Rotterdam and Singapore: faster sustainable shipping

BUNKERING

Rotterdam and Singapore will work together to realize the first sustainable shipping on the route between the two ports by 2027.That is the most concrete goal in a statement of principle by both port authorities to develop the world’s longest ‘Green and Digital Corridor’. The collaboration covers, among other things, marine fuel. The Port of Rotterdam Authority points out that more and more alternatives to bunker oil are available, such as biofuels.

They align with existing initiatives to develop sustainable fuels, such as the Global Center for Maritime Decarbonisation and the Maesk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero-Carbon Shipping. In addition, a range of big names will be involved in the project, including BP, CMA CGM, the Digital Container Shipping Association, Maersk, MSC, ONE, PSA and Shell.

According to the Port of Rotterdam Authority, financing can be attracted in this way and joint pilots can be started for bunkering and the use of low-carbon and carbon-free fuels on the route. The ports also want to “create a digital corridor within which data, standards and electronic documentation can be securely shared.”

The agreement was signed by CEO Allard Castelein of the Port of Rotterdam Authority and Quah Ley Hoon, the top woman of the port of Singapore. The Singaporean Minister of Transport and the Mayor of Rotterdam Ahmed Aboutaleb were also present in Singapore at the signing.

BUNKERING

 

Rotterdam and Singapore will work together to realize the first sustainable shipping on the route between the two ports by 2027.That is the most concrete goal in a statement of principle by both port authorities to develop the world’s longest ‘Green and Digital Corridor’. The collaboration covers, among other things, marine fuel. The Port of Rotterdam Authority points out that more and more alternatives to bunker oil are available, such as biofuels.

They align with existing initiatives to develop sustainable fuels, such as the Global Center for Maritime Decarbonisation and the Maesk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero-Carbon Shipping. In addition, a range of big names will be involved in the project, including BP, CMA CGM, the Digital Container Shipping Association, Maersk, MSC, ONE, PSA and Shell.

According to the Port of Rotterdam Authority, financing can be attracted in this way and joint pilots can be started for bunkering and the use of low-carbon and carbon-free fuels on the route. The ports also want to “create a digital corridor within which data, standards and electronic documentation can be securely shared.”

The agreement was signed by CEO Allard Castelein of the Port of Rotterdam Authority and Quah Ley Hoon, the top woman of the port of Singapore. The Singaporean Minister of Transport and the Mayor of Rotterdam Ahmed Aboutaleb were also present in Singapore at the signing.