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 [...]
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 [...]
Tank storage company Vopak and German hydrogen company Hydrogenious are starting a joint venture in the storage, transport and supply of hydrogen via hydrogen carrier benzyltoluene Through LOHC Logistix, the companies are committing to building a plant in Rotterdam that can initially decouple 1.5 tonnes of hydrogen per day from this carrier. No final decision [...]
Vopak is investing in the Port of Rotterdam for the storage of waste-based feedstocks for the production of biodiesel and sustainable aviation fuel. The market for energy from renewable sources in Europe is rising as a result of the European Union’s Renewable Energy Directive II. A total of 16 new tanks with a combined capacity [...]
Rotterdam expects liquified natural gas (LNG) bunkering to be an unremarkable event in the port by 2020. The Dutch trading and bunkering hub, which has invested solidly in the alternative bunker fuel, is confident that LNG bunkering will form part of the port's regular services when the global sulfur cap on bunker fuel falls to [...]
