Port of Amsterdam was awarded an LME certification this week by the London Metal Exchange (LME). From now on, Amsterdam is listed as a goods delivery point for aluminium, aluminium alloy, lead, nickel, tin and zinc.

Alexander Kousbroek has been appointed Port of Amsterdam’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective 1 January 2021. He will be succeeding Michiel de Brauw, who is resigning from his position on 31 December 2020.

A ban on degassing of benzene and of cargo containing benzene during sailing will apply in North Holland with effect from 1 March 2017. The Executive of North Holland approved the amendment of the provincial environmental regulations on 20 December, to contribute to cleaner inland navigation.

From 1 January 2025, there will be a restriction on the use of open-loop scrubbers for seagoing vessels in the port of Amsterdam. Open-loop scrubbers discharge polluted washing water into our port waters. By this ban, we contribute to a cleaner marine environment.

At the cone waiting berths in the Australiehaven, three or four ships were regularly moored alongside on both sides of the jetty. This was not an ideal situation. Therefore, we replaced this jetty for two new jetties.

Due to stricter ISPS regulations, it had become impossible to combine the car drop-off point/drinking water tapping point at the mouth of Afrikahaven with a coaster waiting area on the other side of the jetty.

Yesterday, the vessel The Great Casablanca from the Grimaldi Group docked for the first time in the Port of Amsterdam. This impressive Container/RoRo ship is 250 meters long, 38 meters wide, and has no fewer than 12 decks. It boasts a loading capacity of 4,000 cars and 2,000 containers.

The Prince Willem-Alexander Lock will be closed to shipping traffic from February 28 to March 4, 2025. In extreme weather conditions, Rijkswaterstaat will move the blockage to the period March 7 to March 11, 2025. Shipping traffic will use diversion routes during the blockage.

Due to an ongoing legal dispute over the future use of ADM Westhaven, we are unfortunately forced to decommission the car drop-off area.

Some skippers indicated that it would be helpful if the Westport numbers public wharves could be found on our website. For example, in case of emergencies or if they get a visit from BV and mechanic.