Rotterdam container terminal APM Terminals Rotterdam (APMTR) in the Port of Rotterdam has a new owner. Hutchison Ports Netherlands announced that it was acquiring the terminal from the Danish company Maersk. The parties did not...Read more
The mega project Porthos to store CO2 from industry in the port of Rotterdam in an empty gas field in the North Sea has come a step closer. The companies involved in the project have...Read more
Virtually all container ships en route to Rotterdam that were stuck in the Suez Canal in March have now called at the port. In total, the port of Rotterdam expected 64 ships to be stuck...Read more
The Port of Rotterdam, together with steel makers Thyssenkrupp and HKM, is investigating the possibility of setting up an international supply chain for hydrogen. The hydrogen would have to arrive in Rotterdam and be transported...Read more
The port of Rotterdam handled 115.8 million tonnes of cargo in the first quarter of 2021, three per cent more than the same period last year. According to the Port of Rotterdam Authority, this is...Read more
Drug criminals are continuously infiltrating the international shipping companies responsible for the transport of containers to the port of Rotterdam. ‘Corruption in the port is no longer limited to customs and is much bigger than...Read more
It is still unclear when the container ship Ever Given will enter the port of Rotterdam from the Suez Canal. The enormous container ship is currently being examined for damage and seaworthiness, after it ran...Read more
The problems resulting from the congestion in the Suez Canal caused by the grounded container ship Ever Given could last ‘weeks to months’, says the Rotterdam container terminal ECT. This is because once the ships...Read more
The longer the blockage of the Suez Canal by container ship Ever Given lasts, the bigger the impact on international trade and logistics. The association of entrepreneurs evofenedex emphasises that the delay and the growing...Read more
The Port of Rotterdam is looking into the possibility of importing green hydrogen generated in South Australia. The port authority and the government of the Australian state have reached an agreement in principle on this.Read more
Breakbulk Europe 2021, which was to take place in Bremen, has been cancelled. Large scale events in Germany are still prohibited and these restrictions are unlikely to be removed in time for the event to...Read more
The captain of oil tanker Bow Jubail, which collided with a jetty in the Port of Rotterdam in 2018, has been fined 1000 euros. Over 200 tonnes of fuel oil ended up in the water...Read more
The Princess Amalia Harbour will be further developed with some 2.4 kilometres of quays and earth-retaining walls. This will increase annual throughput capacity in the port of Rotterdam by four million TEU. Construction will be...Read more
The Port of Rotterdam’s throughput for 2020 fell by over 32 million tonnes or 6.9% from 469.4 to 436.8 million tonnes. The first half year, the port suffered a drop of 9.1%, meaning the second...Read more
Large tank storage company Vopak is going to build sixteen new storage tanks in the port of Rotterdam. Waste based feedstocks are to be stored in them for the production of biofuels such as biodiesel....Read more
The City of Antwerp and the City of Bruges have reached an agreement to merge their ports. The combined port, to be named Port of Antwerp-Bruges, may overtake Rotterdam as Europe’s largest container port.Read more
German energy supplier Uniper and the Port of Rotterdam Authority are investigating the possibilities of large-scale production of green hydrogen at the Maasvlakte area in Rotterdam. The parties have the ambition to realise a hydrogen...Read more
Along the quay of the Hutchison Ports ECT Delta terminal on the Maasvlakte, the Port of Rotterdam Authority has installed a smart bollard as part of a trial. By measuring the strain on the mooring...Read more
Construction of the world’s largest non-governmental hospital ship, the Global Mercy of medical aid organisation Mercy Ships, is nearing completion. The ship will head to Europe this spring for additional outfitting and will visit Rotterdam...Read more
The SC Connector will arrive at Matrans Rotterdam Terminal in the Eemhaven on Tuesday 12 January. The ship, owned by shipping company Sea-Cargo, was converted into a modern sailing ship last year. It sails in...Read more
