The Amsterdam/IJmuiden region and Port of Amsterdam are fully committed to offshore wind power. We contribute to the construction of wind farms by producing and shipping all kinds of components via the North Sea Canal area.

The new building where Port of Amsterdam's technical staff, planners and part of the operational staff will be based opened this week. This completely ‘circular’-built building replaces the current building on Capriweg.

A plant to produce blue hydrogen on a large scale could be operational in Den Helder by 2027. Research by H2Gateway, a consortium of businesses and public bodies, shows that this is possible.

The Amsterdam Startup ReefSystems, based in Prodock, installed artificial reefs in IJmuiden on Monday 26 October to promote biodiversity.

Tests with vapour processing installations were carried out in the port of Amsterdam. The aim of the newly developed installations is to process vapours from inland tankers in a safe and controlled way so that they no longer end up in the air. This is an important step towards clean shipping.

The City Council of Amsterdam officially approved the ‘Westpoort Noise Dispersion Plan' on Wednesday, 14 March 2018. The zoning plan divides the available noise zones in the Westpoort section of the Port among the plots of land located in the area.

Every turbine in a wind farm has its own cables to transport offshore wind power ashore, and the miles and miles of cables required by the Fryslân wind farm are manufactured by TKF (Twentsche Kabelfabriek). WIND B.V., a company based in Alkmaar in North Holland province, is in charge of logistics.

Global Petro Storage Company (GPS) will construct a rail connection next to its current terminal in the port of Amsterdam. Three new tanks for the storage of ethanol will be added to its site as well. Combined, the volume of these tanks will total 15,000 m3.

More than 41,000 solar panels will generate sustainable energy in the Port of Amsterdam for logistics services provider CWT. Spread across five locations, the panels will together form the largest solar project in Amsterdam.

Last week TMA Logistics did a test on container barge Ms Royaal with eConowind. This is a container with collapsible sails that can be sailed partly on wind.