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Container stack blown over, four cars buried
At a company in the Eemhaven Way in Heijplaat, Rotterdam, a stack of shipping containers was blown over and fell onto the public road due to strong winds on the afternoon of Sep 15, 2025. Four cars were trapped under the containers. There were no casualties. The fire department responded to recover the containers. The area has been cordoned off due to the risk of more containers being blown over. The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) issued a code yellow warning for the entire Dutch coastal area due to strong wind gusts. Report with photo: https://www.schuttevaer.nl/nieuws/actueel/2025/09/15/geparkeerde-autos-in-waalhaven-verdwijnen-onder-omwaaiende-stapel-zeecontainers/
Multi Modal Rail B.V. (MMR) launches rail service between Rotterdam and Ottmarsheim, France
Last week, the Dutch multimodal operator Multi Modal Rail B.V. launched a new container rail service between Rotterdam and the French town of Ottmarsheim, Port of Rotterdam said in its release. Starting with one round trip per week, the shuttle connection is expected to swiftly expand to two round trips per week. The train calls on each of Rotterdam’s major terminals. After being loaded in Rotterdam on Thursday, the shuttle departs from the sea port on Friday and arrives/departs in Ottmarsheim on Saturday. The train is back at Maasvlakte for unloading on Sunday morning. The shuttle service is offered as a complement to the two existing container rail services between Rotterdam and Strasbourg.
Port of Rotterdam Authority facilitates Sif expansion at Maasvlakte
The Port of Rotterdam Authority has reached an agreement with Sif Holding n.v. regarding the lease of 20 ha of port site and a 200-m stretch of deep-sea quay at Maasvlakte. Sif’s new lot lies adjacent to its existing port site, where the company already works on the assembly of foundations for offshore wind turbines, the company said in its release. Sif will be using the newly allocated site on behalf of clients active in the offshore wind power sector. The first project to be undertaken at the new site will be the logistics handling of all 94 monopiles (wind turbine foundations) destined for the offshore wind farm Borssele 1 + 2, commissioned by Deme Offshore.
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