Tag: Port of Rotterdam

In a recent video, CCO Jeroen Zwijnenburg of Rotterdam Short Sea Terminals (RST), reveals his ambition for RST to become the best in class shortsea terminal in Europe within a few years.

OCI has partnered with Unibarge to develop Europe’s first dual-fueled methanol propelled bunker capable barge, which will be in service in the Port of Rotterdam.

The Port of Rotterdam Authority identified a slight decrease in accidents in 2022: 137 accidents compared to 141 in 2021.

On 23 January 2023, the Port of Rotterdam Authority started organising the airspace for drone use. To this end, the Airspace Centre was set up on the 14th floor of the Port of Rotterdam Authority’s offices.

During 2022, maritime shipping bunkered significantly more fuel in Rotterdam; 10.8 million compared to 10.2 million up to 2021.

The Port of Rotterdam officially started using integrated planning to handle inland container shipping.

IBIA welcomes the mandatory bunker measuring systems in major ARA ports and calls for more ports to follow the same path.

Antwerp-Bruges Port Authority and Port of Rotterdam Authority will make it mandatory to use a bunker measuring system (such as a Mass Flow Meter) on board bunker vessels to measure the exact amount of fuel delivered to sea-going vessels.

Shell, ENGIE, Vopak and Anthony Veder have reached agreements to develop hydrogen chain from Sines to Rotterdam. The aim is to start producing hydrogen in Portugal and ship it in liquid form to Rotterdam.

By the end of 2023, part of the DFDS ships that dock in Vlaardingen will receive electricity via a shore power installation, the Port of Rotterdam announced.