Inland shipping vessels in Terneuzen lock have to notify North Sea Port before entering Canal
From 1 November 2019, inland shipping vessels that wish to sail up the Ghent-Terneuzen Canal via the lock in Terneuzen are required to submit notification to North Sea Port. This will both simplify services and increase security. Rijkswaterstaat was previously responsible for this task.
Liner services online
North Sea Port as a multimodal deep-sea port provides a large number of liner services to ports in Europe or elsewhere. These liner services can now be accessed online.
North Sea Port on course for new annual record
Over the first 9 months of this year, the North Sea Port companies recorded a volume of 54 million tonnes sea freight transhipment, almost 2% more than in the same period last year. If this growth continues for the remaining three months, the merged port may well end this year at a new record high.
Twelve new rail destinations for more efficient North Sea Port connections to the European hinterland
North Sea Port and Lineas are joining forces to increase efficiency with 12 new rail connections to the European hinterland. This is a significant expansion of the volume of rail transport from the port.
Recommendations for pipeline infrastructure in North Sea Port to realise climate ambitions
Large quantities of green hydrogen, sustainable electricity and the replacement or construction of a substantial number of pipelines in North Sea Port are the main recommendations of the CUST (Clean Underground Sustainable Transport) project.
North Sea Port pushing for further innovations with PortXL
North Sea Port is pushing for further innovations and joins PortXL, according to CEO Jan Lagasse at the Port Congress in Terneuzen on Wednesday 2 October. North Sea Port is now part of the network of starting, fast-growing, innovative companies.
North Sea Port starts testing more reliable lockage planning for scheduled services in the Terneuzen lock
North Sea Port is investigating whether shipping services can plan lockages in the Terneuzen lock further in the future. In cooperation with Dutch Rijkswaterstaat and the Flemish and Dutch pilotage, it will start testing lockage planning on Wednesday 18 September 2019.
MSC includes North Sea Port in its network
New container incentive for North Sea Port. On Tuesday 17 September 2019, MSC is sending a ship directly to Kloosterboer Flushing for the very first time. The world’s number two in the maritime transport of containers will include Kloosterboer in its network every week.
BCTN strengthens position of North Sea Port in inland container shipping
BCTN, the largest operator of inland container terminals in the Netherlands and Belgium, is adding North Sea Port to its network. The terminal operator will provide daily barge services to/from North Sea Port, so connecting it with the seaports of Rotterdam, Antwerp and Zeebrugge.
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VoltH2 signs cooperation agreement with North Sea Port for the development of a green hydrogen plant.
VoltH2 is preparing to build a green hydrogen plant in North Sea Port. To this end, it has signed a cooperation agreement for its construction in Vlissingen.
Multi-million-euro project transforms CO2 into green raw material in North Sea Port
GHENT – Ten private- and public-sector partners will at 12 pm on Wednesday 21 October mark the launch of the North-C-Methanol project. Together they will reduce annually the CO2 emissions by 140,000 tons.
Ørsted and Yara production of green ammonia to contribute to North Sea Port energy transition
Two North Sea Port major players are joining forces to develop a new renewable energy project. Ørsted and Yara want to produce green ammonia based on renewable hydrogen. Their project will lead to an annual reduction in CO2 emissions of 100,000 tons.