Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ginin Nieuwe Waterweg a 1863 ya nuna farkon ci gaban tashar Rotterdam. A ranar 14 ga Mayu, 1940, a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, an lalata tsakiyar Rotterdam ta hanyar harin bam na Jamus. Zamanin Jamus na Netherlands ya haifar da matakan anti-Yahudawa, kuma an kama da yawa daga cikin 'yan adawa na Dutch kuma an kashe su a Waalsdorpervlakte. A lokaci guda, an gina Atlantikwall tare da bakin teku. Bayan yakin duniya na biyu, a 1953, kudancin Holland ta Kudu ya sha wahala sosai daga ambaliyar ruwan Arewa
, wanda ya dauki rayukan 'yan Holland ta Kudu 677. Bayan wannan, gwamnatin Netherlands ta yanke shawarar gina Delta Works, wanda ya ƙare tare da kammala Maeslantkering a 1997.