Klaus Burkart

🚢 Amsterdam Port Sees Coal Transshipment Halved Amsterdam's port continues to navigate the challenges of energy transitions and market fluctuations. In 2022, while the overall cargo handling increased, there was a notable decrease in coal transshipment by 50%. This reduction aligns with the port's long-term strategy towards a coal-free operation by 2030, balancing immediate economic needs with sustainable development goals. #PortOfAmsterdam #Sustainability #CoalFree #Maritime #Logistics #EnergyTransition #EnvironmentalImpact #Amsterdam 🔗 Amsterdamse haven ziet kolenoverslag halveren https://lnkd.in/evaXxUth

🚢 Amsterdam Port Sees Coal Transshipment Halved Amsterdam's port continues to navigate the challenges of energy transitions and market fluctuations. In 2022, while the overall cargo handling increased, there was a notable decrease in coal transshipment by 50%. This reduction aligns with the port's long-term strategy towards a coal-free operation by 2030, balancing immediate economic needs with sustainable development goals. #PortOfAmsterdam #Sustainability #CoalFree #Maritime #Logistics #EnergyTransition #EnvironmentalImpact #Amsterdam 🔗 Amsterdamse haven ziet kolenoverslag halveren https://lnkd.in/evaXxUth

🚢 Amsterdam Port Sees Coal Transshipment Halved Amsterdam's port continues to navigate the challenges of energy transitions and market fluctuations. In 2022, while the overall cargo handling increased, there was a notable decrease in coal transshipment by 50%. This reduction aligns with the port's long-term strategy towards a coal-free operation by 2030, balancing immediate economic needs with sustainable development goals. #PortOfAmsterdam #Sustainability #CoalFree #Maritime #Logistics #EnergyTransition #EnvironmentalImpact #Amsterdam 🔗 Amsterdamse haven ziet kolenoverslag halveren https://lnkd.in/dbUiK3F4

ROTTERDAM, June 11 – At the TOC Europe 2024 conference held in Rotterdam, industry experts and keynote speakers expressed a consensus that the maritime trade market is on the verge of returning to pandemic-era conditions due to further increases in container freight rates. Global supply chain experts highlighted that the ongoing Red Sea crisis and increasing congestion at regional ports continue to disrupt the container trade market. The looming threat of tariff wars and subsequent surge in demand are also contributing factors. “Just six months ago, we thought the 2024 market would be like walking through a desert,” said one participant. “But everything has changed now. Many shippers are grimacing, anticipating a resurgence of COVID-19, and are acting quickly. The uncertainty is driving spot freight rates up, and further increases are expected in mid-June.”

🚢 Amsterdam Port Sees Coal Transshipment Halved Amsterdam's port continues to navigate the challenges of energy transitions and market fluctuations. In 2022, while the overall cargo handling increased, there was a notable decrease in coal transshipment by 50%. This reduction aligns with the port's long-term strategy towards a coal-free operation by 2030, balancing immediate economic needs with sustainable development goals. #PortOfAmsterdam #Sustainability #CoalFree #Maritime #Logistics #EnergyTransition #EnvironmentalImpact #Amsterdam 🔗 Amsterdamse haven ziet kolenoverslag halveren https://lnkd.in/edwbXzyk

Revolutionary Network: Rotterdam steps up container interoperability 🌍⚓ QTerminals Kramer Rotterdam and the port authority have signed an agreement to temporarily connect the RTW-II terminal to the container exchange lane, boosting transport fluidity and efficiency. This initiative aims to integrate more terminals and depots into the network, with a connection scheduled for completion this year. #Logistics #MaritimeTransport #PortOfRotterdam #Innovation #SupplyChain #PortIndustry #LogisticsNetwork #Trade #MaritimeTechnology #SustainableDevelopment 🔗 QTerminals Rotterdam site links to Container Exchange Route https://lnkd.in/d6fARUar

Geopolitical and Economic Issues Impact Rotterdam and Antwerp-Bruges Rotterdam and Antwerp-Bruges ports both reported Q1 2024 results. Rotterdam saw a slight dip in throughput, while Antwerp-Bruges nearly matched its container volumes. Despite Red Sea disruptions, Rotterdam had a small increase in container throughput, while Antwerp-Bruges achieved a six percent rise. Antwerp highlighted achievements in long-term capabilities and completed its first methanol bunkering. #port #economicissues #geopolitical #rotterdam #Antwerp-Bruges

Russia will reach its oil production quota in June after exceeding its target output under the OPEC+ deal in May, the Russian Energy Ministry said on Thursday. Russia slightly exceeded its OPEC+ quota in May, based on data from independent sources monitoring the agreement, the ministry said, adding that “the issue with overproduction will be resolved in June, when the target will be achieved.” The excess production volumes that Russia has pumped since April will be fully compensated for in the future, with the overproduction offset during the compensation period until the end of September 2025, the Russian energy ministry said today. It also reiterated that “Russia remains fully committed to the fundamental principles of the OPEC+ deal.” Last month, Russia said that it had “slightly exceeded” in April its oil output target under the OPEC+ pact and that it would compensate for the overproduction. Last week, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said that Russia continued to cut its oil production in May per the OPEC+ agreements, in another attempt to reassure the market that OPEC+ producers are committed to the pact and to stabilizing the oil market.  “Our reduction against April continued in accordance with our OPEC+ agreements,” Novak told reporters on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, as quoted by Russian news agency TASS. Asked about exact numbers for the May oil production, Novak said that the scale of the output cut would become clear in about a week.  When the OPEC+ members announced in early March their intentions to extend the cuts into the second quarter, Russia changed its production/export cut plan and said that it would reduce supply by 471,000 bpd in the second quarter in the form of cuts to oil production and exports. In April, Russia pledged to reduce production by 350,000 bpd and exports by 121,000 bpd. In May, the 471,000 bpd reduction would be in the form of a 400,000-bpd cut to production and 71,000 bpd cut to exports, and in June the Russian supply cut would be 471,000 bpd entirely from production reductions. #everyone #everyday If you want to stay up-to-date with us, follow our Page.

China Zero Emission Freight Status Report 2023 is released! Supported by 能源基金会 (Energy Foundation China) and authored by ZEFI and partners, the report provides a comprehensive assessment of the development of zero-emission freight status in China, tracking the progress of China's zero-emission freight progress in 2022-2023. We are proud to say the report could be a reference book for the development path of zero-emission freight transportation, a tool book for system design, and a guide book for practical actions. This year's report continues to focus on China's road freight transportation sector, especially on the zero-emission transformation of medium and heavy trucks. The report explores the milestones and challenges from four aspects: zero-emission freight related policies, zero-emission truck technology and market status, zero-emission freight transportation complementary infrastructure construction and operation status, and freight transportation pollutant and carbon emission calculations. The report innovatively adds the economic assessment of zero-emission freight vehicles and the analysis of carbon emission reduction benefits. The Report is a key annual output of the Zero Emission Freight Initiative. ZEFI will continue to iterate the data and research content on a yearly basis to support the decision-making and implementation applications of different stakeholders of zero-emission freight transportation in the long term. We are working on the English summary for the report, and it will come soon! #zeroemissionfreight #China #ZEFVs

China Zero Emission Freight Status Report 2023 is released! Supported by 能源基金会 (Energy Foundation China) and authored by ZEFI and partners, the report provides a comprehensive assessment of the development of zero-emission freight status in China, tracking the progress of China's zero-emission freight progress in 2022-2023. We are proud to say the report could be a reference book for the development path of zero-emission freight transportation, a tool book for system design, and a guide book for practical actions. This year's report continues to focus on China's road freight transportation sector, especially on the zero-emission transformation of medium and heavy trucks. The report explores the milestones and challenges from four aspects: zero-emission freight related policies, zero-emission truck technology and market status, zero-emission freight transportation complementary infrastructure construction and operation status, and freight transportation pollutant and carbon emission calculations. The report innovatively adds the economic assessment of zero-emission freight vehicles and the analysis of carbon emission reduction benefits. The Report is a key annual output of the Zero Emission Freight Initiative. ZEFI will continue to iterate the data and research content on a yearly basis to support the decision-making and implementation applications of different stakeholders of zero-emission freight transportation in the long term. We are working on the English summary for the report, and it will come soon! #zeroemissionfreight #ZEFVs #China

China Zero Emission Freight Status Report 2023 is released! Supported by 能源基金会 (Energy Foundation China) and authored by ZEFI and partners, the report provides a comprehensive assessment of the development of zero-emission freight status in China, tracking the progress of China's zero-emission freight progress in 2022-2023. We are proud to say the report could be a reference book for the development path of zero-emission freight transportation, a tool book for system design, and a guide book for practical actions. This year's report continues to focus on China's road freight transportation sector, especially on the zero-emission transformation of medium and heavy trucks. The report explores the milestones and challenges from four aspects: zero-emission freight related policies, zero-emission truck technology and market status, zero-emission freight transportation complementary infrastructure construction and operation status, and freight transportation pollutant and carbon emission calculations. The report innovatively adds the economic assessment of zero-emission freight vehicles and the analysis of carbon emission reduction benefits. The Report is a key annual output of the Zero Emission Freight Initiative. ZEFI will continue to iterate the data and research content on a yearly basis to support the decision-making and implementation applications of different stakeholders of zero-emission freight transportation in the long term. We are working on the English summary for the report, and it will come soon! #zeroemissionfreight #ZEFVs #China