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Port of Rotterdam rewards the 25 most sustainable vessels with a discount

But only 6 qualify on original criteria and only one of those has called at Rotterdam The Port of Rotterdam Authority (PRA) says it will reward the 25 "cleanest" ocean-going vessels arriving in the Port of Rotterdam in 2011 and 2012 with a discount on port dues even if they do not meet he port's original target.Last year the World Port Climate Initiative introduced the Environmental Ship Index (ESI), under the auspices of the International Association of Ports and Harbors, in London.PRA was co-initiator of this index and says it is working with this new international benchmark for ship air emissions and in this way awards points to those ships performing better than the statutory norm. The ESI was introduced on 1 January and, in addition to Dutch ports, the ports of Antwerp, Hamburg, Oslo, Kiel, Bremen and the Green Award Foundation are using ESI to reward clean ships.So far 375 seagoing ships have been recorded in the ESI. This means that they all score better than the statutory norm."However," a PRA statement says, "the score required in order to qualify for the discount, 31 points, appears to be on the high side for the time being. Only six ships ...

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Shipping traffic in Rotterdam port resumes after gas leak

The leak is fixed Shipping traffic in Rotterdam port resumed before 2 p.m. (1200 GMT) on Thursday following a partial halt due to a gas leak at a liquefied natural gas terminal, a police spokesman told Reuters.Earlier on Thursday, shipping had been halted in the area of Maasvlakte, which represents around one fifth of the total port area due to gas cloud caused by the leak at GATE terminal."The leak is fixed," Rotterdam police spokesman said.The 800 million euro Gas Access to Europe (Gate) terminal, built by Gasunie and Koninklijke Vopak said in a statement that a white cloud was created when gas was released during work on one of the jetties."This cloud was caused by condensation of water vapor in the air in contact with the cold gas. This cloud contained no toxic substances and there is no danger," the statement said.Dutch day-ahead gas prices traded 0.30 euro higher on Thursday at 25.75 euros. Traders said if gas flows from the Gate terminal have been interrupted, prices could rise even more as gas unloaded from a Nigerian cargo three days ago is expected to enter the market."The news will probably lift prices a little, a tanker unloaded at Gate ...

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Rotterdam port conducts study to build new railway yard

Having a positive impact on the capacity of the port to handle rail freight A study to build a new railway yard in the outskirts of the Dutch city of Rotterdam has been selected by the EU for co-financing under the 2010 TEN-T Annual Calls with a grant of almost 1.5 million, Rail.co reports.The study will lead the way to the construction of the yard, which will have a positive impact on the capacity of the port to handle rail freight.The study financed by the European Union, relates to the design and procurement procedures necessary to increase the railway yard capacity of the port of Rotterdam, the largest port in Europe and starting point of Priority Project 24 (Railway axis Lyon/Genova-Basel-Duisburg-Rotterdam/Antwerpen).The subsequent implementation of the works will remove an important transport bottleneck and increase the share of intermodal rail freight traffic.It will also fill the capacity gaps on the hinterland rail freight corridor and trigger economic growth and development in Europe by ensuring a dynamic and efficient maritime and continental transport chain.The study is expected to be completed by May 2012.The studies are preparing the following railway components that will be added to the existent layout of Maasvlakte West, located ...

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Plant One commences operations in port of Rotterdam

It will also encourage and speedup the growth of green energy development The latest green technology test facility of Plant One was opened in the Port of Rotterdam by Maxime Verhagen, Minister of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation (EL&I) of the Dutch Government.The new facility started due to the efforts of the Port of Rotterdam, Rotterdam Climate Initiative, TNO and Deltalings, will assist the growth of the laboratory stage products into pilot scale and then into full-scale manufacture. It will also encourage and speedup the growth of green energy development. The test facility is ready for operations after 18 months of receiving its grant and has started receiving pilot projects. Plant One is placed in a suitable location to perform a number of tests for the end users.Maxime Verhagen, the Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation (EL&I) opened Plant OneThe Netherlands Energy Research Center (ECN) has commenced one of its pilot installations at Plant One. The technology being developed by ECN known as HybSi membrane technology will provide a viable substitute for distillation used in the process industry. The technology deployed will make a difficult segregation process more convenient utilizing reduced level of energy and cost. It has ...

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