The New Lock (Nieuwe Sluis) Terneuzen in North Sea Port has been officially inaugurated marking an important milestone for the Netherlands His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and His Majesty King Philippe The two kings performed the official opening ceremony on the Z9 tug and pilot boats accompanied the ceremony the New Lock housed a seagoing vessel for the first time With the departure of the 240-meter-long and 38-meter-wide ocean-going vessel towards ArcelorMittal The joint opening by the two kings is said to underline the cross-border importance of the New Lock in Terneuzen larger sea lock to the North Sea Port port area It will provide better access and a faster flow for shipping from the North Sea to the Western Scheldt and the Ghent Canal to Terneuzen and enable the transit of larger vessels The New Lock is expected to generate new economic activities in the Zeelandic-Flanders and Flanders regions and better exploit the economic potential of the Canal Zone in both the lock has become one of the largest in the world It has increased the capacity of the North Sea locks: more ships can pass through the three locks at the same time reducing waiting time for seagoing and inland vessels Cooperation between the Netherlands and Flanders The New Lock was commissioned by the Flemish-Dutch Scheldt Commission a partnership between the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management and the Flemish Department of Mobility and Public Works Construction of the New Lock started in 2017 within the existing lock complex in Terneuzen 56,000 ships passed through this lock complex This number is expected to grow to 96,000 in 2040 Apart from vessels passing through the complex the lock complex is an important access route for road traffic and the New Lock is part of the primary flood defence system “The opening of the New Lock in Terneuzen is not an endpoint but the beginning of the further economic development of the cross-border port area North Sea Port,” North Sea Port said Back in 2017, the Dutch-Belgian consortium Sassevaart won the design and construction contract as well as a two-year maintenance contract for this enormous project About 10 million cubic meters of material was required to be dredged and work started in late 2018 Daily news and in-depth stories in your inbox The Pioneers of Offshore Engineering GustoMSC part of NOV’s Marine and Construction business is recognized for providing advanced design & engineering consultancy for mobile offshore units and reliable equipment and technical knowledge into realistic & innovative ideas The performance of new and existing jack-ups Door een technische storing is rijkswaterstaat.nl op dit moment helaas niet beschikbaar Voor actuele informatie over ons werk kunt u terecht op onderstaande kanalen: Volg ons op social media om op de hoogte te blijven van de meest recente ontwikkelingen In ons webarchief vindt u een kopie van onze website, tot kort voor de storing. U kunt ook gratis bellen met de Landelijke Informatielijn van Rijkswaterstaat: ​CategoriesCategoriesEnglishECONOMYBelgian and Dutch heads of state to inaugurate lock in Terneuzen 10 September 2024 The new lock in Terneuzen one of the most important infrastructure works in the history of the port of Ghent Both Belgium's King Philippe and King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands will be present at the inauguration The two monarchs will unveil the lock from an electrically powered vessel They will also visit the lock platform and control centre and meet project partners and local residents which is in the Dutch municipality of Terneuzen but is mainly paid for by Belgium is part of a large lock complex called North Sea Locks It connects the port of Ghent with Zeeland and the North Sea and its structure is similar in size to the locks in the Panama Canal The Terneuzen lock is very important for the port of Ghent It will be able to accommodate the increase in river and sea transport in the North Sea Port and make traffic flow more smoothly by reducing waiting times Anyone who wishes to visit on 12 October can register via the North Sea Locks website #FlandersNewsService | Queen Mathilde of Belgium King Philippe of Belgium and Dutch Queen Maxima during an official state visit of the Dutch royal couple to Belgium in 2023 © BELGA PHOTO BENOIT DOPPAGNE Copy linkGet updates in your mailboxYour email addressSubscribeBy clicking "Subscribe" I confirm I have read and agree to the Privacy Policy rapid and high-quality information 24 hours a day from Belgium and abroad to all Belgian media not to mention entertainment and lifestyle our journalists and press photographers produce hundreds of photos and news stories Since the end of March 2022 English has been added as a language businesses and various organisations that need reliable information Belga News Agency also offers a comprehensive range of corporate services to meet all their communication needs www.belganewsagency.eu King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and King Philippe of Belgium have officially inaugurated the Nieuwe Sluis Terneuzen (New Lock Terneuzen) in the Netherlands the Kings signaled the first ship – a bulk carrier – to sail through the lock marking the completion of this ambitious construction project.The Nieuwe Sluis enhances access from the Westerschelde to the Ghent-Terneuzen Canal providing a major economic boost to both the Netherlands and Belgium It also plays a critical role in European inland shipping with ongoing efforts to strengthen the Seine and Scheldt connections and 16.44 m deep,🔹 Can accommodate vessels up to 366 m long and 14.5 m draft,🔹 11.5 million m³ of soil excavated,🔹 60,000 tonnes of steel used in the construction The American chemical company Dow Chemical is cutting 1,500 jobs, reducing its staff by 4 percent, the company announced on Thursday. It is not yet known where the layoffs will hit, but the company reportedly wants to cut back mainly in Europe and Asia. The consequences for Terneuzen, where Dow Chemical has its second-largest factory, are unknown, NOS reports Dow Chemical made a loss of 35 million dollars in the fourth quarter of 2024 There is less demand for the chemical company’s products resulting in falling prices and shrinking profit martins The company hopes to save 1 billion dollars with various measures The consequences for Terneuzen are not yet known The Dow factory in the Zeeland town employs 3,500 people - a tenth of Dow’s total workforce the company postponed planned maintenance of the factory indefinitely Dow Chemical is the largest employer in Zeeland Flanders You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience and the King of Belgium Philippe jointly opened the New Lock in Terneuzen Read the article online at: https://www.drybulkmagazine.com/ports-terminals/16102024/dutch-king-willem-alexander-and-belgian-king-philippe-open-the-new-lock-terneuzen-in-north-sea-port/ The product was formulated by Petrobras Singapore (PSPL) itself in its locally leased tanks by blending 76% fossil fuel oil from the refineries of the Petrobras System and 24% UCOME a biofuel originating from the processing of used cooking oil (UCO) Embed article link: (copy the HTML code below): This article has been tagged under the following: Already a member? Sign in here Welcome to portstrategy.com. This site uses cookies. Read our policy webinars and articles on innovations and current trends in the ports and terminals industry Alternatively REGISTER for website access and sign up for email alerts ShibataFenderTeam is focused on customization and pursues a holistic approach to fender system design to ensure the safety and protection of vessels replacing the oldest of three locks in Terneuzen will expand capacity and resolve shipping bottlenecks between the Western Scheldt and the Ghent-Terneuzen Canal.  and support the transit of larger see-going vessels this 427 meter structure ranks among the largest locks in the world In close collaboration with contractor consortium Sassevaart SFT was entrusted with two zones of the lock: the access area and the passage area The lock’s wall lead-in structure presented specific requirements Our in-house engineering team designed the fender panels to align with this structure The panels were coated to NORSOK standards for superior corrosion resistance all welding adhered to EXC2 classification in accordance with EN-1090 and the UHMW-PE pads complied with the Dutch standard NDB 09799 To further enhance the lock’s functionality the SeaCamels were designed to facilitate smooth vessel entry and exit offering superior durability compared to traditional timber Made from recycled plastic reinforced with glass fiber bars hard-wearing coextruded outer skin ensures long-term performance SeaCamels were delivered fully pre-assembled for immediate installation Terneuzen’s New Lock opens a new chapter of economic growth and enhanced maritime connections in the region Building on its proven reliability in equipping locks ShibataFenderTeam was commissioned once again for this landmark project reinforcing its reputation as a trusted partner and expert in lock protection systems recognized as a top-3 gateway for containerized cargo on the U.S is undergoing a modernization project to enhance infrastructure and reduce environmental impact.  The Port of Świnoujście is home to Poland’s first offshore wind terminal and one of the most modern in Europe is expanding to enhance its position as an international logistics hub Site powered by Webvision Cloud A new lock for commercial shipping was opened in October in a large port in the Netherlands and a sunken barge was salvaged Ships sailing from the North Sea into the hinterland of the Benelux countries are now using a new lock in the port of Terneuzen in the Netherlands This was opened by royalty on 11 October 2024 with a beam of 49 m and draught of around 15 m to sail through the port on this main shipping passage It has replaced the middle lock in the port was followed by the first oceangoing ship passing through the lock supported by tugs owned by Multraship Towage & Salvage Its opening comes as the port authority expects the number of ships to pass through the lock to rise from 56,000 in 2023 to 96,000 in 2040 Future users of the North Sea Locks will include ArcelorMittal It was commissioned by the Flemish-Dutch Scheldt Commission The lock is also part of the region’s primary flood defence and water management system Multraship recovered sunken barge Jowi in the outer harbour of Terneuzen Port This crane barge sank in West Buitenhaven in August After thorough inspection and preparations by Multraship’s salvage and diving teams Multraship refloated the barge and recovered its crane and other lost sections within a week The Terneuzen-headquartered vessel owner deployed floating sheerlegs Cormorant tugboat Multratug 2 and salvage support vessel Multrasalvor 4 for this project “Our salvage operations involve the recovery and rescue of vessels and cargo in distress,” said Multraship “Our team was equipped to handle complex maritime emergencies and wreck removals “We provided a rapid response to minimise damage and restore normalcy we managed to refloat the barge and recover its crane and other lost parts.” Elopak has this week launched operations at its new fully automated high-bay warehouse in Terneuzen, Netherlands. The high-tech, modern facility has been built to the latest standards, offering improved logistics and increasing efficiency by replacing storage over multiple sites and automating previously manual processes. The warehouse offers fully automatic handling and a total storage capacity of 495 million cartons. Having taken less than 20 months from initial preparations to completion, the first official production pallets will be stored in the new facility from November 11. Commenting on the launch of the new warehouse Elopak CEO Thomas Körmendi stated “We are delighted by the results here at Terneuzen and congratulate the team and our partners on their hard work to deliver a top-class facility. By increasing efficiency and operational excellence, improvements like this put Elopak in an even stronger position when it comes to meeting the growing demand for sustainable packaging solutions.” The project, which began in March 2021, is part of ongoing efforts to ensure commercial excellence through operational improvements across Elopak as part of the company’s sustainability-driven growth strategy. Elopak sells in excess of 14 billion cartons every year across more than 70 countries to companies in the food and retail sectors. Come work with us! We’re a global company that operates in more than 40 countries and have customers in over 70 countries. ​CategoriesCategoriesEnglishGENERAL, ECONOMYNorth Sea Port expands with one of world's largest locks9 October 2024 The New Lock in Terneuzen will be officially inaugurated in the Dutch port city on Friday The North Sea Locks complex has taken seven years to build and is expected to cost 1.208 billion euros The North Sea Locks represent an important investment for the North Sea Port As the complex will mainly benefit the port of Ghent Flanders will pay most of the construction costs these costs have increased significantly since 2018 from 934 million euros in 2018 to the current estimate of 1.208 billion euros How much the parties will have to pay remains to be seen Negotiations on the final division of costs between the Netherlands and Flanders are still ongoing "We are still negotiating with a number of contractors," says Harm Verbeek environmental manager at Nieuwe Sluis Terneuzen "This is because of increases in the price of steel or price increases due to the war in Ukraine Then it is shared between Flanders and the Netherlands." The EU is also contributing to the project with a subsidy of around 48 million euros The parties involved expect the investment to pay off as the North Sea Locks will allow larger ocean-going vessels to use the Ghent-Terneuzen canal as far as Ghent The increased capacity of the locks will also reduce waiting times and allow more vessels to enter The improved accessibility is expected to create new economic activity and employment opportunities in the Netherlands and Flanders "This is a huge investment of enormous importance for the port," says Sofie Bracke councillor responsible for the Port of Ghent "This is the largest business park we have there are neighbourhoods where almost everyone works in the port." King Philippe of Belgium will officially inaugurate the new lock complex at Terneuzen King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands will also be in attendance a huge bulk carrier carrying ore for steel producer ArcelorMittal will be the first ship to pass through the main lock #FlandersNewsService | © BELGA PHOTO/VIDEO JONAS D'HOLLANDER After over seven years of construction, Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Belgian King Filip will open De Nieuwe Sluis in Terneuzen on Friday. The sea lock is one of the largest in the world. It is located on Dutch territory, but is mainly intended to make the port of Ghent in Belgium more accessible to seagoing vessels, NOS reports making it one of the largest locks in the world It is just as large as the locks in the Panama Canal and a tiny bit smaller than the IJmuiden Sea Lock As the demand for a larger sea lock came mainly from Belgium Flanders covered around 80 percent of the 1.2 billion euros the construction of this sea lock cost The Netherlands paid a few hundred million euros and the European Union contributed a modest amount The project became something of a symbol of Dutch and Belgian cooperation The Kings of the two countries will open the lock together from an electric ship A special committee was set up to name the lock but couldn’t come up with a better name than the working title ‘De Nieuwe Sluis.’ The lock will but the name of the entire Terneuzen lock complex will be changed to the North Sea Locks The sea lock won’t immediately start operating at full capacity “This lock is so big that the employees have to practice first,” a spokesperson told NOS increasingly larger ships will sail through the lock until everyone is used to it DEME Group achieved an important dredging milestone at New Lock Terneuzen today “Several members of our famous green fleet have been working at full pace on this large-scale project to construct a new lock in the Netherlands,” said DEME our cutter suction dredger ‘Amazone’ successfully completed the removal of the remaining peninsula dredging an impressive 4 million m3 of material working alongside our hopper dredgers ‘Artevelde’ This content is available after accepting the cookies DEME’s backhoe dredger ‘Peter the Great’ rapidly removed the old pile foundations of the former Middensluis ‘Marieke’ and ‘Artevelde’ are still undertaking further deepening works in the West-Buitenhaven DEME Group’s giant backhoe dredger Peter the Great is getting ready for action at the New Lock Terneuzen project “A large part of the old Middensluis has now disappeared due to demolition works we will start removing an invisible part: the more than 7,000 piles in the floor of the Middle Lock area,” said Nieuwe Sluis Terneuzen in its official statement The new lock is being built between the existing locks and will improve access to the ports of Ghent and Terneuzen Europe will be gaining a brand-new up-to-date lock complex with the aim of improving shipping connections between Terneuzen and Ghent and as the link between the Scheldt and the Seine It is expected that the new lock will be ready to receive shipping later this year This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page With the most stringent health & safety precautions in place DEME Group crews and project teams are doing their very best to keep projects moving forward despite the challenging times The same goes for the company’s trailing suction hopper dredger ‘Artevelde’ that was pictured last week rainbowing at the New Lock Terneuzen in the Netherlands 55 meters wide and will have a depth of 16 meters It will be built within the current lock complex the sand for this project was also dredged and discharged through a 1km pipeline in the reclamation area of the new lock complex will provide better access to the ports of Ghent and Terneuzen and a faster shipping flow between the Netherlands Multraship Towage & Salvage has named its latest azimuth stern drive (ASD) tugboat in its home port of Terneuzen Multratug 35 is a 32-m vessel designed for deepsea and coastal towage salvage and supporting offshore operations It has a bollard pull of 88 tonnes and propulsion compliant with IMO Tier III emissions requirements through an NOx reduction unit to treat engine exhaust Multratug 35 was built by Damen Shipyards in Vietnam to its ASD Tug 3212 design as part of a three-vessel order Multraship signed in June 2023 Damen had already begun constructing a series of tugs as it builds standard vessels for stock Multraship managing director Leendert Muller said the first of these vessels was built to Damen’s ASD Tug 2813 design and is in service in Oman “Our business has grown to meet additional customer and project requirements we invested in additional vessels and have grown our team both at sea and onshore,” he said was delivered in April and is now sailing to the Netherlands on its own keel,” continued Capt Muller “It is expected to arrive early July after an approximate 21,725 km journey.” Damen installed a selective catalytic reduction module to reduce NOx emissions by 80% and an off-ship FiFi 1 fire-fighting system It  upgraded this ASD tug for anchor handling and related offshore operations and enhanced crew accommodation with additional insulation Capt Muller said investing in upgraded tugs enabled Multraship to handle routine and complex harbour and sea towage “Part of this is ensuring our fleet is equipped to provide rapid reliable and safe operations at all times,” he said Riviera’s TugTechnology 2025 will be held in Antwerp, Belgium, 20-21 May 2025 providing technical and technological insights to the towage and tug sector. Use this link for more information and to register interest in the conference The move follows the company's decision to shut down its PMMA sheet operations in Denmark Speciality material solutions provider Trinseo has decided to shut down its ethylbenzene styrene monomer (EBSM) manufacturing facility in Terneuzen All production activities and operations at this plant will officially be discontinued from 1 November Trinseo’s decision to cease operations at its Terneuzen site builds on the completion of joint negotiations with the Works Council of the city Following the permanent closure of this EBSM production site Trinseo will purchase styrene from various third-party suppliers to fulfil the requirements of its downstream businesses Trinseo CEO Frank Bozich said: “Decisions like this that impact the livelihoods of our colleagues are never easy and this decision in no way reflects on the capabilities of our dedicated teammates in Terneuzen or at other operations that were part of this optimisation effort “Given reduced European demand and global styrene capacity additions we believe that we will be able to support our downstream business effectively through market purchases with lower carbon capital and energy intensity for the foreseeable future.” Don’t let policy changes catch you off guard Stay proactive with real-time data and expert analysis The move comes after the company announced its decision to shut down its acrylic (PMMA) sheet operations in Bronderslev Production at these closed facilities will now be compensated by PMMA sheets produced by other plants within the company’s global network including at its Saint-Avold facility in France and Florence factory in Kentucky Trinseo has undertaken several other cost-saving measures and reductions All of these initiatives together are set to help the company to save approximately $75m in aggregate the business expects these actions to deliver future cash payments of approximately $50m when combined with lower natural gas hedge losses are projected to deliver a $100m sequential profitability improvement next year Give your business an edge with our leading industry insights View all newsletters from across the GlobalData Media network 200kg of cannabis was regularly stored at the Checkpoint cafe even though the law says licensed shops are only meant to keep 500g on site With 3,000 customers a day, a restaurant, ample parking and turnover of €26m (£23m) a year, Checkpoint cafe, the largest cannabis-selling coffee shop in the Netherlands That was until it was closed down in 2009 for testing to the limits what the Dutch describe as their gedoogbeleid (tolerance policy) under which prosecutors turn a blind eye to the breaking of certain laws including in the business of selling cannabis On Tuesday an appeals court ruled that the cafe’s owner was guilty of running a criminal enterprise The ruling highlighted what the president of the court in Den Bosch described as “paradoxes” in the Dutch approach to so-called soft drugs Licensed coffee shops are allowed to sell cannabis from their premises but can keep only 500g on site at any time was regularly keeping about 200kg of cannabis on his large premises in Terneuzen The size of the enterprise could have led to fairly reasonable assumptions that those providing the drugs would be large criminal gangs A woman holds a joint The cafe was turning over €26m a year before it shut Photograph: Chris Jackson/Getty ImagesProsecutors were informed by the court that while Checkpoint cafe was certainly criminal local authorities had effectively aided it at times and turned a blind eye for long enough that punishment of the owner would be inappropriate The court heard the illegal activity was necessary for a cafe of Checkpoint’s size But at the same time not to be avoided when you run a well-functioning coffee shop.” Willemsen was sentenced in 2010 to 16 weeks in prison and fined €10m for keeping more than the maximum tolerated amount of drugs on site But the court said while the cafe had broken the law Willemsen told reporters: “I had actually expected acquittal.” Checkpoint cafe had been the largest cannabis-selling coffee shop in the Netherlands by some margin with half of its sales going to French visitors and about 40% to Belgians It was the the scale of the sales to foreign visitors and the arrival of a new prosecutor in the area that prompted the public prosector’s office to intervene and bring criminal charges The president of the court in Den Bosch said the story of Checkpoint cafe highlighted the absurdity of the law in the Netherlands where selling cannabis at the front of the shop is legal but production and sourcing of it at the back is illegal “Here lies a task for the legislator,” the president said Willemsen’s case has been bouncing between appeal courts and the supreme court which has repeatedly rejected rulings that the punishment is not appropriate Willemsen confirmed that business had been so good at its peak he struggled to keep up with demand but it was not for me to make the money,” he said “I just wanted to create the most beautiful coffee shop that existed.” DEME Group recently shared a beautiful photo of their trailing suction hopper dredger Bonny River working on the New Lock Terneuzen project in the Netherlands The Terneuzen project was the first for TSHD Bonny River There the dredger worked to reclaim approximately 300.000m³ of sand which was needed for the construction of the new lock The reclamation was also combined with deepening works in the outer harbor of Terneuzen provides access to the Ghent-Terneuzen Canal and is a crucial link in the Seine-Scheldt connection a large New Lock is being built at the location of the existing Middle Lock (built in 1910) the lock will become one of the largest in the world is in the final stages of constructing new ethylene capacity via extensive upgrades to its operations in Terneuzen The completion of this project will break the region's "expansion drought," said Theo Walthie Dow's president of hydrocarbons and energy (HC&E) and ethylene oxide and glycols It marks the first major ethylene expansion in northwestern Europe since mid-1990 With the new capacity coming online in fourth quarter 2001 Dow's total ethylene capacity at Terneuzen will increase by 600,000 tonnes The facility will become the largest naphtha-cracking ethylene site in the world with annual production of 1.7 million tonnes Dow invested $500 million in this world-scale expansion "Our Terneuzen project supports Dow's vision of the new chemical industry in Europe as stronger economies and growing market segments in Central Europe drive greater demand for plastics," said Christopher Gann The expansion will also increase production of polymer-grade propylene supply has been increasing more quickly than demand with a wave of new capacity coming online this year Europe has become a major marketplace of its own ethylene expansion in Europe has been almost nonexistent for years Dow primarily supplies ethylene for use in its own downstream production of plastics and chemicals Growing demand for Dow's derivative products helped drive the decision to expand Dow will be able to meet all its ethylene needs in Europe internally The additional ethylene production supports growth in Dow's derivative plants all of the ethylene produced in Terneuzen will be used captively The company board recently approved plans to build a new 300,000-tonne polyethylene plant in Terneuzen to meet increasing demand for a wide range of polyethylene resins The new capacity will provide ethylene to directly support this derivative expansion Expanding the site's ethylene capacity will also support several other planned expansions in Terneuzen the site's cumene plant will start up with a 300,000-tonne expansion Production of magnum acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) resins will increase by 75,000 tonnes with an expansion that will start up in late 2002 The site's latex production will increase as well Dow's businesses are responding to market growth The Terneuzen expansion brings Dow several key advantages The new revamped furnaces operate with either gas or liquid feedstock This allows Dow to adjust quickly to changes and needs in the marketplace and to manage feedstocks according to what is currently best in northwest Europe Online optimization supported by on-site process research will maximize the value generation in the expanded facilities "Terneuzen is our most flexible location in the region," Jan Dahlmans "Not only does it allow us to choose the most efficient feedstocks its physical location allows Dow to manage regional surpluses and deficits easily." To work in the existing site space at Terneuzen the new ethylene capacity required a creative approach to construction that helped minimize the investment The total project required about 3.5 million working hr Once the new capacity is fully functioning Table 1 lists the sources of major equipment purchased for the expansion Four major project segments make up the expansion effort: revamping the furnaces of existing production integrating the expansion into the existing infrastructure and consolidating the process controls for the light hydrocarbons operations into a single control center Construction began in July 2000 and was complete in July 2001 The furnaces maximize thermal efficiency within the physical limitations of new high-pressure steam superheat convection banks The new design allowed the removal of the old stacks drastically changing the Terneuzen skyline the applied technology improves propylene yield by 15% It also significantly reduces energy use and NOx emissions (Table 2) and construction will be completed in fourth quarter 2001 Stork Engineering & Contractors handled the detail engineering This part of the project includes several components that will handle the gas from 11 of the revamped furnaces using proven technology based on Dow's experiences with a liquid-cracking unit in Freeport The oil and water quench system cools the cracked gas from the furnaces to start the separation process The quench oil recovers heat from the cracked gas and uses that heat to generate medium-pressure steam in the dilution steam system The cracked-gas compressor includes a gasoline stripper column and a caustic tower that removes acid gases from the product stream Dryers remove the water in the cracked gas as well The depropanizer column separates the heavier components from the mix A mercury-removal system in the lighter product stream protects the acetylene reactor catalyst which partially hydrogenates C2 and C3 acetylenes to form ethylene and propylene The process uses an improved ethylene-recovery system The construction phase began in January 2000 and will be completed in August 2001 Completed after the first year of construction will contain the additional propylene produced at the site it will be piped as needed to other Terneuzen derivative plants for processing The existing pumps in the naphtha feed system and at the current pipeline booster stations will be upgraded or replaced Pipelines carry ethylene from Terneuzen to Antwerp New booster stations will be added to this line to increase the pipeline capacity to 80 tonnes/hr Another pipeline system carries propylene to Antwerp and Rotterdam and a new booster station will increase this line's capacity to 95 tonnes/hr Construction and upgrades began in March 1999 The control room will be completed when it starts up the new ethylene capacity in fourth quarter 2001 The uniformity of software and process control standards will increase the efficiency of the entire light hydrocarbons system The consolidated control room will also control aromatics and butadiene units It will be the largest single control room within Dow's global operations The Terneuzen expansion exceeds government and international standards for the environment and had an excellent safety record The project also enhanced the environmental performance of the existing units "Dow's guidelines are that all our operations meet applicable government or Dow environment whichever are the more stringent," Gann said which have become more exacting in recent years Dow must demonstrate compliance with these standards Dow submitted an environmental impact report describing the environmental and safety impact of the new investment during construction and after start-up The report detailed the impact of the project on water including waste disposal and control of air emissions Dow's report also described emergency and safety plans and equipment The building permit process could not be started until the government authorities approved Dow's environmental impact report waste is either recycled or disposed of as required Some of the waste material can be returned to the furnaces to be recracked or reburned Professional waste contractors handle disposable waste Enhancements to the site included construction of a new 71-m high cooling tower with a closed water-cooling system (see cover photo) the tower cools water and recycles it back into the process with less impact on the environment than seawater cooling The new cooling tower also helps lower maintenance costs The hourly water flow through the tower equals the content of six Olympic-size swimming pools Large ventilators at the bottom of the tower reduced the necessary height by at least 30 m state-of-the-art low NOx flat flame burners in the furnaces help reduce emissions by 75%/tonne of ethylene produced The burner design provides a more complete combustion The new flare system includes a safety mechanism that captures and collects air emissions The release of these emissions is carefully controlled "Dow is committed to protecting a good relationship with our neighbors in Terneuzen and we made a specific investment to include the features that would allow us to operate without the need for noisy flaring which can be disruptive to the community," said Dahlmans a community awareness program builds understanding of the plant and promotes open dialogue between Dow and the surrounding community Dow management works closely with the community to provide updates on activity at the site Dow's occupational safety performance ranks at the top of the chemical industry which has the best occupational safety performance of any industry according to the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) guidelines Expansion at the Terneuzen site is consistent with this ranking with excellent safety performance: 3 million hr of construction without a lost time injury and a 0.5 incident frequency rate Rewards and incentives encourage contractors to comply with Dow's safety standards Dow invested in safety bonuses and incentives worth $4 million to reward contractors for excellent safety performance has just released these beautiful photos from a project at Sassevaart near Terneuzen where they are emptying tubular piles for the construction of the Nieuwe Sluis The Bell 100 equipped with a double cutter head has a diameter of 1.1 meter and is lowered into the piles to pump the sand “Because the pump is equipped with a water jet ring around the center the pile wall gets cleaned simultaneously,” said Bell in its announcement The work will finish soon with already 120 piles having been emptied and cleaned at this moment DEME Group has just released the latest video update on their work at the New Lock Terneuzen in the Netherlands A large volume of sand was reclaimed for the construction of the 427 meter long This timelapse shows DEME’s trailing suction hopper dredgers ‘Bonny River’ and ‘Lange Wapper’ in action and how the teams are making progress on this impressive project sand is being dredged and discharged through a 1km pipeline in the reclamation area of the new lock complex The first ship is expected to sail through the New Lock in 2022 The New Lock will provide better access to the ports of Ghent and Terneuzen and a faster flow of shipping between the Netherlands The New Lock will also provide an economic impulse for Zeelandic Flanders (Zeeuws-Vlaanderen) DEME Group’s cutter suction dredger ‘Amazone’ and hopper dredgers ‘Artevelde’ and ‘Pallieter’ are moving ahead with the enormous task of removing the remaining peninsula at the New Lock Terneuzen project DEME’s backhoe dredger ‘Peter the Great’ recently joined the fleet of four dredgers working on this very important job in the Netherlands the mission is to remove 7,000 century-old foundation piles of the former middle lock ‘Peter the Great’ will excavate the soil around the piles the piles will become loose and float to the water surface A crane on another pontoon will then scoop up the floating piles and load them into barges All of this this will facilitate the entry and exit of vessels through the New Lock DEME Group’s trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Lange Wapper is currently busy working on the New Lock mega project in Terneuzen the existing lock complex remains accessible for marine traffic the New Lock will be the same size as the locks on the Panama Canal expansion project The 3.200m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Anchorage was successfully delivered to the Zealand based company De Hoop Terneuzen earlier this month The design and construction of the dredger was undertaken by Barkmeijer Shipyards in Stroobos part of the Thecla Bodewes Shipyards Group Barkmeijer Shipyards and Thecla Bodewes Shipyards have over 300 years of shipbuilding experience between them The success of this project has been possible due to the close cooperation between Barkmeijer and Thecla Bodewes Shipyards The four shipyards of the Thecla Bodewes Group complement each other as a group can actually build all types of ships: from simple push boats to complicated and state of the art dredgers such as the Anchorage the design of the sand and gravel dredger is based on dry discharge either by a shore based crane or a self-unloading installation The suction tube with a maximum dredging depth of 60m is equipped with a submerged dredge pump including the Barkmeijer built vessel called “Ruyter” The dredged raw materials are both used for processing in their own facilities or to be delivered to clients The design brief for the dredger was rather comprehensive the design has to be able to dredge sand and gravel up to a depth of 60 metres screening this to the required grain size and dry discharge to shore in ports with a great variety in receiving facilities An extensive study of the ports in Northwestern European mainland and the UK considering limitations in length air draught and port facilities made for an optimized design Not many aggregate dredgers are able to fulfill this combination of requirements The dredger’s design is characterized by a high freeboard for operations at the high seas as the intention of this vessel is to unload the aggregates ashore The ship is laid out at a loaded speed of fourteen knots in order to reduce the transfer time between the deeper concessions and the discharge ports High manoeuvrability is obtained by two azimuth thrusters and a tunnel type bow thruster A telescopic spud pole mooring system has been installed extending 19 meters under the ship’s bottom for easy positioning during discharge operations The dredger has been designed with state of the art technology The hull of was designed by and built at Barkmeijer in Stroobos The hull shape is optimized for sailing at both loaded and unloaded draught by Computational Fluid Dynamics calculation Anchorage is equipped with a smart diesel-electric system developed in close collaboration between Barkmeijer Shipyards and D&A Electric that efficiently regulates the energy supply for sailing The use of the E-prop® electric propulsion increases the overall propeller efficiency energy and fuel consumption is optimized and the ship’s emissions are greatly reduced The dredger is powered by three Mitsubishi SU medium speed diesel generator sets The gensets are able to run all three parallel depending on the required power for each specific operation The different setups of the gensets ensure the most efficient load of the gensets which results in the lowest possible fuel consumption For the control and monitoring of all ship’s systems and the dredging process Barkmeijer Shipyards collaborated with Alewijnse Marine They have developed an integrated intelligent automation package Monitoring & Control System with 26” SCADA HMI workstations includes the remote control of engine room systems lighting and the hydraulic equipment related to the dredging installation For monitoring of the drag arm and the performance of the dredging process a Dredge Control System module is integrated with a large number of sensors in the dredge system TSHD Anchorage was developed and built in the Netherlands in collaboration with Dutch suppliers mainly from the northern part of the Netherlands In April 2019 the hull was towed to their shipyard in Harlingen The New Lock Terneuzen project is really taking shape as the loading operation of the first bridge and two doors took place last month Each door is 26m high x 62m wide and weighs 2,000 tonnes the bridge has also a substantial weight of 1,540 tonnes The arrival of the new bridge and the doors was made possible thanks to the massive dredging of the entry channel leading to the lock the backhoe dredger Samson was excavating the entry channel to a water depth of approximately 15m DEME is working in the Sassevaart consortium for the construction of the lock Here the company’s infra and dredging expertise combine to ensure the successful execution of this large-scale project DEME is responsible for the wet and dry earthmoving works and dredging the bank and bottom protection works and the Schependijk remediation A staggering 10 million m³ of material will be dredged for the construction of the New Lock The first ship is expected to pass through the New Lock in late 2023 DEME Group has just announced that its well-known cutter suction dredger (CSD) Amazone is ready for its next challenge After the 10-year special survey and some essential repairs including a period in dry dock in Vlissingen “As the Amazone sets sail to dredge at the New Lock Terneuzen project we would very much like to thank the DEME team and our partners for all their great work during the survey and repairs,” the company said The CSD will be deployed in Terneuzen alongside three of DEME’s trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHDs) As from mid-September the vessels will start removing the remaining land on the north and south side of the New Lock The dredging works will create the new shipping access towards the lock The New Lock Terneuzen is key to unlocking better access from the Western Scheldt to the Ghent-Terneuzen Canal and beyond Low resolution Medium resolution Original resolution a division under the German- and Dutch-owned company the Muller Maritime Group has added a new ASD tug to its harbour service fleet at its home port in Terneuzen in Zeeland province Built by the Damen Shipyards Group and classed by Bureau Veritas, Multratug 6 replaces an earlier, similarly named RSD tug in the Multraship fleet The newer tug was designed to provide towage and escort assistance Multratug 6 utilises a standard Damen 28.57- by 10.43-metre ASD tug design but with custom features including a winterisation package to allow all-weather operation FiFi1 class firefighting equipment including two monitors Two Caterpillar 3516C main engines that each produce 1,865 kW at 1,800 rpm turn Kongsberg Maritime US 205 azimuthing propellers to deliver a bollard pull of 61.6 tonnes and a maximum speed of 14 knots Electrical power is meanwhile supplied by two Caterpillar C4.4 107kVA generators The deck has 40 square metres of total space allowing for the installation of a double-drum anchor/towing winch and a crane with a lifting capacity of 2,200 kilograms Also fitted are two Furuno radars and a dedicated 2,400m³/h diesel pump for the two 1,200m³/h foam/water firefighting monitors The crew of eight are housed in two single cabins and three two-person cabins Among the other onboard facilities are a mess and a galley The newer Multratug 6 has already commenced operational sailings assisting vessels in the Scheldt River area alongside the other vessels in the Multraship fleet Click here for more news and gear stories, feature articles, and vessel reviews as part of this month's focus on the tug and salvage sector. Welcome to maritimejournal.com. This site uses cookies. Read our policy webinars and articles on innovations and current trends in the commercial marine industry Alternatively REGISTER for website access and sign up for email alerts A new tug has been christened at Multraship’s home in the Netherlands the first of an identical pair built by Damen in Vietnam It is the first of two identical vessels that were contracted in June 2023. delivery made quicker because Damen had already started building the tugs as per its standard practice of building standard vessels for stock Already a member? SIGN IN now It only takes a minute to sign up for a free account Get access and more free content sign up today Does your organisation require more access? Upgrade to a subscription and enjoy unlimited news and additional features De Hoop Terneuzen has taken delivery of the company’s newest trailing suction hopper dredger, the Krakesandt. According to the company, the Krakesandt got through the locks of Terneuzen in early June. The dredger stayed there for a few days before heading for its first assignment the North Sea. This modern TSHD was designed by Barkmeijer Shipyards – part of the Thecla Bodewes Group – and built at their Kampen facility in the Netherlands. Just like her sister ship Anchorage, the 105m long Krakesandt is equipped with a smart diesel-electric system, developed in close collaboration between Thecla and D&A Electric, that efficiently regulates the energy supply for sailing, dredging and unloading of the ship. In addition to smart and stable power management, the use of the E-prop electric propulsion increases the overall propeller efficiency during dredging, sailing and maneuvering, optimizing energy and fuel consumption and greatly reducing the ship’s emissions. Photo: ANP ProvicomThe dead whale on the dockside Photo: ANP ProvicomThe port authorities at Terneuzen had major surprise when they spotted a 17 metre dead whale floating in the water on Tuesday The animal had become stuck to the bow of a Panamanian freighter after a collision at some point during the voyage to the Netherlands The fin whale was hauled out of the water and put on the Goese Kade dockside where it awaits further analysis by researchers from University of Utrecht and the Naturalis biodiversity centre The investigation will have to establish exactly what killed the animal. ‘It’s quite a big specimen,’ researcher Pepijn Kamminga told local broadcaster Omroep Zeeland ‘The sperm whale is the second largest of the whale family and it can reach a length of 25 metres Kamminga has only seen pictures of the dead whale but thinks it was hit in its side It will difficult to tell where the collision happened because even with an animal as big as a whale the effect on the huge freighter is nil and its presence would not be noticed The dissection of the animal will take place on Wednesday. Too large to fit into the Rotterdam Natuurhistorisch museum’s collection of animals which have come to a tragic end, Naturalis will be bagging the whale skull for its collection. We could not provide the Dutch News service, and keep it free of charge, without the generous support of our readers. Your donations allow us to report on issues you tell us matter, and provide you with a summary of the most important Dutch news each day. Many thanks to everyone who has donated to DutchNews.nl in recent days! We could not provide this service without you. If you have not yet made a contribution, you can do so here. Please help us making DutchNews.nl a better read by taking part in a short survey. Dow is considering the addition of a new plastics plant at its complex in the southern port city This would cost several hundred million euros and is part of Dow’s global expansion programme Fitterling and Dow’s current CEO Andrew Liveris are in the Netherlands on a fact-finding mission meeting with prime minister Mark Rutte and touring the Terneuzen facility Dow has three large naphtha crackers at Terneuzen making the Dutch unit a key player in the production of basic chemicals both within Dow and within the European chemical industry in general Between 2015 and 2019 the company will have invested some €500m in Terneuzen About 2,249 people working in Dow Terneuzen’s 20 factories a further 150 in R&D and 800 in the service centre which serves Europe We could not provide the Dutch News service without the generous support of our readers Your donations allow us to report on issues you tell us matter and provide you with a summary of the most important Dutch news each day Many thanks to everyone who has donated to DutchNews.nl in recent days We could not provide this service without you Please help us making DutchNews.nl a better read by taking part in a short survey VoltH2 Terneuzen and Virya Energy are moving ahead with the construction of a green hydrogen plant in the Axelse Vlakte industrial park a 60 km long cross-border port area that stretches from Vlissingen on the North Sea coast in the Netherlands The project involves the construction a 25 MW electrolysis unit producing up to 3,600 tons of green hydrogen annually with an investment budget of up to EUR40m ($48m) The hydrogen will be used as a fuel and chemical feedstock VoltH2 Terneuzen notes that the plant has a modular scalable design allowing production to be doubled or tripled in the future The Terneuzen site is also close to an existing bio-LNG producer and there are two bio-steam and bio-ethanol projects under development in the vicinity said: “North Sea Port is strongly committed to the energy transition VoltH2’s new hydrogen plant in Terneuzen contributes to this effort and offers many opportunities for companies located in the Axelse Vlakte industrial park it further enhances North Sea Port’s position as a hydrogen hub in Western Europe.” Don't have an account?