Martijn Coopman

Martijn Coopman

project director

port of rotterdam

About me

Martijn has more than 25 years of experience in the development and management of energy related port and offshore projects. Martijn has a mechanical engineering background, majored in port logistics and has gained experience in all facets of oil & gas facilities: operations, shipping and development including design, financing, partnering, environmental procedures and stakeholder management. Main focus has been Oil & Gas related projects with a specific focus on LNG and recently on Hydrogen. After 10 years developing ports & terminals in South East Asia Martijn returned back to the Netherlands to project manage the the Port of Rotterdam’s Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) project Porthos. Martijn then led the new International Hydrogen Supplychain program in the the Port of Rotterdam’s hydrogen team forging strategic alliances and building new supplychains from sun- and windrich countries to Rotterdam. Specifically focusing on common-user infrastructure development in Rotterdam and those exporting country. Martijn’s latest assignment is to lead a Namibian-Dutch project team to develop the business case for a hydrogen hub at Angra point in South West Namibia.
Organisation/Company Headquarter Location
Netherlands
Country(ies) of Operation (select as many applicable)
BrazilNetherlands
Type of Organisation/Company
Private Company – Multinational
What is your annual turnover?
>100.000.000 EUR
What is the size of your Organisation/Company?
More than 250 employees
Organisation/Company Headquarter Area
Europe

Contact details

Is speaking at

Thematic Session 1: Green Hydrogen and Renewable Energies

Tuesday, May 12, 2026 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Oryx Main
Paolo Gallieri · Zhero
Manuel Geiger · Enertrag SE
Grant Muller · Zhero
Gregor Paterson-Jones · Get Invest
Martijn Coopman · port of rotterdam

Closing Ceremony

Wednesday, May 13, 2026 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM
Oryx Main
James Mnyupe · thyssenkrupp Uhde
Martijn Coopman · port of rotterdam
H․E. Ana Beatriz Martins · European Union to Namibia
Karim Boussak · VNG International
Ockert Theron · LTC

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