All Port of Rotterdam articles – Page 6

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    Bilbao ups ro-ro capacity

    2017-09-27T00:00:00Z

    September 27 - The Port of Bilbao in the Basque Country of northern Spain has started construction of an additional ro-ro ramp.

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    Contracts roll in for Dockwise

    2017-09-07T00:00:00Z

    September 7 - Dockwise, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Boskalis Westminster, has been awarded a number of marine transport contracts, with a combined contract value of approximately USD50 million.

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    Lone delivers a dozen in Rotterdam

    2017-08-14T00:00:00Z

    August 14 - SAL Heavy Lift has transported twelve Damen vessels from Vietnam to the Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

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    TIBA manages generator round trip

    2017-06-26T00:00:00Z

    June 26 - TIBA Algeria is coordinating the round trip of a 400-ton (362.8-tonne) electricity generator from the Ras-Djinet combined-cycle power plant in Algeria to Siemens' Muelheim plant in Germany via the Port of Rotterdam.

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    Rotterdam plans offshore centre

    2017-06-02T00:00:00Z

    June 2 - The Port of Rotterdam is to create space for an offshore centre to service offshore wind energy projects, oil and gas decommissioning activity in the North Sea, as well as ongoing activities in the oil and gas sector.

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    Maasvlakte Plaza opens

    2017-05-18T00:00:00Z

    May 18 - The Port of Rotterdam Authority has opened Maasvlakte Plaza, an international transport park that features a large-scale truck stop with facilities for out-of-gauge cargo, semi-trailers, ECO-combis and reefer containers.

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    Rotterdam ramps up cargo volumes

    2017-04-14T00:00:00Z

    April 14 - Cargo throughput at the Port of Rotterdam increased by 2 percent in the first quarter of 2017, in comparison to the same period last year, reaching 119.3 million tonnes.

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    Rotterdam had a healthy and stable year

    2017-02-13T00:00:00Z

    February 13 - Throughput of freight in Rotterdam fell in 2016 by 1.1 percent to 461.2 million tonnes while the turnover of the Port of Rotterdam Authority remained stable at EUR675.4 million (USD718 million).

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    Seajacks Scylla's stay with ROG

    2017-01-25T00:00:00Z

    January 25 - Seajacks Scylla has visited the Rotterdam Offshore Group (ROG) terminal in the Waalhaven, after her first successful assignment on phase 1 of the Veja Mate Offshore Windpark project.

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    Monopile moves at Maasvlakte 2

    2017-01-05T00:00:00Z

    January 5 - According to the Port of Rotterdam Authority, the first monopile has been loaded onto a sea-going vessel at Schmeitz Industriële Fabrikage's (Sif) new site at Maasvlakte 2.

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    Crane sails with Steder

    2016-12-29T00:00:00Z

    December 29 - Steder Group has completed the shipment of a knuckle boom crane and associated equipment via the Dutch inland waterways to the Port of Rotterdam, where the cargo was loaded on board a SAL Heavy Lift vessel for shipment to the Far East.

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    Cortland seals partnership deal

    2016-11-23T00:00:00Z

    November 23 - Customised rope and cable specialist Cortland Company has signed a cooperation agreement with specialist hoisting and lifting solutions provider KWINT Offshore.

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    Abis ships go under hammer

    2016-11-04T00:00:00Z

    November 4 - Sources close to the situation have told HLPFI that ships within Abis Shipping's fleet of multipurpose vessels are going under the hammer, after the bank pulled its financial support for the ships.

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    Hydrocracker piece arrives in Rotterdam

    2016-10-31T00:00:00Z

    October 31 - The first section of a new hydrocracker system has been delivered to the ExxonMobil refinery in Botlek at the Port of Rotterdam.

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    SAL carries Damen vessels

    2016-10-25T00:00:00Z

    October 25 - SAL Heavy Lift's freighter, Svenja, recently called at the Port of Rotterdam to deliver 14 new vessels built by the Damen Shipyards Group at its facilities in Asia.

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    Volumes down in Rotterdam

    2016-10-24T00:00:00Z

    October 24 - Although the Port of Rotterdam posted a 2 percent year-on-year drop in breakbulk cargo throughput during the first nine months of 2016, volumes improved in September due to an increase in steel and monopiles destined for offshore wind farms i

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    SCA extends Rotterdam terminal

    2016-10-21T00:00:00Z

    October 21 - SCA Logistics has signed an agreement with the Port of Rotterdam to expand its terminal by 3 ha with the addition of part of the former ECT City terminal at the Dutch port.

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    Module makes way to Japan

    2016-10-17T00:00:00Z

    October 17 - Europe Cargo has coordinated the shipment of a huge treatment module and associated lifting equipment, weighing a total of 469 tonnes, from the Port of Rotterdam to Okpo, Japan.

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    SIF readies monopile shipment

    2016-09-23T00:00:00Z

    September 23 - The new SIF plant at Maasvlakte 2 in the Port of Rotterdam has completed construction of its first lot of monopiles for use in the UK's Galloper offshore wind farm.

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    Rotterdam names logistics manager

    2016-09-07T00:00:00Z

    September 7 - Matthijs van Doorn has been appointed the Port of Rotterdam Authority's new logistics manager.