North Sea Port reports growth in general cargo traffic
The North Sea Port has reported stable cargo volumes for the first six months of 2024, handling a total of 33.4 million tonnes of seaborne…
More than 40 partners join up for emission-free inland shipping
Emission-free inland shipping is the goal of the Port of Rotterdam, the Dutch province of Zuid Holland and more than 40 other partners gathered around…
New link takes trailers and containers off roads and onto rail
A partnership between Lineas and the shipping and logistics company DFDS will see some 8,000 trailers and containers move from the roads onto the rail…
North Sea Port cargo flows jump in the first nine months of 2022
General cargo throughput figures at the North Sea Port rallied in the first nine months helping the overall throughput figures at the port reach nearly…
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North Sea Port bracing for project cargo demand jump
Ports are a major enabler of the energy transition and a very important link in the supply chain for the offshore wind industry. North Sea…
Dutch logistics specialists deliver project cargo for DEME’s Sea Installer
Danser Group, a Dutch multimodal operator and logistics solution provider, and Lubbers Logistics, a transportation and logistics group, have partnered on a delivery, to the…
North Sea Port receives Nieuwe Sluis components
After a journey of more than two months, the transport vessel Zhen Hua 34 arrived at Vlissingen North Sea Port with components for the Nieuwe…
North Sea Port breakbulk volumes slip in H1
North Sea Port reported a drop in breakbulk transhipment volumes during the first half of the year that actually showed signs of partial recovery.
Ports & Terminals
12% less breakbulk in North Sea Port but steel volumes rise
North Sea Port’s breakbulk and ro/ro volumes dropped significantly in the first quarter of 2020. The decrease is mainly a result of the global economic…
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Port of Rotterdam handles more breakbulk in 2019
The Port of Rotterdam handled 2.9% more conventional breakbulk in 2019 as a result of an increase in extra cargo packages, the port authority states.…
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North Sea Port’s breakbulk volume also takes hit
Following the dramatic decline of breakbulk volumes in Antwerp, North Sea Port has also recorded a significant drop in the throughput of breakbulk. Cargo volume…
Ekol and Transuniverse to build “mega” multimodal site in North Sea Port
The Turkish logistics company Ekol Logistics and the Belgian groupage firm Transuniverse Forwarding have signed an agreement to build a 40-hectare multimodal site at the…
North Sea Port records growth, but breakbulk suffers another hit
North Sea Port booked a throughput of 36.6 million tonnes in the first half of 2019, reflecting a growth of 2%. However, increased containerisation of…
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How Europe’s biggest breakbulk port is looking for growth
Since its foundation through the merger of Zeeland Seaports and Port of Ghent, North Sea Port is officially the largest breakbulk port of Europe. The…
Breakbulk
Breakbulk and ro/ro volumes North Sea Port down
North Sea Port, the newly formed, biggest breakbulk port of Northwest-Europe, saw its breakbulk volume slide in the first quarter of 2019 due to increased…
North Sea Port starts terminal expansion for Borssele 1 and 2
North Sea Port is building a quayside and docks for Ørsted’s new maintenance base in Flushing, which the energy company will use for its planned…
First pile driven at North Sea Port for maintenance base Ørsted
On Tuesday 11 December 2018, Ørsted drove the first pile for its wind farm maintenance base at Vlissingen, part of North Sea Port. The Danish…