3 contractors up for the job: making Rotterdam yards fireproof in 8 months
Three contractors have committed to the construction of fire extinguishing facilities and emergency roads at the five freight yards in the Rotterdam port area. These facilities must be in place on 1 January 2023, after...Read more
Dutch ministry comes to rescue for Waalhaven yard in Rotterdam
The Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management has agreed to provide financial support for a permanent fire extinguishing facility at Waalhaven South, a shunting yard in the port of Rotterdam. Currently, the yard has...Read more
Waalhaven yard in Rotterdam keeps extinguishing train till 2023
Waahaven South in the port of Rotterdam may continue operating with its current fire extinguishing system until 2023. A new, permanent solution is planned for February 2023. The terminal became available for shunting with dangerous...Read moreFire fighting train opens Waalhaven (Rotterdam) for dangerous goods
From today, 1 April 2021, shunting of almost all dangerous goods is permitted again at Waalhaven South yard in the port of Rotterdam. This is thanks to an extinguishing train, that was developed as a...Read moreConcerns Dutch rail freight operators heard by state secretary
In the Netherlands the concerns of rail freight operators were heard by state secretary Stientje van Veldhoven of Infrastructure and Water Management, who visited rail freight yards in Kijfhoek in Zwijndrecht and Waalhaven South in...Read moreDB Cargo: rail freight traffic to and from the Netherlands may take longer
DB Cargo expects delays in single wagonload traffic to, from and in the Netherlands. This is because of restrictions at Kijfhoek, the main emplacement yard in the country, in combination with maintenance work on the...Read more
Rail operators frustrated about rail infrastructure Rotterdam
Rail freight operators in the Netherlands are frustrated about the poor accessibility of some parts of the Maasvlakte, part of the port of Rotterdam. In particular the Euromax terminal of ECT has been unavailable for...Read moreWaalhaven Rotterdam may open for shunting dangerous goods
Regulators in the Netherlands have agreed that under strict conditions, shunting wagons with hazardous substances are permitted again at Waalhaven Zuid, an emplacement yard in the port of Rotterdam. However, infrastructure manager said on Tuesday...Read moreNo shunting dangerous goods at yard in Rotterdam for now
For the time being, rail freight operators are not allowed to shunt with hazardous substances at the Waalhaven Zuid freight yard of Rotterdam. The Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail announced this on Thursday afternoon. The DCMR...Read moreMoment of truth for shunting yard Rotterdam: is it fire proof?
On 13 January 2020 ProRail carried out a fire extinguishing test at Waalhaven Zuid, an important shunting yard in the port of Rotterdam. This yard has been closed for freight trains transporting hazardous goods for...Read moreExtinguishing test failed at Dutch emplacement Waalhaven
In the Dutch emplacement of Waalhaven South, a temporary solution of the fire-extinguishing system for freight wagons with dangerous goods was tested, but without success.The test was terminated prematurely because the coupling of one of...Read more‘Dutch should freeze rail charges until infrastructure is back to normal’
Dutch access charges should be frozen until the infrastructure is managed properly by ProRail. This was a suggestion of member of Parliament Roy van Aalst (PVV). In a recent debate, he criticised the government and...Read more
Restrictions dangerous goods in Port of Rotterdam: ‘this should not last months’
Earlier this month the emplacement of Waalhaven in the port of Rotterdam was closed for shunting activities with dangerous goods. A hard hit for the hinterland transport by rail, the industry says. “We have managed...Read more