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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.

Gasunie and Vopak will jointly develop future open access hydrogen import terminal infrastructure

Gasunie and Vopak today announced that they have entered into a cooperation agreement – May 2, 2022 The aim is to jointly develop future terminal...

New Russian railway service to link Germany, the Netherlands and Italy with Russia, despite sanctions

St. Petersburg, Russia (PortSEurope) April 29, 2022 – Despite massive Western sanctions against Russia for its invasion in Ukraine, the first train of the...

Port of Rotterdam sees cargo down -1.5% in first quarter

Rotterdam, Netherlands (PortSEurope) April 26, 2022 – In the first quarter of 2022, the Port of Rotterdam handled 113.6 million tonnes of cargo compared...

North Sea Port and Port of Gothenburg jointly set up network of medium-sized European ports

North Sea Port and the Port of Gothenburg have signed an agreement to work closely together. Setting up a network of medium-sized European ports and working on...

Impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on the port of Rotterdam

Last update: April 13, 2022 – 15:30 / 3.30 PM CET The war in Ukraine has prompted the European Union and other bodies to impose a number of sanctions on...

Cargo traffic at North Sea Port increases in Q1 2022

Cargo traffic at North Sea Port increased by more than 6% during Q1 2022. The consequences of the pandemic are being steadily rolled back. The EU sanctions...

Gasunie, HES International and Vopak join forces to develop an import terminal for hydrogen carrier in the port of Rotterdam

Gasunie, HES International (HES) and Vopak will be working together to develop an import terminal for green ammonia as a hydrogen carrier – April 11,...

APM Terminals appoints new CEO

The Hague, Netherlands (PortSEurope) April 4, 2022 – Keith Svendsen, Chief Operations Officer APM Terminals, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer...

GSBN’s Cargo Release gains momentum in Europe following successful deployments in China and SEA

GSBN’s Cargo Release gains momentum in Europe following successful deployments in China and Southeast Asia Consortium’s flagship digital solution rolls out...

Port of Rotterdam statement on the effects of the Ukraine crisis

Rotterdam, The Netherlands (Ports Europe) March 2, 2022 – The Port Authority of Rotterdam’s website has published an article entitled:...

North Sea Port aiming for full recovery in 2022

With nearly 69 million tons of seaborne cargo transhipped in 2021, North Sea Port grew 9% compared to the Covid year of 2020. Indeed, transhipment via inland...

Rotterdam becomes first European port to handle 15 million TEU in a year

Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) December 23, 2021 – Yesterday, the Port of Rotterdam became the first European port to cross the barrier of 15...

‘Decarbonizing port logistics – the time is now!’ – by COO, Keith Svendsen, APM Terminals

Fighting climate change has become an imperative for all of us as individuals and as companies, and in APM Terminals we are fully committed to address this...

Boskalis consortium receives $27.02m to support green shipping

Papendrecht, 6 December 2021 A broader maritime consortium in which Boskalis is participant has been awarded a EUR 24 million grant to conduct research into...

Netherlands to advise Ukraine on water infrastructure projects

Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 8, 2021 – On December 2, 2021, a seminar “Public Procurement Policy on Price / Quality” took place to...

S5 Agency World expands to become world’s leading port services company

Rotterdam, Netherlands (PortSEurope) December 3, 2021 – First Dutch has acquired the S5 Agency world shares of Marmedsa Noatum Maritime and Kanoo...

CMA CGM and Shell perform first bio-LNG bunkering operation in Rotterdam

The CMA CGM Group, a world leader in shipping and logistics, and Shell “AMS:RDSA” have performed the first Bio-LNG bunkering trial in Rotterdam....

North Sea Port makes up for pandemic losses step by step in the first nine months

Over the first nine months of this year, the companies in North Sea Port recorded 51.3 million tons of seaborne cargo transhipment. That is 9% more than in the...

Uniper and Port of Rotterdam Authority to co-operate in production green hydrogen

Energy company Uniper and the Port of Rotterdam Authority have entered into an agreement for developing the production of green hydrogen at the Uniper location...

Transitex opens its first branch in the Netherlands

Transitex, the logistics operator from YILPORT Holding announces the opening of its newest office, located in Rotterdam. This is the company’s 38th location,...

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