Marcor begins development of a dry bulk terminal in the Port of Rotterdam

Marcor Stevedoring B.V. (Marcor) has taken a final investment decision to develop a dry bulk terminal at the Steinweg Hartel Terminal in the Port of Rotterdam. Marcor’s parent company, Steinweg, has transferred the breakbulk and project cargo activities to its other terminals within the Port of Rotterdam.

COMMISSIONING OF AN EXISTING 28,800M2 WAREHOUSE

Specific modifications to an existing 28,800m² warehouse at the Hartel Terminal will begin in the first quarter of 2023. These modifications will facilitate efficient handling and storage of various loose and packaged bulk cargoes and create new opportunities for bulk processing and value-added services. Once these modifications have been completed, the warehouse will have a bulk storage capacity of ±150,000m³. Marcor will start using the new warehouse from the second quarter of 2023 with aimed final commissioning by the end of 2023. The most important orders for terminalrelated machinery have already been placed or are in the final stages of purchase. A major component of this is the first fully electric mobile harbour crane, a Liebherr LHM 800, which will be operational around December 2023.

The new terminal will be an extension of Marcor, besides the existing floating terminal in Rotterdam, and will be put into service by Marcor from Q2-2023. Danny Swart, Managing Director at Marcor, says: “This step enables us to take a major leap forward in the development of our company. We are creating a future-proof location so that we can meet the needs and wishes of our current and new customers. And for this, sustainability is playing a prominent role. In addition to the electrical machinery we will be using, there are already 11,000m² of solar panels on the warehouses.”

THE DEVELOPMENT SHIP-TO-SHIP TRANSSHIPMENT ACTIVITIES

Marcor has recently started ship-to-ship transshipment activities at the Hartel Terminal.

DEVELOPMENT OF A STATE-OF-THE-ART NEW COVERED BULK STORAGE FACILITY

Construction work began in January 2023.

Marcor aims to receive the first cargoes in this new complex, with a storage capacity of ±160,00m³, by about December 2023. The facility includes nine fully segregated compartments with a sliding roof system, enabling direct bulk discharge and dispatch with a terminal crane from/to storage.

Outdoor Storage Area

Marcor intends to create an outdoor storage area at the terminal of approximately 20,000m². The development will take customer and environmentrelated requirements and the subsequent control measures needed into account.

Address: Beerweg 301, 3199 LM, port number 7061, Rotterdam

Terminal area: 130,000m² terminal

Quay size and draught: 600m quay with 16.6 metre NAP

Handling of vessels: From barges to large ocean-going vessels

Transshipment capacity Up to Capesize ocean-going vessels of ocean-going vessels:

Stevedoring: Board–board and terminal load and unload operations

Covered bulk storage: Storage capacity development of more than 300,000m³ in 2023

Outdoor storage: Aimed development of 20,000m²

Multi-modal operations: Handling of ships, trains and trucks

Bulk handling: Dry bulk, packaged and containerized bulk loads

Accessibility for trucks: Close to N15 motorway

Accessibility by rail: 2 x 450 metres of track laid, connected to Maasvlakte Oost.

Marcor Stevedoring celebrates its 25th year anniversary by extending its Rotterdambased floating storage and transshipment terminal through the development of a deepsea tri-modal connected dry bulk terminal at the Steinweg Hartel Terminal. Through this development in 2023, we will grow our storage capacity to over 500,000 CBM, expand our connectivity to existing rail and road, and initiate providing value added services to our customers.

At our new terminal with a 600m quay with 16.6m draft, ship-to-ship operations commenced, and we look forward to welcome cargoes onto shore in the months ahead…