The European Union has signed a Service Agreement with the Port of Rotterdam to co-develop a Green Minerals Terminal at the Angra Point Hydrogen Hub in L\u00fcderitz, Namibia. The terminal will handle exports of critical raw materials such as lithium, graphite, and manganese\u2014resources central to Europe\u2019s clean energy transition\u2014as well as green hydrogen imports and other strategic cargo. According to the announcement, the agreement was signed alongside Namport, the Namibian Ports Authority, during the EU\u2019s Africa regional workshop on Global Gateway Green Shipping Corridors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The deal forms part of the broader EU\u2013Namibia Strategic Partnership on Sustainable Raw Materials Value Chains and Renewable Hydrogen. Under this partnership, the EU is committing N$13 million ($715,000) to the planning phase of the port\u2019s expansion, specifically targeting Angra Point. The terminal\u2019s construction is expected to boost Namibia\u2019s industrialisation efforts, increase its export capacity, and generate local employment while linking African supply chains more directly to European net-zero supply priorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The initiative builds on Namport\u2019s earlier start to exporting green iron and follows an International Maritime Organization (IMO) workshop in Walvis Bay that brought together 30 African maritime authorities. The EU-backed session focused on developing regional green shipping routes, cementing the bloc\u2019s Global Gateway strategy as a tool for both climate diplomacy and secure raw materials access amid intensifying global competition for transition minerals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Source: Fuel Cells Works<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The European Union has signed a Service Agreement with the Port of Rotterdam to co-develop a Green Minerals Terminal at the Angra Point Hydrogen Hub in L\u00fcderitz, Namibia. The terminal will handle exports of critical raw materials such as lithium, graphite, and manganese\u2014resources central to Europe\u2019s clean energy transition\u2014as well as green hydrogen imports and …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":385822,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-385821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n