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The Rotterdam port rail blockers are back

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June 25, 2025
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The protestors of “Geef Tegengas” are back on the rails in the Rotterdam port. No trains can pass the two locations of the protest, at…

Work poised to begin on Maasvlakte-Zuid rail yard in Rotterdam

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June 24, 2025
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Construction is set to begin this summer on a major, multi-phase project to enhance rail freight container traffic at the Port of Rotterdam. The first…

Rotterdam activists now target Maersk HQ rather than rail

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May 14, 2025
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Dutch activist group “Geef Tegengas” is now targeting shipping giant Maersk in their Rotterdam HQ. They are occupying the building. Rail companies that are active…

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…