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Europoort

British  
/ ˈøːroːpoːrt /

noun

  1. a port in the Netherlands near Rotterdam: developed in the 1960s; handles chiefly oil

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To get the land it needs for its growing industries and shipping facilities, Rotterdam has relentlessly expanded into the North Sea, will fill in and raise 12,000 acres of lowland to create the Europoort.

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In Rotterdam's Europoort, oil business goes on as usual.

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The Europoort seemed to glide through the Atlantic like the Mary Deare, a ghost ship in search of a port.

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Prodded by this competition, 16 German steelmakers and The Netherlands' Hoogovens have joined forces to build a $60 million ore-concentrating plant, the first of its kind in Europe, at Rotterdam's Europoort industrial complex.

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Unless the ship moved immediately, he added, the 17-ft. tide would dwindle�marooning Europoort for four days.

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