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.

In the next few years, new wind farms will be built in the North Sea. You can read about what this means for the economy and employment in North Holland in this new report.

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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.

The Director of the Central Nautical Management North Sea Canal Area announces the following:

An incident, involving an inland ship into which cargo had been transhipped from a seagoing ship in Amsterdam, occurred during the voyage in the beginning of December 2019. The cargo had been treated with a fumigant in a foreign port. The investigation, commissioned by the Director of the Central Nautical Management North Sea Canal Area, showed that the procedures had been carried out in accordance with the action plan adopted on 23 October 2018.

River cruise ports in the South and West of the Netherlands, Port of Amsterdam and MUST SEE are launching the app PORT SEE for up-to-date insight into the accessibility of ports for river cruise ships.