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Rotterdam opens first etruck charging station

News26 Jan 2024

The Port of Rotterdam Authority (HbR) in conjunction with Truckparkings Rotterdam Exploitatie (TRE) has opened a charging station for electr...

News24 Jan 2024

Plans to develop a 25-ha depot to store empty containers and a barge/feeder terminal on the Rotterdam Maasvlakte are likely to be abandoned ...

News4 Dec 2017

Rotterdam harbour dues will rise by 1% annually over the coming three years (2018 through 2020)...

News1 May 2017

Benelux ports have enjoyed a generally good start to the year, and have seen their share of Northern Europe’s container business rise....

News1 Nov 2016

As surmised at the start of this year (WorldCargo News, January 2016, p7), Swedish forestry giant SCA is set to expand its SCA Logistics/Int...

News1 Feb 2015

The first pile for a new quay in Rotterdam’s Johan Frisohaven has been driven for United Waalhaven Terminal (UWT), owned by the Waalhaven ...

News1 Jul 2013

Rivalries between the different terminal operators could be influencing current thinking...

News1 Apr 2012

After a long “hiatus,” Swiss shippers and forwarders may be prepared to give Ligurian ports another chance....

News16 Mar 2012

The construction start of the Rotterdam World Gateway (RWG) terminal on Maasvlakte II has been postponed...

News1 Feb 2012

Traditionally unhampered, free shipping on the Rhine is under threat from the German Transport Ministry, which is planning to levy a toll to...

News1 Jan 2011

Another tempting site will soon come on the market in Rotterdam, as DFDS moves from its 20-hectare deepwater facility at the Maasvlakte to t...

News1 Aug 2010

The Rotterdam port authority (GHR) has expressed interest in acquiring the one third stake in the Port of Duisburg, which is currently owned...

News1 Mar 2010

A minimum 45-hectare terminal site of the highest calibre has come on the market in the Port of Rotterdam. The area, at the western-most tip...

News1 Jul 2009

The town of Alblasserdam, east of Rotterdam, will get a new intermodal barge terminal. The location for the Port of Rotterdam’s so-called ...

News1 May 2009

With construction of Maasvlakte 2 now underway, Rotterdam port authority (GHR) is turning its attention to the problems of absorbing the ext...