GIDARA Energy announced that it has received the environmental permit for the bio-methanol plant to be built at Biopark, in the port of Amsterdam. A new stage in the development of the plant to be built. This facility converts local waste into advanced methanol. The environmental permit, granted by Province of North Holland, allows GIDARA Energy to build its Advanced Methanol Amsterdam biofuels plant.

On May 10, Port of Amsterdam awarded the contract for the realization of shore power at Cruise Port Amsterdam (CPA) to Powercon A/S and with BAM as subcontractor. Both the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water management and the European Commission granted subsidies for this project.

The development of hydrogen has acquired the European status of Hydrogen Valley in the province Noord-Holland, the region announced today.

Notification of each visit to the port of Amsterdam must be sent to the Harbour Master electronically in advance. This can be done through the five services in the Port Community System (PCS) of Portbase; the platform for digital port logistics.

Amsterdam was included in the S&P Global Platts Top 250 Global Energy Company Rankings for ethanol in April 2016. Giving Amsterdam’s ethanol market a tremendous boost.

Of course you think of ships, cranes and activity in a harbour, but there is much more like a beautiful nature. Discover this by bike! Choose one of the four routes and stop at the info points. There, connoisseurs will tell you about shipping, nature and the history of the port in videos.