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Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country in Northwest Europe bordering on the North Sea, Germany, and Belgium. It is a member of the European Union and its leading ports are Rotterdam and Amsterdam.

EU awards nearly € 25 million in funding to ‘green port project’ Rotterdam

An international alliance of 45 companies, knowledge institutes and port authorities, headed by the Port of Rotterdam Authority, has been awarded nearly € 25...

APM Terminals agrees divestment of APM Terminals Rotterdam to Hutchinson Ports

APM Terminals (APMT) and Hutchison Ports are pleased to announce that Hutchison Ports Netherlands B.V., a subsidiary of Hutchison Ports, has signed an...

Jumbo Shipping and SAL Heavy Lift launch Jumbo-SAL-Alliance

Joint venture creates a new commercial heavy weight in project and breakbulk shipping with a fleet of 30 advanced heavy lift vessels – April 15, 2021...

Kombiverkehr expands network via Gotthard

New relations between Krefeld, Rotterdam and Gent and Mortara in Italy – February 25, 2021 Kombiverkehr KG has added three new connections to its...

Port of Rotterdam sees total cargo traffic down 6.9% in 2020

Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) February 21, 2021 – In the year 2020, the Port of Rotterdam recorded total cargo traffic of 436.8 million tonnes,...

What does it mean to be a world-class terminal operator? – APM Terminals

Blog: ‘What does it mean to be a world-class terminal operator?’ – by COO, Keith Svendsen – February 9, 2021 What does it mean to be the world...

Uniper and Port of Rotterdam Authority start feasibility study for green hydrogen plant at Maasvlakte

Uniper and the Port of Rotterdam Authority are investigating the possibilities of large-scale production of green hydrogen at the Maasvlakte area in Rotterdam....

Port of Amsterdam reports 14% transshipment fall in 2020

Amsterdam, Netherlands (PortSEurope) January 19, 2021 – Port of Amsterdam has registered 2020 transshipment of 74.3 million tonnes, a 14% fall compared...

Titan LNG’s Bio-LNG project to receives CEF Funding

Amsterdam, Netherlands (PortSEurope) November 10, 2020 – The European Union’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) has granted €11 million to...

ACM clears acquisition of container terminal of APM Terminals by ECT’s parent company

The Netherlands Authority for Consumer and Markets (ACM) has cleared Hutchison Ports Netherlands, parent company of container terminal operator ECT, to acquire...

Rotterdam port plans increased shore-based power supply

Rotterdam, Netherlands (PortSEurope) October 15, 2020 – The Municipality of Rotterdam and the Port of Rotterdam Authority have announced a jojnt plan to...

WEC Lines launches new Bilbao-Moerdijk container service

Moerdijk, Netherlands (PortSEurope) October 14, 2020 – WEC Lines has announced a new container shipping service between the Dutch port of Moerdijk and...

COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited – Container throughput Q2 2020

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) July 15, 2020 – COSCO Shipping Ports Limited has reported June 2020 container throughout for its terminals together with...

Air Liquide and Port of Rotterdam launch partnership to foster hydrogen-powered trucks and infrastructure

Air Liquide and the Port of Rotterdam Authority have announced the launch of a jointly created initiative, which aims at enabling 1,000 hydrogen-powered...

COSCO SHIPPING Ports reports container throughput down 3.7% in May

Hong Kong, China (Ports Europe) June 16, 2020 – COSCO SHIPPING Ports Ltd has published container (TEU) throughput for May 2020, which records total...

Kalmar to supply DR depots with lifting equipment

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has concluded an order to supply DR Depots with nine empty container handlers and one Kalmar Gloria reachstacker. The order, which...

North Sea Port measures to prevent the spread of Coronavirus

News – North Sea Port – March 16, 2020 Both the Belgian and Dutch governments have announced measures that are necessary to prevent the further...

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