Tag: Port of Rotterdam

Bunkering rose again for the first time since 2011 in Rotterdam, the biggest bunker port of Europe: 10.6 million tonnes compared to 10.4 in 2013. The whole of the increase is accounted for by marine gas oil and diesel; sales rose from 500,000 to almost 700,000 tonnes. Sales of fuel oil stabilised – after falling for years – at 9.8 million tonnes. In addition, 100,000 tonnes of lubricant were sold. Cleaner shipping Sales of marine gas oil and diesel have risen due to the more stringent sulphur requirements in the Emission Control Areas (ECAs): North Sea, Baltic Sea and the United States coasts.  As of 1 January 2015, sulphur emissions in the ECAs may not exceed 0.1%. Marine gas oil and diesel were expected to provide most of the solution. Other possibilities are to use LNG as fuel or to fit so-called scrubbers, but the market is making little use of these options (as yet). Oil prices Market parties waited till the last minute to buy marine gas oil and diesel: sales in December were almost 125,000 tonnes (gas oil and diesel together). Normally, sales are between 45,000 and 50,000 tonnes. The price has now halved and marine gas oil ...

On Thursday 8 January - at 2 pm, the Pieter Schelte has arrived in Rotterdam

The Sealand Eagle became the first container vessel to call the new Maasvlakte II expansion of the Port of Rotterdam

The port tariffs will rise in the coming three years at half the rate of the inflation percentage, by a maximum of 1% per year

  From November, two Port Authority vessels with e-noses on their roof will be sailing in the Botlek and the Europoort. These are the RPA 2 and the RPA 3. The e-nose or electronic nose is a compact measurement instrument that can observe changes in the air’s composition and, in this way, detect irritating, hazardous and unhealthy air/gases. The e-noses form part of the We-nose network of approximately 100 electronic noses in the port area. The plan is to expand this network to 300 e-noses by 2016. The use of electronic noses is in line with the Port Authority’s ambition to become the most sustainable port of its kind. The e-nose enables companies, municipalities and the environmental protection agency to respond more quickly to irritating or hazardous gases. The Port of Rotterdam Authority, DCMR Rijnmond Environmental Protection Agency, Rotterdam-Rijnmond Safety Region, the Province of Zuid-Holland, the Municipality of Rotterdam, the Municipality of Maassluis, Deltalinqs and Vopak cooperated in the establishment of the We-nose network. Source: Port of Rotterdam / Image Credit: WikipediaIn the outbreak, I was forthright with you propecia before and after has changed my existence. It has become much more fun, and now I have to run. Just as ...

Gate terminal announced that it has signed a financing agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) and four other banks that already participate in the syndicate of ten international banks which currently provide long term financing to Gate terminal. This additional financing agreement supports the funding of the expansion of the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) break bulk infrastructure and services at the Gate terminal in the Port of Rotterdam. The investment in this break bulk infrastructure, first announced on 3 July 2014, is expected to boost the use of LNG as a cleaner alternative transportation fuel in the Netherlands and Northwest Europe. The new infrastructure will be located next to Gate terminal. Since 2011 the terminal enables overseas LNG import into Europe which enhances gas supply diversification and increases the security of supply. The new financial agreement is an addition of Euro 76 mln to the existing long term debt financing program of Gate terminal of EUR 750 million, as originally established in 2008. Today the ceremonial signing of the financing agreement took place in Rotterdam in presence of Pim van Ballekom (EIB Vice President for the Netherlands), René Oudejans (Member of the Executive Board and CFO Gasunie), Jack de ...

In the first nine months of 2014, 15 million tonnes of roll on/ roll off cargo was handled in the port of Rotterdam

The EU's TEN-T Programme will back with over 5.5 million studies on solving the main railway bottlenecks near the Port of Rotterdam in The Netherlands

Over the last three quarters, the port of Rotterdam handled 0.3% more cargo than the same period last year.