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Neele-Vat Logistics Sets-up at City Terminal
Europe's logistics services provider Neele-Vat Logistics and the Port of Rotterdam Authority have signed a contract for the development of a distribution centre…
Rotterdam Port, RPPC Renew Collaboration
The Port of Rotterdam Authority and Rotterdam Port Promotion Council (RPPC) will once again be prolonging their partnership for another four-year term.Port Authority…
Rotterdam Port Launches Green Shipping Scheme
The Port of Rotterdam Authority has launched a new financial scheme, Incentive Scheme Climate-Friendly Shipping, supporting projects intended to reduce the shipping…
Port of Rotterdam Activates AI Vessel Platform
Significant efficiency steps can also be taken in the maritime sector regarding big data and artificial intelligence, said Port of Rotterdam.For instance, this technology…
Rotterdam Port Reports Fewer Accidents
The largest port in Europe, the Port of Rotterdam29,475 sea-going vessels arrived at the port in 2018, which is 200 fewer than last year (29,646) and as many as in 2013 (29…
Rotterdam Port Contributes USD 51.86 billion to Netherlands
USD 51.86 billion (EUR 45.6 billion) or 6.2% of the added value of the Netherlands is due to the Port of Rotterdam. This emerged in ‘The Rotterdam effect - Impact…
Rotterdam Port Awards Green Award Discount for Vessels
The Port of Rotterdam Authority will widen and facilitate the Green Award discount for sea-going shipping from the start of 2019.The discount will encourage safe…
Rotterdam’s Waalhaven Harbour to Focus on Breakbulk Sector
The recently signed smart carrousel plan in the Waalhaven is expected to give breakbulk and heavy cargo companies space for further growth in Rotterdam’s Waalhaven.In…
LNG Bunkering Booming in Rotterdam Port
Port of Rotterdam to grant nine licenced liquified natural gas (LNG) bunkering licences by 2020, a port official has said.Six of the licenses are already for regular…
Port of Rotterdam Wins ESPO Award 2018
The largest port in Europe the Port of Rotterdam Authority has been awarded the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) Award 2018.The award was made in recognition…
Port of Rotterdam Strict on 'Polluter Pays' Principle
The Port of Rotterdam has emphasized the reinforcement of the polluter pays principle in the run-up to trilogue negotiations on the Port Reception Facilities Directive.Last month…
European Consortium to Convert Coal-Fired Power Plant to Biomass
The European ARBAHEAT consortium will start a research project to investigate the conversion of the ENGIE Ultra-SuperCritical coal-fired Rotterdam power plant into…
Port of Rotterdam Throughput Edges Down
Total throughput in the port of Rotterdam in the first three quarters of 2018 was 0.4% lower than in the same period the previous year.According to a release from the port…
Port of Rotterdam Authority to Invest in Port of Pecém
Allard Castelein, the CEO of the Port of Rotterdam Authority, and Camilo Santana, Governor of the Brazilian state of Ceará, signed an investment agreement regarding…
Zero carbon at sea? Rotterdam port eyes a greener future
In Rotterdam, ships from around the world cruise in and out of Europe's busiest port, a bustling industrial hub that employs almost 200,000 people and produces 20 percent of the Netherlands' climate-changing gases.As Rotterdam tries to cut its emissions - in line with global goals to curb global warming - shipping emissions are a particular challenge, not least because many fall outside the targets…
Container Logistics Blockchain Pilot Launched in Rotterdam
The Port of Rotterdam Authority, Samsung SDS and ABN AMRO are preparing to launch a container logistics blockchain pilot.The pilot will seek to use blockchain technology…
Rotterdam Port CFO Paul Smits Leaves
Paul Smits, Chief Financial Officer of the Port of Rotterdam Authority, will be leaving the Port of Rotterdam Authority within the course of next year upon the expiry…
Rotterdam Polymer Hub Pact with Port for Logistics Node
The Port of Rotterdam Authority and Rotterdam Polymer Hub (RPH) signed an allocation agreement regarding a site for two halls for the storage and distribution of…
APM Terminals Starts Direct Rail Connection with Venlo
APM Terminals Maasvlakte II has set up a new rail shuttle to the Cabooter Terminal in Venlo. Under the new schedule, a total of three trains will be loading and…
Rotterdam Port Tests Autonomous Navigation
In order to prepare the Port of Rotterdam Authority for the arrival of autonomous navigation, the Port of Rotterdam Authority has converted a patrol vessel into a floating lab that collects data…
