by Mariska Buitendijk | May 26, 2021 | Autonomous operation, News, Ports
The Port of Rotterdam is scrapping its plans to deploy self-driving vehicles for container transport on the Maasvlakte. The port authority has stopped the tender for unmanned transport. The autonomous vehicles should have been driving on the so-called Container...
by Mariska Buitendijk | May 10, 2021 | News, Ports
Virtually all container ships en route to Rotterdam that were stuck in the Suez Canal in March have now called at the port. In total, the port of Rotterdam expected 64 ships to be stuck in traffic. Of this “Suez armada”, 54 ships have arrived and departed,...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Mar 31, 2021 | Grounding, Maritime accidents, News, Shipping
It is still unclear when the container ship Ever Given will enter the port of Rotterdam from the Suez Canal. The enormous container ship is currently being examined for damage and seaworthiness, after it ran aground in the important Egyptian waterway and was recently...
