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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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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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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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Having stopped and anchored Europoort three miles from the tricky entrance to Milford Haven, Jansen waited for the local pilot to help guide the ship over a rock shelf into the harbor.

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

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