Port of Rotterdam

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

The drug problem in international trade is growing. Increased cooperation between all stakeholders has proven it can deliver results but arguably the wider application of new technology holds the greatest promise to…

26th September 2024

Drug tsunami: counter measures

26th September 2024

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES

Start-up accelerator PortXL has revealed its 2024 cohort of nascent innovators dedicated to fostering sustainability in the maritime and logistics sectors.

13th September 2024

PortXL unveils 2024 maritime innovators

13th September 2024

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

APM Terminals (APMT) has confirmed investment in 240 new pieces of…

25th July 2024

Its 240 for APMT

25th July 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Cargo throughput in the Port of Rotterdam remained virtually unchanged in the first half of 2024 compared to the same period last year.

19th July 2024

Throughput stable at Port of Rotterdam

19th July 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

The Hamburg-Le Havre port range is the engine room for the North European mainland and handles a wide range of different cargoes. AJ Keyes assesses how the major facilities performed in 2023…

30th May 2024

Challenging times

30th May 2024

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A consortium of parties have become the first in the world to build a scalable quantum internet connection at Rotterdam port as part of the Quantum Delta NL programme.

14th May 2024

A ‘world first’ in trialling quantum internet connectivity

14th May 2024

PORT & TERMINAL NEWS

PORT & TERMINAL NEWS

Tests commence for digital sea and inland port networking

19th April 2024

Tests commence for digital sea and inland port networking

19th April 2024

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Rotterdam Shortsea Terminals (RST) is looking to source new cranes from Europe due to cost increases…

19th April 2024

RST Crane Plan

19th April 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

The Port of Rotterdam has named its new director of containers within its commercial department.

31st January 2024

Rotterdam names new container boss

31st January 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Port of Rotterdam has commissioned its long-awaited Container Exchange Route (CER) which seeks to ensure increasing container volumes are processed safely, efficiently and sustainably.

28th November 2023

Rotterdam – a model for joined-up container efficiency

28th November 2023

PORT & TERMINAL NEWS

PORT & TERMINAL NEWS

IAPH is partnering with chainPORT, a multilateral partnership of the world’s leading ‘smart ports,’ on a project to develop a common understanding of the critical components of digital port infrastructure to harmonise…

24th November 2023

IAPH and chainPORT partner on digital infrastructure

24th November 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

The industry thought the covid pandemic resulted in chaotic macro-economic and port statistics. It seems the period since the pandemic remains equally complex in Europe. J-P Verschuure* looks at changes in the…

24th November 2023

2023 statistical decoupling

24th November 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Global container operator, Evergreen, has acquired a 20 per cent stake in Euromax, one of the existing terminals at the…

29th August 2023

Evergreen Deal

29th August 2023

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

The port of Rotterdam website has been targeted in a cyberattack that is being blamed on pro-Russian supporters…

26th July 2023

Russian Cyberattack

26th July 2023

PORT & TERMINAL NEWS

PORT & TERMINAL NEWS

APM Terminals (APMT) is expanding its Maasvlakte II terminal in Rotterdam, in a deal worth in excess of €1 billion ($1.1 billion).

9th May 2023

Maasvlakte II expansion announced

9th May 2023

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

The Port of Rotterdam Authority has placed six “smart bollards” on the quay of the Hutchison Ports ECT…

9th May 2023

Smart Bollards at ECT

9th May 2023

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

The Port of Rotterdam is now using an integrated planning approach to manage inland container shipping and allied activities.

8th February 2023

Rotterdam’s integrated plans for inland cargo

8th February 2023

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

The Port of Rotterdam is implementing a quantum communications system…

15th December 2022

Secure Rotterdam

15th December 2022

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES

The Port of Rotterdam is to run trials with drones to achieve sea-going and inland shipping inspections as part of efforts to reduce pollution. 

15th December 2022

Drone Deployment

15th December 2022

PORT & TERMINAL NEWS

PORT & TERMINAL NEWS

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the Port of Rotterdam have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish the world’s longest Green and Digital Corridor to enable low…

27th October 2022

Digital Corridor

27th October 2022

EUROPE

EUROPE

Terminal Investments Limited (TIL), the terminal division of MSC, is continuing its spending spree on securing new container terminal capacity with the announcement of the development of a new mega-terminal in Rotterdam…

27th October 2022

Til Spending Spree Rolls Into Rotterdam

27th October 2022

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Steve Cameron, well known Moderator at the Terminal Operations Conference (TOC) and roving correspondent for Port Strategy, highlights two ‘tales’ from the June TOC in his own inimitable style

15th September 2022

Two tales from toc: streamlining inland barging

15th September 2022

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

The Port of Baie Comeau, Canada has joined forces with the Port of Rotterdam, The Netherlands to explore the potential for its development and future cargo growth opportunities.

31st July 2022

Baie Comeau enlists Rotterdam support

31st July 2022