Tag: Netherlands

Any vessel carrying the Green Award Platinum label will be granted the discount. The Green Award Platinum is awarded by the the Amsterdam and Zaanstad ports, which became the first ports in the Netherldands to award it. The discount for the vessels is effective as of 1 January 2018.

Paris agreement objectives mean that by 2030, the Netherlands will need to have reduced its CO₂ emissions by 49% compared to 1990, so CO₂ emissions are not allowed to exceed certain limits. However, the Paris agreement does not include any statements on the actual use or storage of coal itself, the port of Rotterdam noted.

OOS Energy, from the Netherlands has revealed a Multi Activity Unit vessel that will be a self-propelled jack-up which is set to be used in drilling operations and is equipped with a Plug & Abandonment package.

Port of Amsterdam, STC-Group Holding, and Iskes Towage & Salvage signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Port of Fujairah, focusing on further strategic cooperation in oil storage and bunkering.

The Dutch Foundation Ocean Clean up announced that it has successfully deployed the second test piece of the new North Sea prototype, in 26 September, 12 nautical miles off the coast of The Netherlands.

The Maritime Research Institute of Netherlands announced that it tested an innovative concept for a floating mega island, to ensure working space at sea. The island comprises 87 large floating triangles that are flexibility connected to one another and, together, they form a flexible floating island.

Fleet Cleaner announced that has made its ship hull cleaning service available to all ports in the Netherlands. The extended availability was marked with the hull cleaning of the Chiquita België vessel, in the port of Flushing, which made the company the first one to clean ship’s hulls in all Dutch ports.