On Thursday morning, in the presence of the public, a small cargo drone took off from Den Helder for a flight to Texel and back again. This first drone flight from the mainland to Texel is an important milestone in...
With the signing of a long-term cooperation agreement with Waterson Terminals in Rhode Island, Dutch business WIND has agreed to establish a cable storage yard in the United States. A new cable storage yard on the east coast of the...
Steel manufacturer Sif has completed a quayside extension project at their Maasvlakte 2 premises. The quayside is said to be the deepest and strongest of Rotterdam and The Netherlands. Sif extended the old quay wall by 200m, leading to a...
Starting in October 2022 Eemshaven is going to serve as base port for pre-assembly and installation of the wind turbines of the Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm. Buss Terminal in Eemshaven has been awarded the contract. Hollandse Kust Noord...
On Thursday 24 June, the contenders for the 6th PortXL acceleration program were announced. Fifteen innovative entrepreneurs from all over the world have been selected. Among these are the Dutch companies Reefy and Seaqualize. The selected companies will take part...
The in October 2020 launched Offshore Wind Innovation Centre (OWIC) has developed an innovative plan to set up a power cable service centre in the port of Eemshaven: Cable Centre Eemshaven (CCE). Cable Centre Eemshaven will offer specialist training and...
A new jetty in the port of IJmuiden was officially handed over to Vattenfall yesterday. Offering space for three Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs), it will be used for the transport of staff and small equipment during the construction, and operation...
During the European Maritime Day in Den Helder, Den Helder Airport (DHA) presented the report on the impact of helicopters and ships in the maintenance of Dutch offshore wind farms to outgoing Minister Cora van Nieuwenhuizen. The report is a...
In 2023, the Hollandse Kust (north) offshore wind farm is scheduled to be taken into use by the CrossWind development consortium. Eneco, one of the partners in this consortium, has recently joined the Amsterdam IJmuiden Offshore Ports (AYOP) association to...
Of the eleven locations investigated to become the land connection point for the future Ten Noorden van de Waddeneilanden offshore wind farm, Eemshaven has been selected as the preffered choice. This draft regional advise was given to the Ministry of...
