Operations begin at EBS’s West 4 facility in Rotterdam

European Bulk Services (EBS) B.V. has officially begun operations in its new West 4 facility at Montrealweg 50 in Botlek, Rotterdam.The first shipment of coal was stored at the West 4 area in the middle of March this year.
The company leased the area from the Port of Rotterdam Authority in January 2011. Following an intensive period of construction, the West 4 area is now 80% complete, although the finishing touches are being made to the civil engineering projects and a new conveyor belt system.
West 4 will provide EBS with an extra 300,000 tonnes of storage capacity, bringing the total storage capacity at the Laurenshaven Terminal to 1.6 million tonnes.
European Bulk Services (EBS) B.V. is an internationally respected stevedoring company with a focus on the storage and transshipment of dry bulk goods. EBS operates from two strategically located terminals in the Port of Rotterdam and has its own fleet of crane vessels. Approximately 180 full-time employees work for EBS, generating €35–45 million in revenues per year. EBS is a wholly owned subsidiary of H.E.S. Beheer N.V.