Overview
Lobbying Costs
200,000€ - 299,999€
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
14
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Havenbedrijf Rotterdam NV (Port of Rotterdam)
EU Transparency Register
930637620172-95 First registered on 05 Jan 2016
Goals / Remit
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. The Port of Rotterdam Authority manages, operates and develops the port and industrial area of Rotterdam. Not only in terms of size, but also in terms of quality. The Port Authority is responsible for maintaining the safe and smooth handling of all shipping. We invest in the development of the existing port area, in new port sites, public infrastructure and in handling shipping.
Main EU files targeted
- TEN-T / Connecting Europe Facility transport - Rail freight transport - Maritime transport - EU ETS - Port Reception Facilities - Reporting Formalities Directive - Energy Union - Renewable energy directive - Combined transport directive - Circular Economy Package - Fit for 55 proposals: AFIR, FuelEU Maritime, Energy Taxation Directive, ETS. Drone Strategy, Ambient Air Quality Directive, Nature Restoration, REPowerEU: Permitting procedures (RED IV), EU Carbon Border Adjustment (CBAM), integrated water management, Maritime Safety Framework
Address
Head Office
Wilhelminakade 909
Rotterdam 3002 AP - 6622
NETHERLANDSEU Office
Wilhelminakade 909
Rotterdam 3002 AP - 6622
NETHERLANDSWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 01 Apr 2023
Name Start date End Date Ms Kirsten Zondervan 25 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021 Ms Kirsten Zondervan 04 Jan 2019 01 Jan 2020 Mr Mark DRIESSEN 05 Oct 2017 29 Sep 2018 Mr Xander Japin 25 Apr 2017 08 Apr 2018 Ms Kirsten Zondervan 25 Apr 2017 07 Apr 2018 Mr Mark Dijk 30 Mar 2016 25 Mar 2017 Mr Xander Japin 30 Mar 2016 25 Mar 2017 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
- European Sea Ports Organisation (www.espo.be)
- European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation Rhine-Alpine (http://egtc-rhine-alpine.eu/)
- European Logistics Platform (http://www.european-logistics-platform.eu)
- Hydrogen Europe (https://hydrogeneurope.eu/)Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
200,000€ - 299,999€
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Grant CEF 8,690,000€ Grant CEF 3,550,000€ Grant CEF 1,300,000€ Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant NONE 0€ Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount dr2 consultants 50,000€ - 99,999€ Intermediaries for current year
Name dr2 consultants Closed year Costs
200,000€ - 299,999€
Other financial info
-Rotterdam and EU hinterland connection: Theemsweg railway section superstructure + Calandbrug
-Study for the removal of the railway bottleneck to the Maasvlakte II railway terminals in the Port of Rotterdam (construction of a new railway yard Maasvlakte Zuid)
-four studies in preparation for Onshore Power Supply systems -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
European Sustainable Shipping Forum (ESSF)#E02869#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2869 #Not a member #C#Industry, Employees/workers#Waste from Ships(Port Reception Facilities & Ship-Source Pollution )#Digital Transport and Logistics Forum#E03280#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3280 #Member #C#Industry#e-transport documents
Groups (European Parliament)
SEARICA
Other activities
Port of Rotterdam is actively involved in the corridorfora and workinggroups of ports and waterway managers of the Rhine-Alpine, North Sea-Mediterranean and North Sea-Baltic corridors
Meetings
Meetings
14 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't publish information about such meetings. All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 10 May 2022 Location Rotterdam, the Netherlands Subject boat trip and official presentation of the port’s hydrogen ambitions Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Commission - Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 26 Apr 2022 Location Brussels Subject REPower EU, Gas package Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Commission - Tatiana Marquez Uriarte (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 May 2021 Location Online Subject "Hydrogen coffee" meeting on transporting hydrogen by sea, including the role of ports play within the hydrogen ecosystem and the international trade of Europe. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Commission - Kadri Simson (Commissioner)
- Stefano Grassi (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 Mar 2021 Location Conference call Subject Introductory meeting to present the port of Rotterdam Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Commission - Rachel Smit (Cabinet member)
- Adina-Ioana Vălean (Commissioner)
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Date 11 Nov 2020 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Videoconference on Readiness for the end of the transition period (Brexit) Commission - Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General)
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Date 04 Mar 2020 Location Brussels Subject The European Green Deal Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Commission - Diederik Samsom (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Mar 2020 Location Brussels Subject Discussion on the European Green Deal, smart sector integration and industry decarbonisation, hydrogen Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Commission - Helena Hinto (Cabinet member)
- Kitti Nyitrai (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Jun 2018 Location Brussels Subject Energy transition and the energy intensive industry Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Commission - Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner)
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Date 08 Jun 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject clean energy transition Commission - Dominique Ristori (Director-General)
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Date 20 Oct 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Energy policy Commission - Dominique Ristori (Director-General)
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Date 19 Dec 2016 Location Brussels Subject Meeting with Mr Castelein, CEO of Port of Rotterdam Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Commission - Violeta Bulc (Commissioner)
- Friedrich-Nikolaus von Peter (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Sep 2016 Location Brussels - Belgium Subject TEN-T Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Commission - Desiree Oen (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Jun 2016 Location Brussels Subject Digital single market Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Commission - Bernardus Smulders (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Feb 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Port Regulation Commission - Henrik Hololei (Director-General)