PREVIEW | BREAKBULK EUROPE
SECOND WIND
According to the World Economic Forum, The Netherlands is the European leader in infrastructure with innovative and sustainable practices making expansion in this part of the
World a smart choice. The Dutch also have the highest-ranking seaports in the EU in terms of efficiency. Jenny Eagle reports.
of the largest tradeshows for the industry, with offshore wind, oil and gas companies, carriers, ports, logistics companies, specialised freight forwarders and other service providers. “The arrival of Breakbulk Europe is in
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keeping with our ambition to become Europe’s leading breakbulk port, and it will provide a great boost for the breakbulk companies in the port,” said Danny Levenswaard, director, Breakbulk, The Port of Rotterdam Authority. In 2020, Rotterdam handled over six
million tons of breakbulk. “Rotterdam is well known for its specialisation in the heavy-lift and breakbulk sector. We can handle any vessel, of any size and any type. That is why we are seen as the most versatile general breakbulk hub.” The Port of Rotterdam facilitates 14.5
million TEU per year, welcoming 30,000 sea vessels and creating 385,000 jobs. As the “Port of the Future”, it aims to be carbon neutral by 2050, and is embracing sustainability and digitalization. Other Dutch secondary ports are no less impressive. The Port of Amsterdam, is the largest port for chemical goods globally and has ambitions to focus on a circular economy, working with startups to reuse and recycle industrial materials more efficiently. The Groningen Seaports consist of the port of Delfzijl, Eemshaven and the adjoining industrial sites. The Seaport hosts various clustered business sites,
reakbulk Europe is moving to Rotterdam this month (May 17- 19), after a two-year break due to the pandemic. The event is one
R Leo Ruijs (ECT) and Haijun Deng (Sany Europe) sign a contract for STS container cranes.
including a chlorine-related chemicals cluster. Eemshaven has been earmarked for the development of energy-related industry with large energy producers such as ENGIE, NorNed, Vattenfall, TenneT, and RWE, which attracted Google to set up its largest data centre of Europe here. The Zeeland North Seaports in Zeeland is a multimodal port, with a strong focus on inland shipping, offering multimodal transport opportunities. To cope with demand, Hutchison Ports
ECT Rotterdam (ECT) recently purchased three Sany ship-to-shore container cranes, which work automatically and are remote controlled with safety functions such as anti-collision systems monitoring the movements of the crane. “For such a huge container terminal,
the size of the cranes plays a decisive role. With Super Panamax-size technical requirements, the Sany ship-to-shore container cranes fit perfectly into the
concept of tasks at the ECT Delta terminal. From their high performance of the individual components to the best possible terms of delivery and the fact our European headquarters is located rather close to Rotterdam,” said Daniel Zhong, key account manager technical specialist, Sany. Sany will be exhibiting at Breakbulk
Europe this year as well as Liebherr, which Eksploatacja in Poland, marking the sale of its 300th LHM 550 mobile harbour crane, which will be used for bulk handling of coke, coal and scrap metal. The order is one of the port’s largest
investments in its 30-year history, as it continues to carry out handling activities on a total area of over 89 hectares. The crane supplied has a boom length of 48 metres and a lifting capacity of up to 104 tons. “We want to increase the effectiveness, functionality and speed of our services. The quality of our work processes will improve
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