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=== Water transport === The [[Port of Rotterdam]] is the largest port in Europe and the largest port outside East Asia, with the rivers Meuse and Rhine providing excellent access to the [[hinterland]] upstream. {{As of|2022}}, Rotterdam was the world's tenth largest [[container port]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022 |title=Lloyd's List One Hundred Ports 2022 |url=https://lloydslist.maritimeintelligence.informa.com/-/media/lloyds-list/images/top-100-ports-2022/top100ports2022_ebook.pdf?rev=bc3fa2a77e134864bcc7dde4518e07d9&hash=D54445A74F150E76C09174D21AB1ABA5 |access-date=23 January 2023 |website=Lloyd's List}}</ref> The port's main activities are [[petrochemical]] industries and general cargo handling and [[transshipment]]. The harbour functions as an important transit point for [[bulk material handling|bulk materials]] and between the European continent and overseas. The Volkeraksluizen between Rotterdam and Antwerp are the biggest sluices for inland navigation in terms of tonnage. In 2007, the [[Betuweroute]], a new fast freight railway from Rotterdam to Germany, was completed. [[Port of Amsterdam|Amsterdam]] is Europe's 4th largest port. The [[Inland navigation|inland shipping]] fleet of the Netherlands is the largest in Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://seaport-magazine.nl/nederland-heeft-grootste-binnenvaartvloot-van-europa/|title=Nederland heeft grootste binnenvaartvloot van Europa|trans-title=The Netherlands has largest inland shipping fleet of Europe|language=Dutch|website=Seaport Magazine|access-date=3 May 2021}}</ref> Passenger boats in the Netherlands includes a ferry network in Amsterdam, and waterbusses and taxis in Rotterdam.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Public transport in Amsterdam |url=https://www.iamsterdam.com/en/travel-stay/getting-around/public-transport-in-amsterdam |access-date=3 August 2023 |website=I amsterdam |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=About the Waterbus β Waterbus |url=https://www.waterbus.nl/en/about-the-waterbus |access-date=3 August 2023 |website=waterbus.nl}}</ref>
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