Over the years, Damen has taken over many ailing shipyards in the Rijnmond region. Verolme (Rotterdam) and Maaskant (Stellendam), for example. The company not only acquires staff, warehouses and docks, but also new, specialist knowledge. Things don’t always go smoothly. If the staff of Wilton-Fijenoord (Schiedam) does not receive a job guarantee, a commotion will … Read more
Now that the trailer has been unloaded, the driver seems more relaxed and talks about his own experiences. “I recently picked up a Rolls Royce from a company I had never done business with before. The owner didn’t want me to come in and sort out the paperwork. He wanted to do that himself. Fine, … Read more
ANPA container ship on the Rotterdam Maasvlakte NOS News•today, 11:08 The police and customs continue to detain so-called collectors in the port of Rotterdam. These are mostly young people who remove drugs from containers on behalf of criminal organisations. Last night it happened again: a container was delivered to a terminal on the Maasvlakte, which, … Read more
On the Slotlaan in Capelle aan den IJssel, two cars collided head-on on Friday evening. One of the cars then crashed into a lamppost, which then overturned. According to eyewitnesses, Slotlaan was temporarily closed because the road was littered with debris. It is unknown if there were any injuries. It is also still unclear how … Read more
Post is now back home in Urk, he tells Omroep Flevoland on Friday afternoon. The other crew member, a 20-year-old man from Urk, is still missing. It is still a mystery to the skipper how he survived the accident. “I don’t know how I got up there. I swam through the wheelhouse and then I … Read more
112 Yesterday, 20:42 • 5 minutes reading time — –Stabbing in Dordrecht © Media TV— In this post we will keep you informed of the most important 112 news from the region from Friday 8 April. — 20:30 – N214 open again after fatal accident The N214 at Wijngaarden is open again. The road was … Read more
Container ship Ever Given, which blocked the Suez Canal near Egypt in March, will arrive in Rotterdam around five o’clock on Thursday morning. The ship has more than nine thousand containers on board, which should have been unloaded months earlier. The cargo is unloaded at the ECT Delta Terminal in the Amazonehaven. Five questions about … Read more
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Empty shelves and more expensive products. If something does not happen quickly, that is what we will soon expect, warns Transport en Logistiek Nederland (TLN). There are by no means enough seagoing vessels arriving in the port of Rotterdam to be able to supply us. – Many of our products are made in Asia and … Read more
Friday, June 26, 2020, 3:29 PM – – A nice month is coming for enthusiasts of (army) helicopters. Between July 1 and 24, 77 American helicopters fly over the region that lands in the port of Rotterdam. The United States has asked the Dutch defense to supervise this process. – Scattered over this period, much … Read more