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Rotterdam

Rotterdam is a major port city in the Dutch province of South Holland. The Port of Rotterdam is the operator of the port, Europe’s largest.

Key port sector issues discussed at TT Club seminar

Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) April 19, 2024 – Maritime & Transport Business Solutions (MTBS) reported on the key port sector trends and...

Port of Rotterdam cargo down -4.5% in Q1 2024

Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) April 18, 2024 – In the first three months of 2024, the total cargo throughput of the Port of Rotterdam was 110.1...

Portbase and RheinPorts start testing digital network

Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) April 16, 2024 – Portbase and RheinPorts, two platform operators, have jointly started testing a project to...

Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd’s Gemini Cooperation to rely on 15 main ports

London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) March 30, 2024 – Fifteen ports will play a key role in A.P. Moller-Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd’s Gemini...

250 kilos of cocaine in a shipment in the port of Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) March 18, 2024 – The local customs authorities has discovered 250 kilos of cocaine in a shipment of grapes in the...

Vessels participating in Nextlogic spend 20% less time in port

News Release – Port of Rotterdam – February 22, 2024 Integrated planning for handling inland container shipping in the port of Rotterdam has now...

Kalmar to supply Hutchison Ports ECT Rotterdam with straddle carriers

Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) February 21, 2024 – Kalmar will supply Hutchison Ports ECT Rotterdam with two fully electric and...

Port of Rotterdam issues solar tender

Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) February 2, 2024 – The Port of Rotterdam Authority has issued a tender for the operation of a floating 128-megawatt...

Kazakhstan invites Port of Rotterdam to manage its ports

Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) January 31, 2024 – The Port of Rotterdam has been invited to participate in projects to transform the Caspian Sea...

First charging station for electric trucks in port of Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) January 30, 2024 – Together with Truckparkings Rotterdam Exploitatie (TRE), the Port of Rotterdam Authority opened...

Eurostat: Top 10 cargo ports in the EU

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) January 29, 2024 – The Eurostat organisation has published a report – Key figures on European transport – 2023. It...

Port of Rotterdam sees reduced bunker supply in 2023

Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) January 26, 2024 – The Port of Rotterdam supplied 9.9 million tonnes of bunker fuel in 2023, compared to 10.6...

China economy best connected to the global liner shipping network in Q3 2023

Geneva, Switzerland (Ports Europe) December 26, 2023 – China was the economy best connected to the global liner shipping network in the third quarter of...

Kalmar to supply Star Container with empty container handlers

Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) December 18, 2023 – Kalmar has signed an agreement to supply global logistics service provider Star Container...

Port of Rotterdam starts imports of avocados from Rwanda

Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) December 15, 2023 – On 27 November, the first reefer container with avocados arrived at Avor in the Dutch town of...

ONE completes acquisition of 20% in Rotterdam World Gateway

Rotterdam, Netherlands (PortSEurope) November 6, 2023 – Ocean Network Express (ONE) has completed its acquisition of a 20% stake in Rotterdam World...

European Commission factsheet highlights drug trafficking issues

Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) October 19, 2023 – This week, the European Commission (EC) published its Communication on the EU Roadmap to Fight Drug...

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