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The Port of Amsterdam is the 3rd biggest cruise port in Europe with 140 sea cruise ships and 1500 river cruise ships. Almost 700,000 cruise passengers per year visit Amsterdam. There are two cruise terminals: the Passenger Terminal Amsterdam in the city center, and one after the locks in IJmuiden. In 2015 Amsterdam won the prize for ...
The only other Dutch dry dock which was long enough for the SMN ships was Middelburg Drydock. Amsterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij was founded by contract on 17 August 1877. Its goal would be to construct or buy, and operate one or more dry docks in Amsterdam.
As a result of flooding disasters, water boards called waterschap (when situated more inland) or hoogheemraadschap (near the sea, mainly used in the Holland region) [10] were set up to maintain the integrity of the water defences around polders, maintain the waterways inside a polder, and control the various water levels inside and outside the ...
Amsterdam Wooden Drydock I had been based on an American dry dock that started to operate in New York in 1839-1840. The New York dry dock had been constructed by John S. Gilbert (1801-1891), inventor of the balance dry dock. In turn, Amsterdam Wooden Drydock II was an almost exact copy of Amsterdam Wooden Drydock I.
A Euro container, also called Eurobox, Euro crate or KLT box (from German: Kleinladungsträger, "small load carrier"), is an industrial stacking container conforming to the VDA 4500 standard. The standard was originally defined by the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) for the automotive industry, but was subsequently adopted ...
There exists a painting of the dry dock as it was moored near the Rijkswerf Amsterdam. It was made by Hendrik Vettewinkel (1809-1878), and is thought to show the visit of King William II of the Netherlands to the dry dock. Newspapers of the time indeed have a visit of the king to Amsterdam in 1843, and him visiting the Rijkswerf and the dry ...
Literally meaning "lumber port", Houthaven is a port situated along the IJ in Amsterdam's western port. It is bordered by a dam in the IJ river to the north and the Spaarndammerbuurt in the south. It is currently predominantly used by inland barges, however plans are in motion to radically change the area in the next few years by building a new ...