DFDS gets shore power facility at Vlaardingen
DFDS ships docking in Vlaardingen will be able to receive electricity via a shore power installation, provided by Rotterdam Shore Power, a joint venture of Eneco and the Port of Rotterdam Authority. Read more
SafeLifting Europe: a trusted brand
Brand storyWith assets growing in weight and size, much is asked of the lifting and hoisting tools used in the offshore industry. To meet this development, SafeLifting Europe is constantly working on keeping its portfolio of...Read more
Port of Rotterdam leads large-scale ammonia cracker study
Port of Rotterdam is at the helm of an 18-company initiative to study the potential for establishing a large-scale ammonia cracker, which will enable the imports of 1 million tonnes of hydrogen per year for...Read more
BigRoll Beaufort brings week of heavy lift ops to Waalhaven
Since the end of last month when BigRoll Beaufort sailed into the Port of Rotterdam heavy lift operations have been taking place at the at Steinweg Pier 6 in the Waalhaven. Four floating sheerlegs from Bonn...Read more
Port of Rotterdam throughput flat, breakbulk on the rise
Ports & TerminalsBreakbulk throughput in the Port of Rotterdam was up by 15 percent in the first nine months of the year, compared to the first three quarters of 2021. The increase was similar within the RoRo...Read more
Port of Rotterdam inks Green Corridor MoU with Port of Gothenburg
Port of Rotterdam and Port of Gothenburg have put pen to paper on a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the realisation of a Green Corridor in support of sustainable shipping between the two ports, and...Read more
Combi Lift transports 360 tonne reactor system via barge
The Bremen-based maritime transportation company, Combi Lift, has handled the shipment of a 360 tonne reactor system and accessories via barge on the Rhine, to Rotterdam.Read more
CargoCrew International ships 52 ton engine to China
The Hamburg-based company, CargoCrew International, handled a shipment of a 52-ton ship engine from Germany to China.Read more
Project Cargo Summit: Ports facilitating the energy transition
With the European Union looking to cut dependency on Russian fossil fuels and expediting its green energy agenda, European ports are preparing for an uptick in offshore wind project cargo as well as volumes related...Read more
Energy is high on the agenda for Port of Rotterdam as breakbulk throughput rises
InterviewEnergy is high on the agenda, energy transition is high on the agenda, says Twan Romeijn, business manager breakbulk & offshore industry at the Port of Rotterdam, when we met him at Breakbulk Europe.Read more
Sevenstar delivers luxury yachts to Rotterdam
Sevenstar yacht transport successfully delivered a shipment of six sailing yachts and one motor yacht to the Matrans Rotterdam Terminal, on Streefwaalseweg in Rotterdam’s port.Read more
Marcor repurposing breakbulk to a dry bulk terminal at Port of Rotterdam
Marcor unveiled plans to extend its floating terminal at the Port of Rotterdam with the development of a dry bulk terminal at the Steinweg Hartel Terminal on Maasvlakte.Read more
Breakbulk throughput up at Port of Rotterdam despite Ukraine war effects
Port of Rotterdam saw the breakbulk throughput during the first quarter of the year reach 8.4 million tonnes, jumping 19 percent above the figures reported in the first quarter of 2021, despite the effects Russian...Read more
Port of Rotterdam, Steinweg and Cargow to pilot shore-based power on hydrogen
Starting February 2022, tendering process will kick off for a pilot project with a mobile facility for shore-based power on hydrogen. The mobile facility will be set up on the site of C. Steinweg –...Read more
Port of Rotterdam: energy transition shakes up breakbulk industry
Worldwide, it is one of the most important ongoing evolutions: the energy transition. For supply chains in the breakbulk industry and for ports around the world, this transition has an enormous impact as well. With...Read more
Port of Rotterdam’s breakbulk throughput above 2019 figures
Port of Rotterdam has certainly put the pandemic behind it as its breakbulk throughput figures for the year so far have passed throughput in 2019, which was a record year. The port has reported an...Read more
Port of Rotterdam white paper looks into breakbulk market development
Breakbulk sector has not been spared by the Covid-19 pandemic that has impacted the world. However, there are whispers of roaring twenties, a new commodities super cycle as signs of economic recovery emerge.Read more
200-metre arch bridge sails through Rotterdam city centre
ConstructionAn arch bridge measuring two hundred metres long, twenty metres wide and forty metres high sailed through the centre of Rotterdam in the night from Sunday to Monday. The object is on its way to...Read more