Russian sanctions hit Rotterdam

Cepsa partners with Evos to store green methanol at their Algeciras and Rotterdam facilities, advancing sustainable energy initiatives.

Construction work has started on a container depot located next to Hutchison Ports’ ECT Euromax terminal in the Maasvlakte area of the port of Rotterdam.

Rotterdam and Antwerp-Bruges, which are Europe’s two largest container ports, have both suffered declines in their throughputs for the first nine months of 2023. Overall traffic at both ports was also down on the same period of 2022.

The Netherlands and Colombia are preparing a treaty to intensify bilateral cooperation in the fight against drugs trafficking.

As reported by WorldCargo News Online, Hutchison Ports’ European flagship terminal, ECT Rotterdam, has made an important break with its purchasing tradition by moving away from ZPMC and turning to Sany for three large STS cranes for its Delta Dedicated Terminal Southside (ex-DDE and ex-DDW).

In Rotterdam, completion of the Theemswegtracé (‘Thames Road Track’), a 4 km rail spur, means that freight trains on the Havenspoorlijn no longer have to pass via the Caland lift bridge over the Brittannië Dock. This bypass could potentially double capacity of the Betuwe Line to Germany.