Dutch Safety Board investigates leakage of toxic substance at BP
The Dutch Safety Board will conduct an exploratory investigation into the leak at the BP refinery in the Europoort port area of Rotterdam. The toxic substance hydrogen fluoride was released this weekend. An employee was...Read more
GE’s 13-MW wind turbine in Rotterdam sets new record
GE’s Haliade-X turbine has just set a new record: the prototype in Rotterdam produced 312 MWh in a single 24-hour period. With this, it breaks the previous record of 288 MWh in a single day.Read more
CMA CGM’s first 23,000 TEU LNG container ship en route to Rotterdam
CMA CGM’s Jacques Saade is expected to arrive in Rotterdam for the first time Wednesday evening, 11 November. The container ship is also the first LNG-powered vessel with a capacity of more than 23,000 TEU...Read more
Port of Rotterdam trials water injection dredging
The Port of Rotterdam Authority is examining whether it would be realistic to expand its dredging activities in Rotterdam with water injection dredging. The study fits within the Port Authority’s PRISMA research programme, which looks...Read more
Port of Rotterdam seeks to import green hydrogen from Iceland
The Port of Rotterdam Authority and the national energy company of Iceland will investigate whether green hydrogen can be imported from that country. The Port Authority has been arguing for some time for investment in...Read more
Belgian and Dutch ports want single shore power system
Dutch and Belgian ports will set up a single shore-based power system for inland shipping and the river cruise industry. The Port of Rotterdam Authority has published a European call for bids to find a...Read more
Parent company ECT can acquire APM container terminal in Rotterdam
Hutchison Ports Netherlands, parent company of container handling company ECT, can takeover the container terminal APM Terminals Rotterdam. This has been decided by the Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM).Read more
125 million euros for more shore power in the Port of Rotterdam
The City of Rotterdam and the Port of Rotterdam Authority are jointly earmarking 125 million euros to make port operations more sustainable. The money will go to projects for shore power for seagoing vessels, a...Read more
De Haas Rotterdam expands at RDM site and orders new boat hoist
De Haas Rotterdam (DHR) is restarting its current shipyard at RDM West. In addition to the site around the (former) boat hoist, the nearby site of approximately 2 ha will also be put into use....Read more
Video: Drone delivers parcel to inland navigation vessel in Rotterdam
The Dutch Drone Delta has carried out a pilot in which a package was delivered by means of a drone to the inland container ship Duancis. At the time of delivery, the Duancis was sailing...Read more
Port of Rotterdam weighed down by drug crime
ECT, the largest container transshipment company in the port of Rotterdam, has to contend with an ‘enormous increase’ of criminals entering the site to remove hidden drugs from containers. This is stated in a newsletter...Read more
Boudewijn Siemons becomes port of Rotterdam’s new COO
Boudewijn Siemons (56) has been appointed as the new Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Port of Rotterdam Authority as of 1 October 2020. He succeeds Ronald Paul in this role.Read more
Rotterdam readies Amazonehaven basin for ever larger container ships
A 500-metre stretch of the Amazonehaven port basin at Maasvlakte Rotterdam will be deepened from 16.65 metres to 17.45 metres. This is to ensure that in terms of nautical accessibility, the ECT Delta Terminal continues...Read more
11 cruise ships in Dutch ports this year instead of 282
It will remain quiet in the Dutch cruise terminals this year. A total of 282 seagoing cruise ships were supposed to dock in Amsterdam, IJmuiden and Rotterdam in 2020. Instead there were 11. That seems...Read more
Companies choose their location because of availability of talent: Rotterdam
ADVERTORIAL – With sleeves rolled up getting started with technology at the highest level. Investing in the right talent is important if you are to remain competitive internationally. They make Rotterdam the maritime capital of...Read more
Port of Rotterdam wants to break away from China
The Port of Rotterdam Authority is investigating how the port can become less dependent on Asia and China in particular. Currently 73 per cent of the containers come from this continent. Due to the Covid-19...Read more
Cruise bookings trickle in again
Cruise ships are still anchored and it looks like they will stay that way for some time to come. However, the first bookings for next year are trickling in. The Rotterdam cruise terminal expects to...Read more
Throughput port of Rotterdam falls sharply, but less than feared
Throughput in the port of Rotterdam decreased by 9.1 per cent in the first half of the year compared with 2019, amounting to 218.9 million tonnes. Container throughput was only 3.3 per cent down on...Read more