Tag: Port of Rotterdam

According to the Carbon War Room the number of ports using ship-evaluation systems to reduce carbon emissions could rise as much as 500 per cent in 2015

The increasing use of LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) as a fuel was given another boost with today's commissioning of a new type of inland navigation vessel: Sirocco.

The district court of Rotterdam passed judgement in the dispute about the way in which the Port of Rotterdam Authority developed the Second Maasvlakte

Together with the Unified Fire Department, Falck Risc will draw up guidelines and recommendations for emergency response services in dealing with LNG

The Port of Rotterdam is taking measures to eliminate congestion at the ECT Delta Terminal and the Euromax Terminal

The port of Rotterdam achieved steady results in the first half of the year. Total throughput increased by 0.6% compared to the first half of 2013

The European Union provided a significant support by financing 50% of the gas related components of the conversion as part of the LNG Masterplan

Pieter Schelte', the biggest vessel in the world, is to be completed in the port of Rotterdam

New facility in the port of Rotterdam for LNG distribution

Rotterdam Port Management Bye-laws amendment As of 1 July vessels can bunker LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) in the port of Rotterdam. Up to now only inland shipping could do this in the Seinehaven.The Municipality of Rotterdam took over the proposals of the Port of Rotterdam Authority Harbour Master to that end and amended the Rotterdam Port Management Bye-laws accordingly. The legislative amendment is a huge impulse for the introduction of LNG as fuel for shipping. LNG is cheaper and cleaner for the environment than fuel oil, the traditional shipping fuel. It is anticipated that many ports will follow the example of the port of Rotterdam as largest European port.The legislative amendment is in line with the aim of the Port of Rotterdam Authority to promote the use of LNG as shipping fuel and to become a leading LNG hub. The Port Authority previously supported an initiative of Gate to open an LNG terminal on the Maasvlakte in 2011. Facilities in the Seinehaven were opened last year allowing inland shipping to bunker LNG from an LNG tanker. The European Union (EU) supports these initiatives warmly. A subsidy of 40 million was awarded at the end of last year to stimulate the ...