Eemshaven
Seaport
Port area
Port area
Eemshaven is located in Groningen (province)
Eemshaven
Eemshaven
Location of Eemshaven in the province of Groningen
Eemshaven is located in Netherlands
Eemshaven
Eemshaven
Eemshaven (Netherlands)
Coordinates: 53°26′54″N 6°49′52″E / 53.44833°N 6.83111°E / 53.44833; 6.83111
Country Netherlands
Province Groningen
MunicipalityHet Hogeland
Area
[1]
 • Total15.02 km2 (5.80 sq mi)
Elevation
[2]
1.2 m (3.9 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total5
 • Density0.33/km2 (0.86/sq mi)
Postal code
9979[1]
Dialing code0595
WebsiteOfficial website

Eemshaven (Dutch pronunciation: [eːmsˈɦaːvə(n)]; English: Ems Harbor) is a seaport in the province of Groningen in the north of the Netherlands. In 1968, the Dutch government declared the Ems estuary (Eemsmond) to be an economic key region. One of the key developments for the region was the construction of a seaport called Eemshaven. The port was officially opened by Queen Juliana in 1973. Industry and shipping were slow to develop at the site.

In 2013, a ferry service connects to the German island of Borkum.[3] A ferry service to Rosyth, Scotland, was to start by late October 2019.[4] The plan was officially abandoned in 2020.

A number of power plants operate at the site. Both Electrabel and NUON operate a gas-fired power plant there[5][6] while RWE Innogy operates a wind farm at the site.[7] RWE is operating a coal-fired plant.[8]

The static inverter station of HVDC NorNed is situated at Eemshaven. One endpoint of the COBRAcable HVDC transmission line to Esbjerg, Denmark is also planned to be built here.

Eemshaven is the landfall point for a high-speed transatlantic fiber-optic cable that connects the U.S. and Europe.

Google Data Center

On 23 September 2014, Google announced that it plans to spend $773 Million building a data center.[9] Since 2022[10] this datacenter is up and running.[11]

Ferry Eemshaven - Kristiansand

The ferry connection from Eemshaven to Kristiansand started April 2022[12] the 2020 founded cruise-ferry company Holland Norway Lines operated one ship, the MS Romantika on a route between Eemshaven and Kristiansand. The charter of the ship was announced on 1 November 2021, and was due to last three years with two one-year extensions.[13][14] This route has now closed and the MS Romantika is moored at Emden in Germany.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  2. ↑ "Postcodetool for 9979AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  3. ↑ "Borkumlijn - Meer dan alleen uw veerdienst naar Borkum".
  4. ↑ "Scotland proposes new post-Brexit ferry route to Netherlands". Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  5. ↑ Electrabel in Nederland
  6. ↑ NUON Magnum
  7. ↑ "Windparken | Essent". www.essent.nl. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011.
  8. ↑ "Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency - NFIA".
  9. ↑ "Google to Build $773 Million Center in Dutch Hub Eemshaven". Bloomberg LP. 23 September 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  10. ↑ "Google bouwt klein datacenter bij stad Groningen". Telegraaf. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  11. ↑ "Eemshaven- Google Nederland". 14 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  12. ↑ "Eerste vaart MS Romantika van Eemshaven naar Noorwegen". FerryGoGo. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  13. ↑ "About HNL".
  14. ↑ "Netherlands - Norway Startup Secures Tallink Cruiseferry". 3 November 2021.

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