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Europoort

British  
/ ˈøːroːpoːrt /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The Europoort, for example, is coated with 600 tons of nearly impervious paint that requires a cosmetic fix only once every two years.

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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.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Dutch firm of Hoogovens, partly situated at Europoort, where 80,000-ton ore ships can come calling, is expanding output from 2,800,000 to 4,000,000 tons annually.

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Gulf Oil, which already operates refineries at Stigsnaes, Denmark, and The Netherlands' new Europoort, is building two more at Milford Haven, Wales, and Huelva, Spain.

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Gulf is building a new refinery in the Europoort, Tidewater Oil is moving in, and Britain's big Imperial Chemical Industries has already started a petrochemical complex.

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