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
Port of Rotterdam tests container handling with app
The port of Rotterdam will start testing container handling with a new app. The application uses blockchain technology and replaces the current PIN code with a less fraud-sensitive digital signal. It should make container handling...Read more
New ‘draught record’ in Rotterdam’s container port
With the departure of container ship Marseille Maersk, a new draught record for container ships has been reached in the port of Rotterdam. The ship that sailed from the Princess Amaliahaven to Malaysia had a...Read more
World’s largest container ship arrives in Rotterdam
The world’s largest container ship has arrived in Rotterdam. The HMM Algeciras is on its maiden trip and called at Rotterdam World Gateway (RWG) in Amaliahaven on the Second Maasvlakte to transship containers. The Algeciras is the...Read more
Dutch ILT will not yet deploy a sulphur sniffing drone
The “sulphur sniffing” drone the Dutch Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate (ILT) wanted to purchase will not be available for some time to come. The drone was to be used to monitor ships’ sulphur emissions...Read more
Drone delivers package to world’s largest ship Pioneering Spirit
A Dutch first has taken place in the port of Rotterdam: the aerial delivery by drone of a parts consignment to Allseas’ Pioneering Spirit. The biggest vessel in the world is currently moored at Alexiahaven...Read more
Cruise ship crews to be repatriated via Rotterdam again
This week three more cruise ships will arrive in Rotterdam, reports the Port Authority. They are coming to repatriate crew of the Holland America Group. Due to the corona crisis, many cruises have been cancelled...Read more
Shell plant boosts Rotterdam hydrogen economy
With Shell’s announcement of its intention to commission a green hydrogen plant in 2023, the hydrogen economy in the port of Rotterdam is gaining momentum. ‘We are now accelerating plans to build a public hydrogen...Read more
Regal Princess to drop off cruise ship crews in Rotterdam
Cruise ship Regal Princess is expected to arrive at Cruiseport Rotterdam on Wednesday 6 May at 7 am. The cruise ship is not carrying holiday makers, but is bringing 1000 Dutch and other European crew...Read more
Allseas’ giant offshore vessels meet in Rotterdam for the first time
For the first time ever, the world’s two largest pipelay vessels Solitaire and Pioneering Spirit are together in Rotterdam. Both vessels are owned by Allseas. The Solitaire arrived in Rotterdam after completing work for Equinor’s...Read more
CEO Port of Rotterdam: There will be opportunities after corona
The Port of Rotterdam expects throughput may fall by up to twenty per cent this year due to the corona crisis. ‘So yes, results will be bad,’ says Allard Castelein, CEO of the Rotterdam Port...Read more
Minship trials biofuel on bulk carrier
Bulk carrier Trudy of Bavarian ship management company Minship has bunkered biofuel at the Port of Rotterdam. As it is the only fuel burnt in the ship’s main engine for the next eight to ten...Read more
Man on Saipem ship in Rotterdam died of natural causes
A deceased man was found on the Saipem FDS in Rotterdam’s Waalhaven on which several people are in isolation because of the coronavirus. It concerns a natural death, the police reported after investigation. Further investigation...Read more
Sleipnir sets LNG bunkering world record in Rotterdam
Heerema’s Sleipnir, the world’s most powerful semi-submersible crane vessel has received the largest LNG bunkering ever completed. Titan LNG organised the bunkering, using the Coral Fraseri, Anthony Veder’s LNG carrier in the Port of Rotterdam. The...Read more