What is Port of Amsterdam?
[[File:Port of Amsterdam (Haven van Amsterdam) Photo 2020 Copernicus Sentinel-2.jpg|thumb|Satellite image of the port of Amsterdam]] [[File:De haven van Amsterdam (Der Seehafen von Amsterdam) 1630, Hendrick Cornelisz. Vroom.png|thumb|The Harbour in Amsterdam (1630) by [[Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom]]]] The '''Port of Amsterdam''' is a [[port]] located in the city of [[Amsterdam]], in the [[Netherlands]]. Looking at the amount of [[cargo]] shipped, the port is the 4th most important in [[Europe]]. The port was created in the 13th century. It was one of the main ports of the [[Dutch East India Company]], in the 17th century. Today, it is the second largest port in the Netherlands, after the [[port of Rotterdam]]. The [[North Sea Canal]] connects the port to the [[North Sea]]. The port of Amsterdam is mostly used for [[bulk cargo]]. In 2013, about 95 million tons of [[goods]] passed through one of the ports in Amsterdam. 79 millon tons of these were bulk cargo. About 60.000 people work in the port. {{Europe-stub}} [[Category:Amsterdam]] [[Category:13th-century establishments in Europe]] [[Category:Establishments in the Netherlands]]