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PORT OF ROTTERDAMSlide2

WHERE IS IT LOCATED?

The largest port in Europe, located in the city of Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Rotterdam’s

entire port and industrial complex covers 10,500 hectares and stretches out 40 kilometers in length; from the city to the

Maasvlakte

along the

Nieuwe

Waterweg

canal

.

The Rotterdam port is considered to be a strategically important distribution point in Europe as it is surrounded by Europe's highly-populated and

industrialized

centres

- the German Ruhr district, Paris and London.Slide3

BRANCHES

All kinds of different cargo (such as oil, ores and coal, or fruit and dry bulk, roll-on/roll-off and containers) are handled by specialized companies. Whenever possible, these companies are clustered. For this reason, Rotterdam can be typified as a collection of specialized ports.Slide4

The Port of Rotterdam was considered the first one in cargo throughput among European portsSlide5

The Port of Rotterdam was considered the eightieth in cargo throughput among world portsSlide6

From 2011 to 2013, Rotterdam has been considered the number one in the top 20 European container ports, handling 11,621 million Twenty-Feet Equivalent Units in 2013.

However, Rotterdam presented a 2.16% decrease of TEUs from 2011 to 2013.Slide7

From 2011 to 2013, Rotterdam has been considered the eleventh in top 20 World container

ports

.Slide8

ACTIVITIESMARITIME SERVICES

Shipbuilding and repair

Mooring and unmooring of sea-going vessels

Offshore:

Maintenance, repairs and conversions of offshore units and equipment;

Removal or replacement of thrusters;

Loading and unloading heavy cargo (such as platforms) onto and from semisubmersible vessels;

Underwater inspections,

Testing cranes and hoisting equipment

.

Bunkering

Shipchandlery

PORT SERVICES

Maintenance and cleaning

Warehousing

Marine equipment supply (for sale or rental)

Rail equipment servicesSlide9

PORT EQUIPMENT10 Sheer Leg Cranes

12 Container CranesSlide10

PORT EQUIPMENT22 Ship-to-shore Bulk Cranes

25 Floating CranesSlide11

PORT EQUIPMENT103 Container Gantry Cranes

162 multi-purpose CranesSlide12

PORT EQUIPMENT3 Shipyards

5 GravingSlide13

NATURAL RESOURCES CONSUMED

The

port of Rotterdam is a complex system formed by many companies and facilities that support it. For this reason, the port operation is an important issue and it depends on the consumption of natural resources to continue operating.

CONSUMPTION

Water

Electricity

Fuel

Oil

Natural Gas

LNG

Coal

BiomassSlide14

WASTE DISCHARGESGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS

Port-related

activities are heavily dependent on energy

These different types of processes consume vast amounts of mostly fossil fuels and thereby result in the emission of greenhouse gasses.

The emissions of

manoeuvring

and berthing (e.g. auxiliary engine use & fuel heating) are relatively limited compared to industrial emissions in the Port area.

If all transport related emissions (sailing ships and hinterland distribution) would be included, the share of transport would be higher.

The proposed

Maasvlakte

2 plan would result in a 5% to 8% increase of the total CO2 emission in the Netherlands in 2020.Slide15

AIR POLLUTANT EMISSIONSThe application of fossil fuels in transport and industrial processes leads to the emission of air

pollutant

emissions

.

Air pollution can result in serious consequences for nature and even for the health of

people living or working in these areas.

The industry is the main source of air pollutants, except for fine particles.

The port of Rotterdam is subject to EU regulations on air quality.Slide16

The levels of NO2 and PM10 are measured at various urban locations throughout the port area

The data show

that air quality does not meet the standards set by EU

These

stations are all located in the vicinity of residential areas

.

EU air quality standards cannot be met everywhere in the

Rijnmond

area with

Maasvlakte

2 in operation.

The influence on local air quality depends on the specific activities taking place in a port. Liquid bulk (e.g. chemicals) may have bigger emissions of Volatile organic compounds, whereas dry bulk

transhipment

may cause particle emissions.Slide17

WASTE AND WATER POLLUTIONTo facilitate and promote safe and environmental friendly disposing of waste products from

ships

, waste reception facilities have been installed by the

PoRA

.

It is obligatory for ships to discard their

waste products at the port designated waste reception facilities.

S

hips

are obliged to pay a fee for waste disposal whether they do

or

do not make use of the waste reception facilities, the height of this fee is dependent on the engine size. Slide18

SUSTAINABLE INITIATIVESROTTERDAM CLIMATE

INITIATIVE

The

port is involved in the Rotterdam Climate Initiative.

Within

this initiative, a number of important actors joined together to try to limit the CO2 emissions in the Rotterdam area, including those from port and port-related activities in co-operation.

The

Rotterdam Climate Initiative was founded by the

PoRA

, the municipality of Rotterdam, the environmental protection agency of the

Rijnmond

area (DCMR) and

Deltalinqs

(an

ndustry

platform

).

The reduction goal set by this foundation for 2025 is a 50% reduction compared to the CO2 emission level in 1990.

They want to develop the port to become:

The

energy port for low-CO2 energy sources and products for Northwest Europe.

A

hub for carbon capturing transport and storage (CCS).

The

most energy efficient port and industrial cluster in the world

.

Rotterdam

is one of the 55 ports that committed itself to the World Port

Climate Initiative, which has the mission

to

:

Raise awareness in the port and maritime community of the need for action.

Initiate studies, strategies and actions to reduce GHG emissions and improve air quality.

Provide a platform for the maritime port sector for the exchange of information thereon.

Make available information on the effects of climate change on the maritime port environment

and

measures for its mitigation.Slide19

CO2 SEQUESTRATIONCarbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is one of the main measures that are developed to reduce the

emissions

of CO2 in the port

area.

At the

Maasvlakte

, a power plant will be equipped with an experimental carbon capture and storage facility .

The

facility will be able to capture a small portion of the CO2 emissions from

the

power plant.Slide20

PREVENTING EMISSIONS OF AIR POLLUTANTSThe port pays special attention on how to limit the

impact

Maasvlakte

2 on air quality that is requested by

EU.

Technical measures to decrease the emission of

transshipment include closed

transshipment,

or the use of suction filters.

To

prevent dust emissions from the storage of dry bulk outdoors

(

ore, coal), surfaces are kept wet or are covered under a crust of cellulose or latex materials.

A monitoring network has been created around the major dry bulk terminals. The digital network

provides

these

organizations

with information on when dust is emitted

.

Such a measure

to

improve air quality in the port is the installation of shore-side electricity in the port. When barges switch

from

their generators to the grid electricity, a reduction in air polluting emissions is achieved.Slide21

BIOENERGYThe generation of clean electricity by biomass consists in the cofiring

of biomass as wood pallets in coal-power plants.

Rotterdam

port has already begun to process some biomass to generate energy or for refining.

In

2020, the port wants to handle 8-10 million

tons

of biomass both for use in the port, transshipment and further transport to hinterland and Northwest Europe.Slide22

MORE EFFICIENT SHIPPINGIn 2012, less fuel was supplied to shipping in the port of Rotterdam. Bunker volume fell from 12.2 to 10.9 million

tons.

This reduce is due to a simple but too important insight. Container vessels account for almost half of bunkers sold and ¼ of the total quantity of fuel oil bunkered

.

For this reason, larger and fully-laden vessels travel considerably more slowly and container shipping sails more efficiently nowadays.

A

10% reduction in service speed saves 20% fuel and 30% reduction almost halves fuel consumption.Slide23

WIND AND SOLAR POWERThe

port of Rotterdam has an installed capacity for wind turbines of 150 MW and has the goal to have 300 MW installed in 2020.

New turbines will be placed at seven locations, including the

Maasvlakte

2 area.

The

400 hectares of roof space and temporary available areas in the port - around 7,000 football fields - offer more than enough opportunity for

solar

energy.Slide24

REFERENCESEnvironmental Policy Committee. Working Party on National Environmental Policies/Working Group on Transport. Environmental Impacts of International Shipping: A case Study of The Port of Rotterdam. February 01, 2010Port

of Rotterdam. Retrieved

October 10,

2014, from http://

www.portofrotterdam.com/EN/Pages/default.aspx