Holland Norway Lines docks in Eemshaven
This Friday, April 1, Holland Norway Lines' new cruise ferry, the MS Romantika, will make its first arrival in Eemshaven. Here the ship will prepare for the first sailing…
British ferry company P&O suspends all services
“All P&O Ferries sailing staff 'redundant' after sudden suspension of services” The British ferry company P&O is suspending its services with immediate effect and will later release 'an important…
Port of Rotterdam Authority and BigMile develop platform
The Port of Rotterdam Authority and BigMile are jointly developing a digital platform to map transport-related emissions in the port. Data from, among other things, AIS, a system that records all ship movements…
Official opening of the largest sea lock in the world
After a few years of intensive construction, the time has finally come, today is the official opening of the largest sea lock in the world, IJmuiden Sea Lock. This afternoon His Majesty the King will open the Sea Lock...
Skippers put everyone across the Maas for free
Skippers of the ferries that sail back and forth on the Maas between Gelderland and North Brabant will transfer everyone for free from Monday. They have been having a conflict with their…
Checked for sailing degassing last weeks
During planned action days in recent weeks, sailing degassing was checked at various places in the country. After reports by sniffer poles (e-noses), a citizen report and enforcement with a police drone,…
Control of discharge of sanitary waste water by seagoing vessels
This autumn, the Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate (ILT) started extra supervision of the discharge of sanitary waste water by seagoing vessels in Dutch seaports. Special attention is paid to international…
Leaseboot opens showroom in the Benelux
Leaseboot will open the first showroom for private boat leasing in the Benelux on Monday, December 6. In the experience center along the A7 in Joure there are eighty different sloops,…
Next year by boat from Groningen to Norway
Travelers can take a boat to Norway from April next year. The journey from Groningen's Eemshaven takes more than fourteen hours and costs at least 225 euros per person. Except…
Oosterdam must avoid ports because of the costs
Some people call it pollution on the horizon, but for others it is daydreaming about distant travel. For more than a year now there has been the permanent presence of one or…
Problems surrounding waterways are mapped out
Rijkswaterstaat is very busy mapping all the problems in and around the waterways in our country. The enormous flooding of recent weeks caused unsafe and…
ILT and police stop mixing diesel oil in heating oil
This spring, an inspector from the Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate (ILT) will examine a transport tank containing diesel oil that is on its way from England via the Netherlands to Belgium. After consultation with the National…