Rotterdam is celebrating 50 years as the largest container port in Europe.

Offshore vessel Island Condor has become the new cleanest vessel to call at Rotterdam “this century”, according to the Environmental Ship Index (ESI).

Singapore and the Port of Rotterdam (PoR) are strengthening their partnership through a series of collaborative projects on port solutions, an initiative on which the port industry can transit towards a more sustainable and bio-based economy.

CMA CGM has upgraded its service to the French West Indies, connecting them with Zeebrugge and Rotterdam each week and replacing current 2,200teu capacity vessels with 2,800 teu.

The Port of Rotterdam has reported a tripling in sales of low-sulphur gas oil in 2015, while sales of fuel oil have fallen.

Global terminal operator DP World has launched Rotterdam World Gateway (RWG), which it says is “the most innovative and automated container terminal” in the world.

As China continues to develop a new “silk road” the first freight train from the country arrived in Rotterdam on Thursday evening.

A 30% growth in oil product throughput has led the Port of Rotterdam to a 6.8% throughput growth in the first half of 2015, compared to H1 last year.

The Netherlands’ Monarch King Willem-Alexander attended the official opening of APM Terminals Maasvlakte II Rotterdam facility on Friday, which it claims is the world’s most technologically advanced and environmentally sustainable container terminal.

Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam (DSR) has been contracted by Teekay for year-long drydocking and conversion of FPSO Petrojarl I.