Haven Amsterdam

Short Sea

Scandinavia

Amsterdam traditionally has strong Short Sea connections with Scandinavia. In the distant past Amsterdam was an influential lumber port operating actively with Scandinavia. Thanks to the favourable location, there are still weekly regular services to various Scandinavian destinations. The Baltic States and Russia are also easily accessible from Amsterdam via Short Sea.

Great Britain

There are good short sea connections with Great Britain. The Port of Amsterdam is working on a triangular service to serve the Baltic States via Great Britain.

International co-operation

The Port of Amsterdam is participating actively in various short sea initiatives, such as the Northern Maritime Corridor - a project in which the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Scotland and Norway are working together to reduce congestion on the roads and get goods onto the water. Port of Amsterdam is also developing short sea services with Portugal. Currently some 160,000 trucks drive between Portugal and Amsterdam annually. It will be cheaper to bring this cargo by regular roll-on/roll-off ship.

More information?

• For regular services in Amsterdam check Liner services. 
• For questions about short sea in the Port of Amsterdam, please contact our Commercial Division by telephone + 31 (0)20 - 5234 560 or by email.
• All regular Short Sea services in the Netherlands show up on the regular service search engine of the Short Sea Shipping promotion centre.