Allseas’ giant offshore vessels meet in Rotterdam for the first time
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
CEO Port of Rotterdam: “I hope there will be shorter supply chains”
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
Throughput in Rotterdam falls 9.3%, further decline expected
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
Broekman prepares for bigger volumes with new crane
TerminalsPRESS RELEASE – Terminal operator and freight forwarder Broekman Logistics has taken delivery of a new electric crane from Kone Cranes for its multipurpose terminal in the Port of Rotterdam. Delivered in mid-February 2020 and...Read more
Record-breaking LNG bunkering for Heerema’s Sleipnir
LNGPRESS RELEASE – Heerema’s Sleipnir received the largest LNG bunkering ever completed. Titan LNG organized the bunkering, using Anthony Veder’s LNG carrier Coral Fraseri in the Port of Rotterdam. Sleipnir arrived at the Port of Rotterdam...Read more
World’s largest crane vessel to arrive in Rotterdam
OffshorePRESS RELEASE – The world’s largest semi-submersible crane vessel, Heerema’s Sleipnir, will arrive in the Port of Rotterdam for the first time on Saturday, March 21. The vessel arrives to prepare for future decommissioning work...Read more
Pioneering Spirit tests new 5,000-tonne crane
OffshorePRESS RELEASE – Allseas is ramping up the final performance tests of Pioneering Spirit’s new 5000-tonne crane as the final phase of commissioning nears conclusion in Rotterdam’s Alexiahaven. This week, the main hoist overload test...Read morePort of Rotterdam handles more breakbulk in 2019
BreakbulkThe 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. The growth is somewhat surprising as Europe’s leading breakbulk port,...Read more
Heerema’s crane vessels to switch to wind power in port of Rotterdam
Clean shippingHeerema’s mighty crane vessels will soon be powered by wind energy when moored in the port of Rotterdam. By switching off the diesel generators, the vessels will reduce their emissions by the equivalent of what...Read more
Rotterdam reports growth across all breakbulk markets
Throughput figuresRotterdam’s breakbulk volume has grown by 4.4% in the first nine months of 2019. The port authority says there was an increase in all traditional markets including aluminium and steel. On the contrary, Port of...Read more
Zeamarine and Rhenus sign agency contract at Project Cargo Summit
Today at the Project Cargo Summit in Rotterdam, multipurpose vessel operator Zeamarine and Rhenus Logistics in Rotterdam have signed a contract on stevedoring and shipping agencies after some successful trial shipments earlier this year. “The Rhenus...Read moreBlack Marlin delivers 18 hulls in Rotterdam
Boskalis’ semisubmersible heavy load carrier Black Marlin arrived in Rotterdam this week delivering 18 hulls for inland vessels. The vessel is currently located at Maasvlakte 2 where it will be unloaded next week. The 18 prefabricated...Read more
Role change in Port of Rotterdam’s breakbulk sector
After more than 10 years in the role, Robert Jan Timmers has stepped down as breakbulk business developer in the Port of Rotterdam. Twan Romeijn has been appointed to take over his duties effective immediately. For...Read moreContainers drive growth in Rotterdam, breakbulk remains stable
The port of Rotterdam has recorded a total throughput of 240.7 million tonnes in the first six months of 2019, 3.4% more than in the first six months of 2018. The growth was mainly driven...Read more
Port of Rotterdam: “We see room to grow our breakbulk throughput”
The Port of Rotterdam saw its conventional breakbulk volumes grow with 3.1% in the first quarter of 2019. The lifting of the American import ban on Russian aluminium had a lot to do with that,...Read more
Port of Rotterdam eyes construction of largest “green hydrogen” plant in Europe
ConstructionBP, Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals), and the Port of Rotterdam have joined forces to explore the construction of the largest “green hydrogen” plant in Europe for BP’s refinery in Rotterdam. BP uses hydrogen to...Read more
BigLift Barentsz sails Northern Sea route for Pioneering Spirit
In late 2018 Dutch flag Heavy Transport Vessel BigLift Barentsz arrived in Rotterdam from China by way of the Northern Searoute. The route, when open, considerably reduces the distance between China and Europe compared to...Read more
‘Breakbulk carrousel’ gives companies space for further growth in Rotterdam’s Waalhaven
The smart carrousel plan in the Waalhaven was signed recently. In the coming three-and-a-half years, 12 hectares of industrial site and 1,155 metres of quay will undergo a user change. The industrial sites and port...Read more