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
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 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
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
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
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 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 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
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
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
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 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
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
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
OffshoreCrane vessel Thialf arrived next to the Sleipnir at the Landtong Rozenburg on Saturday 5 December. The semi-submersible crane ship is in the Netherlands for maintenance.Read more
Throughput in the port of Rotterdam decreased by 9.1 per cent in the first half of the year compared with 2019, amounting to 218.9 million tonnes. Container throughput was only 3.3 per cent down on...Read more
Offshore For the first time ever, the world’s two largest pipelay vessels Solitaire and Pioneering Spirit are together in Rotterdam. Both vessels are owned by Allseas. The Solitaire arrived in Rotterdam after completing work for Equinor’s...Read more
Port of RotterdamThe Port of Rotterdam expects throughput may fall by up to twenty per cent this year due to the corona crisis. “So yes, results will be bad”, says Allard Castelein, CEO of the Rotterdam Port...Read more
Ports & TerminalsCargo throughput in the port of Rotterdam fell by 9.3% to 112.4 million tonnes in the first quarter. The coronavirus outbreak has resulted in significantly lower demand and a large number of cancelled sailings. The...Read more
