Despite a slight decline in total cargo throughput, 2023 was a year of success for the Port of Rotterdam which is making significant strides in becoming more sustainable. Last year saw major investment decisions that are contributing to making the port and the logistics chain to and from Rotterdam greener. The financial results were stable [...]
Port of Rotterdam has awarded a feasibility study contract to Proton Venture, an ammonia engineering company, for the scoping and conceptual design of an ammonia export terminal in Western Australia (WA). Via this future ammonia hub to be located in Oakajee, the Dutch port aims to import 3 million tons of ammonia per year [...]
Advario, a Dutch-based renewable energy company, has announced plans to develop a cutting-edge energy storage terminal in the Port of Rotterdam. Advario signed a sales and purchase agreement with Aluminium & Chemie B.V. (Aluchemie), which will see its acquire Aluchemie’s land lease. Establishing a presence in the Port of Rotterdam, at the heart of the [...]
A group of 18 companies led by the Port of Rotterdam Authority has launched a study into the feasibility of establishing a large-scale ammonia cracker to enable imports of around 1m tonnes of hydrogen annually for the decarbonisation of industry and mobility. A large part of the hydrogen for North-West Europe will be imported, including [...]
The Port of Rotterdam could supply 4.6 million mt/year of hydrogen to Europe by 2030 from local production and imports, it said May 10. That would be a substantial share of the 20 million mt/year of European production and imports the EU targeted by 2030 under its recent REPowerEU package. The figure was based on [...]
The Port of Rotterdam Authority and the municipality of Rotterdam have commenced studies at various terminals at the port to introduce shore-based power to the container, cruise and liquid bulk sectors. Hutchison Ports ECT Rotterdam (ECT), APM Terminals (APMT) Maasvlakte II, Vopack and Cruiseport Rotterdam terminals are all closely involved in the studies. The findings [...]
In the Port of Rotterdam, the first companies are busily preparing for the storage, processing and transit of hydrogen: a promising energy carrier that will allow companies to make the transition to climate neutrality. Tank terminals at Europoort This is one of the findings of a study conducted by the Port Authority into the development [...]
Odfjell extends and strengthens its existing jetty to accommodate vessels of the LR2 (Long Range) size with a maximum of 160,000 dwt. The expansion is done in close collaboration with the Port of Rotterdam. This functionality will underpin OTR’s mineral oil business and PID utilization ambitions as ship sizes continue to increase. As a result, [...]
Increasing demand for port-related logistics real estate has resulted in the Port of Rotterdam Authority classifying a further 100 hectares of land at Maasvlakte 2 as a distribution park. ‘Distripark Maasvlakte West’ is currently the only available ‘greenfield’ site for distribution in the Port of Rotterdam, the company said in its press release. “Distripark Maasvlakte [...]
December 28, 2017 [Nasdaq] - Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) in a consortium with Van Hattum en Blankevoort (Royal VolkerWessels) and TBI subsidiary Mobilis has been awarded a contract by the Port of Rotterdam Authority to build quay walls and a jetty, as well as to execute related activities for the construction of a new [...]
