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This category consists of cargo ships that were built or owned by a company in, primarily operated for, or flew the flag of the Netherlands for a significant period in their service history. Pages in category "Cargo ships of the Netherlands"
Merchant ships of the Netherlands include merchant ships built, designed, or operated in or by the Netherlands Wikimedia Commons has media related to Merchant ships of the Netherlands . Subcategories
[ HSM ] or Holland Steamship Co. commenced operating with a one ship service which was doubled later that year when "Amstelstroom" was delivered. 1974 - Having discontinued passenger services after World War II , the company's many cargo vessels continued to trade until 1974 when finally operations ceased.
With over 30 shipyards and related companies worldwide, Damen is involved in ship construction as well as maintenance and repair activities. It has a wide product range, including tugs, workboats, patrol craft, cargo vessels, dredgers, superyachts and fast ferries. Product design and engineering are carried out in-house and a broad range of ...
The passenger ships Koningin der Nederlanden and Prinses Juliana were converted into troopships. The cargo ships were vested in either the United States Shipping Board or the UK Shipping Controller. Some of the ships seized by the USA were commissioned into the United States Navy. All of the SMN ships under Allied control survived the war, and ...
In 1907, the Norddeutscher Lloyd's 50th anniversary, the company had 93 large ships, 51 small ships, two sail training ships and other river steamers. It had around 15,000 employees. Because of the high investment costs and an international economic crisis, the company celebrated at this time but also realized that it had considerable financial ...
Nearly 200 people were killed in wartime sinkings of HAL ships. The biggest loss of life was in November 1942, when U-174 sank the cargo-passenger ship Zaandam. 135 of her passengers and crew were killed. [43] 39 people were killed in January 1941, when a mine sank the cargo ship Beemsterdijk. [44] In October 1940 U-38 sank Bilderdijk. [45]
In terms of cargo throughput, the port of Amsterdam is the second largest port of the Netherlands after the port of Rotterdam. [11] In 2008, 6,029 sea vessels visited the port of Amsterdam, with a cargo throughput of 75.8 million tons, most of which was bulk cargo. That same year, the total container volume was 435,129 TEU. Both the number of ...