Project record

Port of Rotterdam Yangtzekanaal widening and quay programme

Aerial view of the Yangtzekanaal access channel between active Maasvlakte 2 container and industrial terminals in Rotterdam

Port of Rotterdam Authority / Aeroview

Rotterdam has delivered the 500-metre Yangtzekanaal tug quay with 12 berths and shore power. Hakkers, De Klerk and Van Oord have moved directly into the 1,450-metre second phase: 20 new inland-shipping berths, a heavy-load zone, maintained berth depth of NAP -6.80 metres, 1.4 million cubic metres of sand dredging and reuse on Maasvlakte 2, and about 10,000 cubic metres of geopolymer concrete. The later post-2028 channel package remains separate.

Project signal

Construction in Netherlands

Current status Phase A tug quay delivered; the same consortium has started Phase B, including 1.4 million m3 of sand dredging; Phase C remains a post-2028 package Source confidence Confirmed

Location

Netherlands / Europe

Segment

Port infrastructure

Status

Phase A tug quay delivered; the same consortium has started Phase B, including 1.4 million m3 of sand dredging; Phase C remains a post-2028 package / Confirmed

Last checked

12 August 2026

Coverage

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Project anatomy

Contract scope and delivery roles

Client / authority
Port of Rotterdam Authority
Delivery parties
Hakkers, De Klerk, Van Oord
Contract route
The Port of Rotterdam Authority signed the Phase A contracts with Hakkers, De Klerk and Van Oord in June 2023. Phase B used a two-phase route: a construction-team stage was awarded in September 2024, followed by implementation. The owner's 24 July 2026 release confirms that the same consortium is executing Phase B, but does not publish the implementation award date, price or subcontract allocation.
Execution window
Phase A ran from 2023 to delivery in July 2026. Phase B started immediately after delivery and remains scheduled through 2028. Phase C channel widening and deepening is placed after 2028. These are package windows; the owner has not published Phase B completion, hydrographic acceptance or operating release.
Works package
Phase A delivered 500 metres of tug quay with 12 berths and shore power. Phase B covers a 1,450-metre quay west of Antarcticakade, 20 new inland-shipping berths in addition to 10 existing berths, shore power, a heavy-load zone, maintained berth depth of NAP -6.80 metres, 1.4 million cubic metres of sand dredging and reuse on Maasvlakte 2, and about 10,000 cubic metres of geopolymer concrete. Phase C remains a later widening and deepening package.
Marine interfaces
Phase B combines quay construction and 1.4 million cubic metres of dredging beside an operating Maasvlakte 2 access channel. The work must control navigation, berth access, sediment removal and reuse, quay-wall execution, ground response, maintained depth, shore-power integration and heavy-load operations without converting a started package into accepted capacity.
Commercial evidence boundary
The owner now names Hakkers, De Klerk and Van Oord as the Phase B delivery consortium and publishes material quantities and berth geometry. It still does not publish the implementation price, subcontract packages, dredging plant or Phase C contract. The 24,000 TEU two-way traffic statement is an intended package outcome, not current accepted access.

Project timeline

Material developments

Dated events that changed scope, counterparties, delivery, commissioning or operating status.

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Phase A delivered and the same consortium started quantified Phase B works

The owner confirms 12 completed tug berths with shore power and advances Hakkers, De Klerk and Van Oord into a 1,450-metre Phase B quay. The package adds 20 berths, NAP -6.80 metre maintained depth, 1.4 million m3 of sand dredging and reuse, a heavy-load zone and about 10,000 m3 of geopolymer concrete; completion and acceptance remain open.

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Phase A built the enabling cofferdam and reused 80,000 cubic metres of sand

The 2025 annual report identifies a 1,500 by 40 metre temporary watertight structure for Phase B and early material reuse, while recording that the next investment decision and permit still followed at that reporting point. The current programme page later supersedes that planning state with Phase B award and start.

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Harbourmaster notice confirmed south-bank sheet-pile and dredging activity

The notice placed work vessels, stone removal, sheet-pile removal and installation, and dredging in the live channel from 24 November 2025 to 6 March 2026. It is field-execution and navigation-control evidence, not proof of completed quay or accepted channel geometry.

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Phase B construction-team stage was awarded

The first stage of the two-phase contract moved the inland-shipping quay into contractor-supported design optimisation through the end of 2025. It did not by itself establish the implementation award, price, construction start or accepted berth system.

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Phase A construction started in the operating access channel

The authority's 2023 year-end record confirms field execution began on the 500-metre quay and 12 tug berths. Shore power, berth operation and the later Phase B and C outcomes remained unresolved.

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Phase A contracts were signed with Hakkers, Van Oord and De Klerk

The owner award fixed the 500-metre quay, 12-berth scope and contractor consortium, and anticipated work after summer. Contract signature did not prove mobilisation, installed wall, commissioning or the award of later phases.

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The owner published the three-phase access programme

The programme separated tug berths, inland-shipping berths and later navigation-channel dredging, with different vessel-access objectives. At that point there were no contracts, construction records or achieved-access evidence.

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Evidence gap

What remains unverified

Outstanding evidence

  • Phase B implementation price, contract boundary, and lower-tier allocation
  • Quay-wall and dredger mobilisation beside the live channel
  • Measured dredging and sand reuse against the 1.4 million m3 scope
  • Surveyed and accepted NAP -6.80 metre berth depth
  • Completion of 20 new berths, shore power, heavy-load zone, and geopolymer-concrete works
  • Operating release and evidence for the intended two-way 24,000 TEU access
  • Separate Phase C dredging scope, sediment route, and hydrographic acceptance

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Reporting status

Construction, confirmed confidence

Last checked 12 August 2026 across 9 cited sources. The dated timeline above carries the project events.

Last checked 12 August 2026 Cited sources 9

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