- 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.
- Marcor will start using the new warehouse from the second quarter of 2023 with aimed final commissioning by the end of 2023.
- Marcor will organise an informative meeting focussing on the development of the terminal.
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 break-bulk and project cargo activities to its other terminals within the Port of Rotterdam.
Dry bulk terminal
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: “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 11,000 m² of solar panels on the warehouses.”
The Development
Marcor has recently started ship-to-ship transshipment activities at the Hartel Terminal.
Construction work began in January 2023. Marcor aims to receive the first cargoes in this new complex, with a storage capacity of ± 160,000 m³, by about December 2023.
The facility includes 9 fully segregated compartments with a sliding roof system, enabling direct bulk discharge and dispatch with a terminal crane from/to storage.
Commissioning an existing 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 ±150,000 m³.
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 terminal-related 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.
Outdoor storage area
Marcor intends to create an outdoor storage area at the terminal of approximately 20,000 m². The development will take customer and environment-related requirements and the subsequent control measures needed into account.
Update for the local community
Marcor will organise an informative meeting focussing on the development of the terminal. The location and time will be communicated shortly through local media outlets and on the website www.marcor.nl.
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Source: Dry Cargo Mag
