Swietelsky Rail Benelux has won the contract with the Port of Rotterdam Authority to construct a new pipeline strip for the movement of hydrogen and CO2.
Situated along the Moezelweg in the Europoort area, the pipeline strip will accommodate pipes belonging to HyTransPort.RTM and Porthos and will be operational from the end of 2023.
“Egbert van der Wal (Head of Port Development Port of Rotterdam Authority), Boudewijn Siemons (COO Port of Rotterdam Authority), Niek Lentink (Operational director Swietelsky Rail Benelux) and John Weijtmans (General director Swietelsky Rail Benelux)” “/ / 
Source: Port of Rotterdam Authority
Egbert van der Wal (Head of Port Development Port of Rotterdam Authority), Boudewijn Siemons (COO Port of Rotterdam Authority), Niek Lentink (Operational director Swietelsky Rail Benelux) and John Weijtmans (General director Swietelsky Rail Benelux)
Expanding the capacity will require the relocation of the existing trunk line, the installation of an earth-retaining structure and the excavation of a section of embankment. The new pipeline strip will be 7.60 metres wide, creating space for six or seven cables and pipes.
HyTransPort.RTM and Porthos
The HyTransPort.RTM hydrogen pipeline is an open access pipeline for any company wishing to consume or supply hydrogen. Shell has become the first company to sign up to use HyTransPort.RTM. Holland Hydrogen I, the electrolyser that Shell is going to build on the Maasvlakte, will be connected to the pipeline.
Porthos, a joint venture between the Port of Rotterdam Authority, Gasunie and EBN is developing a project in which CO2 from industry in the port of Rotterdam will be captured, transported and stored in empty gas fields deep beneath the North Sea. Porthos will store about 37 Mt of CO2, which is about 2.5 Mt of CO2 per year for 15 years.
