The Rijnhaven is a harbour basin in Rotterdam. The Rijnhaven is one of the oldest harbours on the south bank of the Nieuwe Maas. The construction lasted from 1887 till 1895. The surface is 28 ha.
The port was initially dug as a storage port for rhine ships, mainly for in the winter when the rhine ships could not enter the Rhine due to freezing of the upper rivers. In 1888, however, G.J. de Jongh, director of the municipal works, wrote in a report that transit traffic to Rotterdam continued to increase and that the new Rijnhaven had to be deepened to make it suitable for the largest seagoing vessels. The Rijnhaven became a port for transhipping bulk goods 'on current'. Seagoing vessels moored at buoys, away from the quay. Later, the Rijnhaven lost its transhipment function and became a storage port for inland navigation vessels. By 2015 the berths for inland navigation had been moved to Maashaven, among other places. The only ships that still sail there come to unload at the Codrico factory.
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