Tag: Port of Rotterdam

In the European continent, the Alps form a natural barrier for international transport. Containers can be transported to Southern Germany, the Czech Republic or Poland cheaper as well as more sustainably via North European ports than via Southern European ports.

J. (Rob) Witte, DGMR advised how to reduce ‘’Noise in Ports’’ during the 2016 GREEN4SEA Conference & Awards. He explained that moored seagoing vessels produce sound that can be perceived as annoying by residents living near harbours. The number of complaints in the Rotterdam Port Area is on average 250/year on this subject

What do a Gorinchem-based biobased ingredients company, two power companies and the port have in common? The joint development of a biorefinery in the port of Rotterdam. The partners Corbion, Uniper, RWE and the Port of Rotterdam Authority are going for a ‘quadruple win situation’.

A joint approach is necessary to safeguard the future of the refinery, chemical and energy cluster in Rotterdam and Moerdijk. This industry is important to the Dutch economy, but is under pressure. An action plan proposes a scheme to optimise the existing industrial activities and to further modernise the industry cluster.

The Port of Rotterdam Authority is going to redirect approximately 4km of the port (or first) section of the Betuwe Route. As a result, the railway line will no longer run over the Caland Bridge, so that shipping and rail traffic will cease to get in each other’s way from 2020 onwards. It will also bring an end to all the noise nuisance caused by the rail track near the village of Rozenburg.

The Port Authority of Rotterdam Friday announced that the cleanest modern ship to ever call on the port, the Island Condor, made a "soundless" call on 1 July 2015.

Singapore and the Port of Rotterdam strengthen partnership through a series of collaborative projects on port solutions.

Following Smit Salvage’s spectacular salvage of the stricken ship, Modern Express, in the Gulf of Biscay, another Rotterdam company is now involved in this rescue operation. The Koninklijke Roeiers Vereeniging Eendracht (KRVE) (Royal Boatmen Association Eendracht) are using their innovative ShoreTension system to right the vessel so that unloading can start.

UASC has launched the first LNG-ready ultra large container carriers (ULCCs) in the world. UASC’s initiatives and the port of Rotterdam’s ambitions for sustainability complement each other perfectly.

As of 1 February 2016, the ports of Rotterdam and Amsterdam will switch to Vessel Notification 2.0 which will allow easy reporting of sea-going vessels, laying the digital basis for handling traffic flows even more efficiently and safely.