Inside Orsund
A night at the Rotterdam cold hub
From 22:00 to 06:00, 140 reefers come off the quay, 60 trucks leave, and nobody opens a door without logging it.
Tomas Verhoeven, Rotterdam
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The night shift at our Rotterdam hub starts with a briefing at 21:45: which vessels are due, which reefers need plugs, which trucks leave first.
Doors are the enemy
Every door opening is logged with a time and a reason. On a good night the average opening is under a minute.
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