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

PUMA will officially start rainbowing on the site, with a planned surface area of 70 ha, on 1 August. The total of some 7 million m³ of sand required for this undertaking will be extracted from offshore sites and port basins. Over the past few years, the Port Authority has already transferred sand to Prinses Alexiahaven that had become available during projects like the construction of the Sif Group terminal and the LNG Breakbulk terminal.

If everything goes as planned, the entire port site will be rainbowed on by late 2017. Work on the construction of the quay walls can subsequently start in mid-2018. The first companies are expected to set up at the Offshore Center within two years.

Offshore Center
The port of Rotterdam is creating room for a new Offshore Center for activities in the areas of offshore wind power, decommissioning and the oil & gas sector. The establishment of Europe’s first Offshore Centre is in line with the Port Authority’s policy to further develop Rotterdam’s already highly developed cluster of companies active in the offshore and maritime sectors.