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Port of Amsterdam, as a leader in the transition to a sustainable society, wants to accelerate making shipping and the maritime sector more sustainable. Today it is publishing the Clean Shipping Vision with clear targets for making shipping more sustainable. Port of Amsterdam is supported in this by the port business community and the maritime industry.

Shareholder the City of Amsterdam has appointed Jan Lagasse as Supervisory Board (RvC) Chairman of Port of Amsterdam with effect from 1 April 2022. He succeeds Jeroen de Haas, who will be standing down from the Port of Amsterdam Supervisory Board after nine years as a supervisory director with effect from the same date.

His Majesty the King officially inaugurated operation of the IJmuiden sea lock on Wednesday, 26 January 2022. With a push of a button, King Willem Alexander opened the inner door of the world’s largest sea lock from the Lock Operations Centre (SOC).

Liander announced that a large part of Amsterdam will be in congestion, including the port area. This means that newly established companies (leads) and existing companies will not receive new or additional electricity. In other words, the power grid is full. This congestion will affect the sustainability of business processes and products of companies in the area, and thus of the port, in the years to come. Because the port plays a crucial role in the city and port’s ambition to be climate neutral by 2050, concerns are considerable. This congestion requires the highest priority and creativity from energy companies, governments and politicians in order to be resolved.

The climate problem is huge and all-encompassing. ‘That’s why my motto is: change the world and start with yourself.’ As (State) Harbour Master of the Port of Amsterdam and the North Sea Canal Area, Milembe Mateyo wants to make vessel traffic more sustainable.

In the presence of a large international group of frontrunners in the field of the hydrogen economy, alderman Victor Everhardt of Economic Affairs of the Municipality of Amsterdam launched the Hydrogen Hub at the World Hydrogen Congress.