ECT and Rotterdam head-on in court
NewsProceedings have opened in the legal action by ECT against the Port of Rotterdam Authority over Maasvlakte II...
Maasvlakte II opened
NewsAmidst a flotilla of 25 vessels ranging from classic three-masters to a modern containership, Dutch transport minister Melanie Schultz van H...
Maasvlakte 2 terminals "on schedule"
NewsConstruction of the new container terminals is on schedule, says Rotterdam port authority...
APMT books Kuenz ARMGs for Maasvlakte II
NewsAPM Terminals (APMT) has ordered 26 automated rail-mounted gantry cranes {ARMGs) for its Maasvlakte II terminal in Rotterdam, and two RMGs f...
Rotterdam confident about Maasvlakte 2
NewsRotterdam port authority (GHR) says that it will start construction of the second Maasvlakte on September 1, even though there are still app...
Robotised Rotterdam World Gateway
NewsRotterdam World Gateway (RWG), the consortium of DP World, New World Alliance (NWA) and CMA CGM that won the concession to operate the 4.2M ...
DPW beats PSA to Maasvlakte-2
NewsDP World and its partners New World Alliance (APL, HMM and MOL) and CMA-CGM have won the bid for the second container terminal concession (t...
Rotterdam eyeing further steel inroads
NewsTraffic has been growing strongly at the Port of Rotterdam. Container traffic rose sharply in the first quarter of this year, due to acceler...
Maasvlakte 2 tussle
NewsFrom a total of around 15, the shortlist for the remaining container terminal concession at Maasvlakte 2 under the Port of Rotterdam (HbR)...
Betuwe Route – on the right track?
NewsHolland’s new Betuwe Route is finally set to open next January, initially for trials. A “last minute” compromise had to be agreed with...
Massvlatke 2 tenders
NewsThe Port of Rotterdam Authority (HBR) has started to invite tenders for the design and construction of Maasvlakte 2, its new port site of (e...
Maasvlakte agreement
NewsThe State, the municipality of Rotterdam and the Port of Rotterdam have finally reached agreement on financing for the construction of Maasv...
Havenspoorlijn renewed
NewsThe Rotterdam port railway line (Havenspoorlijn), the 40 km long section of track from the Maasvlakte to the Kijfhoek shunting yard in Zwijn...
Between a rock and a hard place
NewsThe decision of Rotterdam Municipal Port Management (GHR) to corporatise in order for the City of Rotterdam, the designated sole shareholder...
Going Dutch over funding
NewsWhile the Port of Rotterdam has gained outline government support for Maasvlakte II, there are still doubts in some quarters that it will go...