November

Amsterdam want watchtower to attract toerists
Source: Volkskrant, 25 November 2004

Amsterdam will be investing best efforts over coming years to make the capital more attractive to tourists and business travellers. Plans include a water museum and a watchtower.

Cruises generate ninety million
Source: Parool, 12 November 2004
Cruise ship tourists visiting Amsterdam spend EUR 90 million in the city and its environs every year. By 2010 these amounts could reach EUR 116 million.

Second client for container terminal
Source: Dagblad Zaanstreek, 6 November 2004

Around end-November some 1,300 containers will be transhipped in the Amsterdam Ceres Paragon terminal by order of the Japanese shipper MOL (Mitsui OKS Lines).

Seaports´ competitiveness must increase
Source: Nieuwsblad Transport, 5 November 2004
'Dutch seaports' competitiveness must increase' was a key element of a memorandum published this week by the nation's Ministry of Transport. The memorandum "Seaports - Anchors of the Economy" presents policy for the period 2005-2010.