Port of Rotterdam recorded breakbulk growth in 2019. In terms of combined transhipment of heavy lift, project cargo, steel, forest products, automotive and non-ferrous metals, a significant increase of 2.9% was recorded on an annual basis.
Sleipnir, the world’s most powerful semi-submersible crane vessel owned by Dutch Heerema, received the largest LNG bunkering ever completed, on Thursday. The total amount of LNG delivered was almost 3,300 metric tons.
The Port of Rotterdam reported that the world’s largest semi-submersible crane vessel Sleipnir will arrive on March 21, for the first time. Sembcorp Marine, a Singaporean ship and offshore builder, completed the construction of Heerema’s Sleipnir in July 2019.
A strange vehicle will be driving on the bottom of the harbor in the western port area of the Port of Rotterdam, on a trial basis. It is the Deep Dig-it, an unmanned trencher of 17 meters long and 138,000 kilos clean on the hook.
Port of Rotterdam is in line with the precautionary measures implemented in the Netherlands for the utmost safety and mitigation of the COVID-19 spread and is always in touch with many nautical providers and companies in a range of consultation processes.
The Port of Rotterdam Authority announced the award of the contract to construct the superstructure of the new Theemsweg Route -part of the Port of Rotterdam railway line- to VolkerRail – part of VolkerWessels. Works will likely start in the second half of 2020.
The number of container ships coming from China to the Port of Rotterdam shows a slight recovery, as coronavirus measures have started to ease, the Port’s CEO said Monday. COVID-19 had also significantly curbed traffic from China to the Port of Rotterdam, Europe’s largest port.
The port of Rotterdam reported that the coming decades will present a development in the number of wind farms in the North Sea, providing opportunities to the port and the companies on this segment.
Following a successful collaboration for 8 years in a row, “Linked-by-Rail” project ended on 6 February. In fact, under the project’s corridor among Netherlands and Poland, the number of the rail connections between the two regions quadrupled, from 5 to around 20 departures per week.
The Busan Port Authority shake hands with Samsung SDS and inked an agreement in order to develop and operate a logistics center based in Rotterdam, Netherlands. In fact, through their contract, BPA will be responsible for the logistics hub’s establishment.
