News

Port of Rotterdam throughput increases by 3,9%

With an increase in throughput of 3.9%, the port of Rotterdam can look back a good first half year. There was growth in eight of the ten market segments.

Don’t miss it: the first World Port Conference!

The very first edition of the World Port Conference, to be held on 1 September, will be all about sharing research results, knowledge and experience in the field of innovation and digitisation in the port and logistics sectors.

All roads lead to a sustainable port by 2050

We call this development the ‘energy transition’: the move from fossil fuels to clean, ‘green’ sources of power and the optimal use and reuse of energy and raw materials. This transition is expected to be rounded off by 2050.

New biobased bridges in port of Rotterdam will last at least 100 years

This year, 14 new biobased polymer composite footbridges made by FiberCore will be installed in the port of Rotterdam, bringing the total to 22.

Time for ‘truck Tindering’: a dating app for truck platoons

Truck Platoons, a SmartPort project: driving trucks in an organised convoy from Maasvlakte 2 to the hinterland.

Boskalis and Van Oord to construct new port site for Offshore Center

The Port of Rotterdam Authority and PUMA signed the contract for the construction of the site of the Offshore Center. The Offshore Center will be realised at Prinses Alexiahaven along Maasvlakte 2’s inland basin.

Maasvlakte Plaza success from the get-go

Two months after the official opening of Maasvlakte Plaza, truck drivers have no trouble finding the new truck stop. In June, 90 percent of the 359 parking spaces were occupied over the course of six days.

New quay and crane for Rhenus at Maasvlakte

By adding the new quay, Rhenus is increasing the capacity and thus the flexibility of the terminal at Antarcticaweg considerably.