New Rotterdam pipelines to yield benefits
The construction of four new pipelines between Rotterdam, Chemelot and North Rhine-Westphalia for the transport of C4-LPG, propylene, hydrogen and CO2 will yield several benefits.
This is the conclusion of a feasibility study commissioned by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, the Port of Rotterdam Authority and Chemelot chemical industrial park. The initiators have agreed to move swiftly forward with the plans under the title ‘Delta Corridor’.
There are a number of benefits to laying the pipelines between the port of Rotterdam and Chemelot in Limburg. Firstly, it will mean fewer trains carrying hazardous materials along the Brabant route, which could create housing development opportunities along the track. Secondly, industry at Chemelot will benefit from safe and sustainable connections to other industry clusters, which will strengthen Chemelot’s competitive position. Thirdly, pipelines for hydrogen and CO2
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Waterfront Shipping’s Takaroa Sun, a methanol dual-fuel vessel is bunkering methanol from the MTS Evidence barge at the Vopak Botlek Terminal in Port of Rotterdam. NYK, Vopak, TankMatch and Waterfront Shipping took part in the world s first barge-to-ship methanol bunkering operation at the Port of Rotterdam.
The operation at the Vopak Terminal Botlek involved bunker barge MTS Evidence, operated by TankMatch, with the participation of Waterfront Shipping’s Takaroa Sun,
a long-term chartered vessel owned by an NYK subsidiary.
“Waterfront Shipping has been operating methanol-fuelled ships for over five years now, accumulating over 100,000 combined operating hours and has been bunkering methanol for its methanol dual-fuelled vessels via cargo shore pipelines near Methanex’s production facilities,” said Paul Hexter, President of Waterfront Shipping. “When appropriate safety measures are followed, we know that methanol
Rotterdam green port project wins €25 million EU grant May 13, 2021, by Fatima Bahtić
Close to €25 million in European Union (EU) funding has been awarded as a research grant to the 45-member consortium headed by the Port of Rotterdam Authority to promote smarter, zero-emission transport in ports.
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The consortium project comes out of a collaboration between the port authorities of Rotterdam, DeltaPort (Germany), Haropa Port (France) and Sines (Portugal), in partnership with 10 research institutes and over 30 companies in the Netherlands, Germany, France, Portugal, Denmark and Sweden.
Specifically, the EU grant will be used to execute 10 pilot and demonstration projects that focus on sustainable and smart logistics in port operations.