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Continuing container growth pushes throughput at port of Rotterdam to a new high
At 469.0 million tonnes, the port of Rotterdam’s total throughput volume ended up slightly higher in 2018 than in 2017, which was itself a record year (467.4 million tonnes). Container transhipment was the engine …
Maiden call for Ever Gifted at Hutchison Ports ECT Rotterdam
Hutchison Ports ECT Rotterdam (ECT) welcomes the EVER Gifted from container shipping line Evergreen on her maiden call. The vessel, with a capacity of around 20,000 TEU, makes its first roundtrip from Asia. Rotterdam is …
Hopper Dredger Ecodelta Christened in Rotterdam
Van der Kamp’s new trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Ecodelta was christened last Friday (January 11) in Rotterdam.
According to the Port of Rotterdam, this is one of the few LNG powered trailing suction …
Port of Rotterdam Authority makes greener sea-going shipping more accessible
From the start of 2019, the Port of Rotterdam Authority will widen and facilitate the Green Award discount for sea-going shipping. The discount will encourage safe and green shipping in the liquid bulk segment. From 2019 …
Containerships increases it’s LNG-fuelled truck capacity in the port of Rotterdam
Containerships have signed a collaboration agreement with the Dutch trucking company Don Trucking in order to increase the amount of LNG-fuelled trucks in the region. The partnership guarantees trucking capacity of 15 …
Costa Crociere’ new flagship Costa Smeralda to call on Cruiseport Rotterdam
On 22 October 2019, the Costa Smeralda (see also CruiseMapper) will be docking at Cruiseport Rotterdam. The Smeralda is actually the second cruise ship in the world, after AIDAnova, to power its engines with LNG …
Five Leading Port Groups Promote Sustainability through Mass-Recycling Initiative
Five of the world’s leading container port operators have jointly undertaken a week-long initiative to promote sustainable resource usage in their respective port and facility networks. During the fifth annual Go …
Port of Rotterdam quarterly figures: containers segment continues to grow; decrease in bulk throughput
In the first three quarters of 2018, total throughput in the port of Rotterdam was 0.4% lower than in the same period the previous year. Container volumes continued to grow at a markedly higher pace than the first nine …
24 Damen stock vessels arrived from China in the Port of Rotterdam via Arctic route
The MV Tasmanic Winter finished its voyage from China to Rotterdam with 24 new vessels onboard built at Damen yards in Changde and Yichang. In line with its standard practice, Damen is transporting these in batches to …
Port of Rotterdam Authority signs investment agreement for participation in Port of Pecém
On October 24th 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 the Port of Rotterdam …