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Jelle Paulusma, Project Developer, Port of Rotterdam Authority, is giving an interview on latest developments in the maritime environment during the 2014 GREEN4SEA Athens Forum.

Mikhail Ulyanov, an ice-breaking shuttle tanker belonging to OAO Sovcomflot, has been the subject of a Greenpeace protest, whilst at the Port of Rotterdam carrying a cargo of 67,000 tonnes of crude oi

Antwerp, Mannheim, Rotterdam, Strasbourg and Switzerland (Image Credit: LNG Masterplan.eu)The port authorities of Antwerp, Mannheim, Rotterdam, Strasbourg and Switzerland signed a joint venture for the introduction of LNG.This involves cooperation in research, promotion, knowledge transfer, legislation and bunker infrastructure. The agreements follow on from the LNG Master plan of the Rhine-Main-Danube corridor in which all participants are involved. The aim of this master plan is to put liquefied natural gas to full scale use as a fuel for inland shipping on the Rhine-Main-Danube corridor.The European Union has provided a subsidy of 40 million to support an LNG infrastructure for the Rhine-Main-Danube area. The Danser Group, supported by the LNG Master plan, has commenced refitting its Eiger-Nordwand tow boat. The engines of this vessel will be powered by LNG for 99%.LNG in RotterdamThere has been a special terminal for the storage and handling of liquefied natural gas in the port of Rotterdam since 2011: the Gate terminal. The Argonon and the Greenstream are the first inland vessels powered by LNG which call at the port of Rotterdam. The Municipality of Rotterdam amended the regulations last year so that inland vessels can now also bunker. The LNG MasterplanThe LNG Masterplan aims to ...

Jelle Paulusma, Port of Rotterdam, covered issues relevant to latest LNG Bunkerport developmentsduring 2014 GREEN4SEA Athens Forum

Port of Rotterdam, has signed a global partner deal with TOC Worldwide, organiser of the global TOC portfolio of port-centric maritime trade and supply chain events.

Stricter standards for new built vessels on the North Sea and English Channel The Port of Rotterdam has issued a press release to announce that both Port of Antwerp and Port of Rotterdam want stricter emissions standards to enter into force from January 1st, 2016.The two ports want to see stricter nitrogen oxides emission standards for new built vessels on the North Sea and English Channel. The two largest ports in Europe do not support a proposal to postpone this already agreed upon regulation by five years. At the beginning of April, the environment committee of the IMO will discuss this proposal.Ships' engines which comply with the new standards emit 80% less nitrogen oxides than the current built vessels. Reducing the emissions from shipping to improve air quality is in line with the sustainability policy of the two port authorities.Port of Rotterdam website www.portofrotterdam.comPort of Antwerp website www.portofantwerp.com/en

Rotterdam is Europe's biggest port with a turnover of 600 million a year

Switzerland's Rhine ports lifted around 105,000 TEU last year, thereby setting a new record for shipside container imports/exports. Together with the import/export boxes that were carried by rail, the Rhine ports' terminals handled a total of 117,535 containers in 2013

The Port of Rotterdam Authority has put into use three public lay-by berths for feeder and short sea ships on the Maasvlakte. This will save shipping companies valuable fuel and time in particular.

Port Authority sponsors sustainable shipping in 2013 with 3.5 million According to the Environmental Ship Index (ESI) the Olympus, a product tanker of the Swedish shipping company Sirius Rederi, is the most sustainable ship to arrive in the port of Rotterdam in 2013. The tanker scored highly on this index of 2354 ships on a worldwide level as well. There the ship occupies fourth position worldwide, with 65.7 points. With 78.3 points the LNG tankers Al Marrouna Al Areesh and Al Daayen from Teekay Shipping are the most sustainable ships sailing the world's seas.It is the third time that the Port Authority - one of the initiators of the development of the ESI - has awarded the prize for the most sustainable ship. In 2011 vehicle carrier Morning Carol won the prize, in 2012 it was container ship Cosco Pride and now it is the Olympus. In 2013 the Port Authority invested approximately 3.5 million in sustainable shipping by sponsoring ESI and the Green Award Foundation. Ships which score well in this certification system receive incentives valued at around five percent of the port tariffs payable.Olympus' sustainable performanceThe Olympus is currently moored in the Port of Rotterdam. She arrived this ...