At Cruise Port Rotterdam ‘year-round’ cruising seems a fact with many cruise vessels being received throughout the year. We still have an amazing last quarter this year to go with MSC Preziosa, Iona, AIDAnova, Aurora, Ambience, Queen Mary 2 and Queen Anne. We are looking forward to 2025 with a

In 1554, Maerten Jacobsz Wildehaer became the first harbour master of Rotterdam. His present-day counterpart is State Harbour Master René de Vries. Since 1 March 2010, he is responsible for the Harbour Master Division, which to some extent is part of the Port of Rotterdam Authority. The Harbour Master Division

Historical vessels and maritime trades The Maritime Museum has the oldest and largest Dutch collection and is situated on the site where the port of Rotterdam once began. Historical and exceptional ‘guest’ vessels are berthed here. In the various workshops, you can discover the secrets of old maritime (ship) building

ISPS Service Desk or the International Ship & Port Facility Security Service Desk. At the Cruise Terminal, we speak with Désirée Sipkes, ISPS Service Team manager, and Wout Hol, an appriciated member of this team. The other team members are Amanda Silver and Sandra Blonk. “We are the frontline when

The restaurant of hotel Bazar at the Witte de Withstraat has an extensive menu with delicious dishes from nearly all the countries around the Mediterranean and the Middle East. A colourful, eye-catching interior, excellent service, great ambiance, a spacious terrace and most important of all: delicious food at an acceptable

Carbon capture, shore power installation Cruise Port Rotterdam and more Porthos will make it possible to capture and permanently store 2.5 million tons of carbon a year, making carbon storage an essential measure for the industry to help meet the Dutch climate objectives. Installation national hydrogen network The first of

Rotterdam mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb presented the Rotterdam Promotion Award 2024 to winner North Sea Jazz Rotterdam, the world’s biggest indoor jazz festival. Year after year, the festival welcomes legends and new talent from the jazz, soul and funk scene. In 2023, these included Stormzy, Typhoon, Gregory Porter, Lizzo and Tom

Cruise Port Rotterdam has become a year round destination. On 2 January, the first vessel of 2024, MSC Euribia, was welcomed – the first of eight vessels that month. It was followed by MS Ambition, Ambience and AIDAnova, and MSC Euribia visiting several times, sometimes every week. In the first

  Erik van Essen, new general manager Rotterdam Partners Rotterdam Partners, is a great and important partner organisation of Rotterdam, manages and executes the city marketing. As a result, the city welcomes 50 new businesses, 30 business conferences and 1 million daily visitors on average every year. In this way, Rotterdam Partners contributes

…the port of Rotterdam covers a surface area of more than 12,600 hectares? Rotterdam is Europe’s largest port city and reaches across a long distance towards the sea. The cruise terminal, however, is in proximity of the city centre. From the terminal, the city centre – with its large pedestrian