Maasvlakte

Nearly 240 kilos of marijuana found under ship in Rotterdam

Nov 15 '18 11:20

Customs divers found 239 kilograms of marijuana hidden under a sea going vessel docked at a terminal on Maasvlakte in Rotterdam on Sunday, the Public Prosecutor said.

The customs officer decided to dive underneath the ship after the seaport police received a report that something suspicious was detected during the maintenance of the ship. The diving team removed several large sports bags from under the ship. "The state of the bags showed that they have been in the water for a long time", the Persecutor said.

Lighthouse at the Maasvlakte in Rotterdam

Netherlands' tallest lighthouse may be demolished

Oct 31 '18 14:20

Business

The Port of Rotterdam Authority and the national government are currently considering what to do with the no longer used lighthouse on the Maasvlakte in Rotterdam - the tallest lighthouse in the Netherlands. Dismantling and breaking it down is one of the options being examined. The Dutch Lighthouse Association is against this and thinks the lighthouse should get the status of a monument, NOS reports.

107 kilos of cocaine found in a false ceiling in a container at the port of Rotterdam, 28 Jun 2017

Cameras to help fight cocaine, human trafficking at Rotterdam port

Jun 14 '18 16:00

Crime

The Rotterdam investigative authorities are going to use cameras for extra surveillance at the port of Rotterdam. They hope that this will help in the fight against cocaine- and human trafficking. "In this way the net around the cocaine traffickers will be pulled tighter again", Bert Wiersema, director of enforcement policy at customs, said NU.nl reports.

The first new cameras were installed on the Maasvlakte following a successful test on Sluisjesdijk. Almost 200 more will be added in the coming years.

Storm winds toppled a tree on Mozartlaan in Schiedam, 13 Sept 2017

Traffic problems, canceled flights due to autumn storm

Sep 13 '17 10:03

Nature

The first autumn storm to hit the Netherlands this season, is starting to take its toll across the country. Schiphol had to close down a number of runways due to the strong winds. The A13 highway between Delft and Rotterdam was closed for a time after a tree fell on a car. And NS is running fewer trains on a number of routes.

Bridge restoration expected to hinder Rotterdam road traffic

May 27 '16 07:31

Road traffic on the A15 near Rotterdam and shipping traffic on the Oude Maas will be hindered by work on the Nieuwe Botlek bridge this weekend. Workers will be doing complex restorations to the bridge that will take the entire weekend

Rotterdam coal plant to store CO2 in North Sea oil & gas field

Dec 9 '15 16:35

Business

The greenhouse gas released in the operation of E.ON's new coal plant on the Maasvlakte in Rotterdam, will be pushed into an existing light oil and gas field in the North Sea. The greenhouse gas will be used as a propellant and will make the extraction of gas and oil from the field cheaper, the Volkskrant reports.

Customs finds cocaine buried in cocoa bean shipment

May 25 '15 10:55

Crime

Customs found two bags containing cocaine during an inspection on the Maasvlakte on Sunday night. A total of about 65 kilograms of cocaine, worth more than 2.2 million euros, was seized and destroyed.

Huge Rotterdam harbor firm in price-fixing investigation

Feb 5 '15 13:44

Business

Europe Container Terminals (ECT), the largest container company in the Rotterdam harbor, is suspected of market manipulation, the Financieele Dagblad (FD) reports based on sources that remained anonymous.

Health clinic director's murder posb. linked to major drug bust

Jan 28 '15 08:02

Crime Top Stories

The police suspect that the murder of Rob Zweekhorst on January 1st, 2014 is connected to a drug bust on Monday, December 9th, 2013.

Police catch 84 at underground street race

Dec 9 '14 12:21

Crime

On Sunday morning the police intervened in a street race on the Maasvlakte in Rotterdam. The 84 attendees all got a speeding ticket.

There was also a street race on the Prinses Maximaweg, which caused a lot of noise and disturbed the peace. Many vehicles were parked on the roadway so that regular motorists could not pass.

Employees of the Zeehaven police cordoned off the area and gave the 84 attendees speeding tickets. After that the peace was restored.

World War II grenade dredged up in Rotterdam Harbor

Jun 16 '14 14:33

Technology

A hand grenade from the Second World War was discovered in a dredging ship of the Damen company based in Schiedam yesterday morning. The grenade was pulled out of a harbor during a dredging job.

InlandLinks Covers Port of Rotterdam Area

Aug 12 '13 12:15

InlandLinks network currently covers the whole port of Rotterdam following the registration of Rotterdam Container Terminal (RCT) on the Maasvlakte and Combi Terminal Twente Rotterdam (CTT) in Pernis, according to Dredging Today.

Bunschotenweg's New Quay

Jun 27 '13 06:12

Business

A new dock on Bunschotenweg, the Netherlands is ready for construction. The contract is between the United Waalhaven Terminals (UWT) and the Port of Rotterdam Authority, based on dredgingtoday’s report.

2nd Maasvlakte Cheaper

May 22 '13 08:31

The construction of the second Maasvlakte in Rotterdam has cost 150 million euro less than budgeted. On top of that, was the reserved amount of 200 million, for unforseen costs, not used.

This was made public by the Rotterdam Harbor Authorities, during the official opening on Wednesday.

The reduction of the planned costs are due to a cheaper seawall. The chosen type of dike consists of a layer of pebbles and boulders instead of a thick layer of basalt, stone and asphalt. By making this choice they not only saved on construction costs but also maintenance will be cheaper.

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