Rotterdam (Netherlands): innovation and food quality
The Rotterdam Food Hub emerged as a solution to effectively facilitate agrifood companies from around the world. A new facility for storing perishable foodstuffs was completed in 2019...
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Rotterdam (Netherlands): The Makers District of Rotterdam creating new ideas for port activities
The Makers District’s root idea is that it is necessary to have transition planning for port areas that may no longer be suited for "traditional" port activities. These...
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Rotterdam (Netherlands): Transporting 500.000 containers a year sustainably
The Alblasserdam BCTN Container Transferium was officially opened on 28 May 2015. The project aimed to optimise links with the Maasvlakte terminal containers, which could previously only be...
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Rotterdam (Netherlands): 250 sensors for a safer port
The (W)E-nose network was installed in the port of Rotterdam to identify any pollution originating from port activities that could be harmful to the city. The network is...
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Rotterdam (Netherlands): industrial steam to heat homes
In 2013, the Port of Rotterdam embarked on the construction of the first of several kilometres of pipeline, designed to collect the high-temperature industrial steam produced in industrial...
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Rotterdam (Netherlands): Floating facilities and attractions in the port of Rotterdam
Case study The Recycled Island Foundation, later becoming Clean Rivers, employed the architectural studio GlodSmith in 2010 to design floating structures that could provide extra space in the...
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