a port on the Nieuwe Waterway about nine kilometres west of Rotterdam. The independent Vopak terminal here specialises in vegetable oils and fats, oleochemicals, biodiesel and base oils, making Vlaardingen a liquid-bulk location within the Port of Rotterdam rather than a container port. Quays of around 11 m depth handle sea-going vessels alongside barges, rail and trucks, covering every modality for pre- and on-carriage. For shippers of edible oils, biofuels or other liquid bulk it is a concrete option with access to the Dutch hinterland and the Rhine corridor. Container and breakbulk volumes, by contrast, route through Rotterdam's large Maasvlakte and Europoort terminals. Once a herring-fishing harbour, Vlaardingen has reinvented itself as an industrial and tank-storage site.

## Transit Times & Routes

- [Rotterdam → Shanghai](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/rotterdam-shanghai)
- [Rotterdam → Shenzhen](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/rotterdam-shenzhen)
- [Rotterdam → Guangzhou](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/rotterdam-guangzhou)
- [Rotterdam → Hong Kong](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/rotterdam-hong-kong)
- [Rotterdam → Tokyo](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/rotterdam-tokyo)
- [Rotterdam → Busan](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/rotterdam-busan)

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