North Sea Port is keeping a close eye on developments related to Brexit.
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Back-to-back record year for North Sea Port
For the second time in a row, North Sea Port has enjoyed a record year. The businesses in the port recorded transshipment of goods via sea-going vessel in the amount of 70.3 million tons: an increase of 5.5%. The growth took place in nearly all segments.
This means that in 2018, North Sea Port achieved the milestone of 70 million tons, compared to 66.6 million tons in the previous year. One year after its official opening as a fusion port, North Sea Port is maintaining its position as a true...
http://container-news.com/back-to-back-record-year-north-sea-port/
First pile driven at North Sea Port for maintenance base for wind farm builder Ørsted
On Tuesday 11 December 2018, Ørsted drove the first pile for its wind farm maintenance base at Vlissingen, part of North Sea Port.
The Danish energy giant Ørsted has begun construction of the maintenance base for the Borssele 1 and 2 wind farms in Vlissingen’s outer harbour. Both wind farms will be built and maintained from this base. The wind farms will have a combined energy generation capacity of 752 MW and will be situated 23 km off the coast. When the offshore wind farms are ready, the base...
http://container-news.com/first-pile-driven-north-sea-port-maintenance-base-wind-farm-orsted/
The amazing aerial view of North Sea Port
North Sea Port celebrates the first year of its establishment with an amazing video. On December 8, 2017 the new name of the merged port between the Dutch Zeeland Seaports (with the ports of Terneuzen and Vlissingen) and the Flemish/Belgian Ghent Port Company was made public. A name that expresses innovation and ambition, with a touch of bravura: North Sea Port goes for the North Sea area.
The name is consciously international and gives the cross-border merger port a unique place in het heart of...
Port tariffs to increase at North Sea Port
Ships that make use of North Sea Port have to pay certain tariffs for this. For 2019, these port dues undergo a limited increase that is about 25% below the expected inflation.
For Vlissingen and Terneuzen, the tariffs increase by 1.2% and for Ghent this is 1.8%.
Moreover, seagoing vessels that call at both the Zeeland and the Ghent parts of North Sea Port in one single voyage get a 50% reduction from 2019 onwards. Until now, they had to pay twice: once for Vlissingen and Terneuzen and once more...
http://container-news.com/port-tariffs-increase-north-sea-port/
North Sea Port to Introduce “Limited Increase” in Tariffs for Ships
North Sea Port plans to introduce a “limited increase” in tariffs for ships docking at both ports.
ArcelorMittal invests €65m in North Sea Port
ArcelorMittal is opening a state-of-the-art new blast furnace in Ghent, representing an investment of 65 million euros. In doing so, the steel giant is further anchoring its position in North Sea Port.
The new blast furnace is for the Sidgal 3 hot-dip galvanising line, on which Fortiform, a high-tech steel product, is developed. This new steel variety is very attractive for car-makers because parts made from it are 10 to 20 percent lighter, more fuel-efficient and therefore better for the...
http://container-news.com/arcelormittal-invests-north-sea-port/
North Sea Port: We Are Ready to Invest in Hydrogen as Fuel
Dutch-Belgian North Sea Port is looking to invest in hydrogen as fuel when opportunities arise.
North Sea Port, Titan LNG Supply Fure West with LNG
On October 16, an LNG bunkering operation from trucks to a sea-going vessel was successfully completed in North Sea Port.
https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/262795/north-sea-port-titan-lng-supply-fure-west-with-lng/
North Sea Port close to new annual record
North Sea Port has achieved a new record for the first nine months of this year. With 53 million tons of cargo being transshipped via sea-going vessels, the fusion port could well be on its way to setting a new annual record.
In 2018, transshipment via sea-going vessels at North Sea Port has increased by 8% in comparison with the first nine months of 2017 and amounts to a total of 53 million tons. This is unquestionably a new record. For the same period in 2017, the total was 49 million tons.
As...
http://container-news.com/north-sea-port-close-annual-record/