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Rotterdam port blockers will also move to other transport modes, but ‘rail is not off the hook’

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April 30, 2025
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Dutch climate and human rights activists have shaken up the Port of Rotterdam. In the past month, they have blocked the port railway five times.…

Rotterdam port rail again blocked by activists

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April 28, 2025
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Dutch activists have launched their fifth rail blockade in the Port of Rotterdam, after a fourth one that took place on Friday. There seems to…

Climate activists launch third blockade of Rotterdam port rail

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April 24, 2025
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Climate activists are targeting the railways in the port of Rotterdam for the third time. They are protesting large global flows of goods. As of…

Dutch climate activists target… the rails?

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April 11, 2025
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Rail freight all around Europe is struggling to stay afloat financially. A real shame, because it has so much to offer for emission reductions in…

This is what the Port of Rotterdam and ProRail have to say about dealing with uncertainty

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April 4, 2025
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The Dutch Rail Congress 2025 took place on Thursday 3 April in Rotterdam. Among the interviewees were Berte Simons, COO of the Rotterdam port, as…

The mega expansion of APM Terminals Maasvlakte II is on

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February 28, 2025
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APM Terminals Maasvlakte II celebrated the official start of the expansion of its terminal on Monday. The first proverbial spade in the ground marks an…

Port of Rotterdam to get bundle of six 740-metre train tracks

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October 7, 2024
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The Port of Rotterdam will get new rail infrastructure, consisting of a bundle of six tracks suitable for 740-metre trains. The new tracks will be…

Power outage stopping trains now resolved in Port of Rotterdam

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September 3, 2024
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Trains were left stranded in the Port of Rotterdam for a couple of hours in the morning and early afternoon on Tuesday, 3 September, as…

Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail promises improvements at port yards

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July 17, 2024
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“ProRail is working hard on improvements in the Rotterdam port area,” the company says in its own report. Last week, the railway manager received a…

North-South Europe fresh produce train may start trial in late 2024

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April 9, 2024
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A new rail freight route carrying fresh produce will start a pilot in late 2024. On a weekly basis, a train will make a return trip between Oslo and Valencia. The train will save time and emissions, but faces bureaucratic hurdles. Frederik Zevenbergen, a representative of the Dutch province of Zuid-Holland, presented the plan at…