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Major step for Port of Rotterdam to grow into the International Bio Port

Plug & Play initiative for bio-based industry The Port of Rotterdam Authority enters into a unique co-operation with E.ON, Evides Industriewater, Stedin and Vopak. On Friday 30 August these parties signed an agreement with the aim of creating an 80-hectare 'Plug & Play area' on Maasvlakte 2. This means they will cooperate to offer (mains) services to businesses which want to set up in the Bio-based Cluster planned here. Hans Smits, CEO of the Port Authority: "This collaboration is a major step for the port of Rotterdam to grow into the international bio port."An area of more than 80 hectares (about 120 football pitches) on Maasvlakte 2 has been reserved for innovative chemical industry based on renewable raw materials. The Port Authority and its four partners will do their best in the coming years to provide combined services for this area. Thanks to this joint initiative, businesses which establish themselves here no longer have to make their own investments in the supply of power for instance or power networks, tank storage and waste, process and drinking water. And thus a Plug & Play concept is born. Hans Smits:"We want to be able to offer a basic infrastructure, so that the ...

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