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Port of Rotterdam Opens Major Hydrogen Import Terminal to Supply Dutch and German Industry

The new deep-water terminal at Maasvlakte is designed to position the Netherlands as a leading clean-energy logistics hub and provide direct hydrogen connections to major industrial clusters in both the Netherlands and Germany.
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