Havenbedrijf Rotterdam NV
Port of Rotterdam
The objective of the Port of Rotterdam Authority is to enhance the port of Rotterdam’s competitive position as a logistics hub and a world-class industrial complex.
Lobbying Activity
Response to Circular Economy Act
6 Nov 2025
Response to European Grid Package
4 Aug 2025
Meeting with Apostolos Tzitzikostas (Commissioner) and
17 Jul 2025 · Implementation Dialogue on ramping up renewable and low-carbon maritime and aviation fuels production in the EU
Meeting with Tom Berendsen (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Deltalinqs
15 Apr 2025 · Work visit
Meeting with Stefano Signore (Head of Unit Directorate-General for International Partnerships) and
1 Apr 2025 · Exchange of views on the challenges and opportunities for renewable hydrogen development in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)
Meeting with Felix Fernandez-Shaw (Director Directorate-General for International Partnerships) and
1 Apr 2025 · Plenary Feedback round on previously held GGIA Working Group sessions of 9 different thematical groups regarding Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
Response to European Water Resilience Strategy
4 Mar 2025
Meeting with Ingeborg Ter Laak (Member of the European Parliament)
19 Feb 2025 · Water
Meeting with Ton Diepeveen (Member of the European Parliament)
17 Jan 2025 · Werkbezoek aan de haven van Rotterdam
Meeting with Kathleen Van Brempt (Member of the European Parliament) and Port of Antwerp-Bruges International
14 Jan 2025 · Event SupPORTing Europe: Rotterdam and Antwerp-Bruges accelerating EU’s competitive and clean industry
Meeting with Magda Kopczynska (Director-General Mobility and Transport) and
6 Dec 2024 · Investments in sustainable liquid fuels production in the EU
Meeting with Rachel Blom (Member of the European Parliament) and ProRail
1 Oct 2024 · Introductory meeting
Meeting with Tom Berendsen (Member of the European Parliament)
1 Oct 2024 · Port strategy
Meeting with Caroline Nagtegaal (Member of the European Parliament) and
13 Feb 2024 · EU ETS Maritime
Meeting with Tom Berendsen (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and
31 Aug 2023 · European Port Strategy
Meeting with Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
11 May 2023 · Energy transition in European ports
Meeting with Tom Berendsen (Member of the European Parliament)
26 Aug 2022 · Work visit
Meeting with Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
10 May 2022 · boat trip and official presentation of the port’s hydrogen ambitions
Meeting with Tatiana Marquez Uriarte (Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson)
26 Apr 2022 · REPower EU, Gas package
Meeting with Caroline Nagtegaal (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
26 Jan 2022 · AFIR/ETD
Meeting with Kadri Simson (Commissioner) and
28 May 2021 · "Hydrogen coffee" meeting on transporting hydrogen by sea, including the role of ports play within the hydrogen ecosystem and the international trade of Europe.
Meeting with Adina-Ioana Vălean (Commissioner) and
2 Mar 2021 · Introductory meeting to present the port of Rotterdam
Meeting with Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General Taxation and Customs Union)
11 Nov 2020 · Videoconference on Readiness for the end of the transition period (Brexit)
Response to FuelEU Maritime - Green European Maritime Space (legislative proposal)
23 Apr 2020
Meeting with Diederik Samsom (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
4 Mar 2020 · The European Green Deal
Meeting with Helena Hinto (Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson), Kitti Nyitrai (Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson)
3 Mar 2020 · Discussion on the European Green Deal, smart sector integration and industry decarbonisation, hydrogen
Meeting with Dominique Ristori (Director-General Energy) and
8 Jun 2018 · clean energy transition
Meeting with Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner) and
8 Jun 2018 · Energy transition and the energy intensive industry
Meeting with Dominique Ristori (Director-General Energy)
20 Oct 2017 · Energy policy
Meeting with Violeta Bulc (Commissioner) and
19 Dec 2016 · Meeting with Mr Castelein, CEO of Port of Rotterdam
Meeting with Desiree Oen (Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc)
28 Sept 2016 · TEN-T
Meeting with Bernardus Smulders (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and
14 Jun 2016 · Digital single market
Meeting with Henrik Hololei (Director-General Mobility and Transport)
22 Feb 2016 · Port Regulation