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Cars were regularly parked on the breakwater at Haparanda Dam, even though this is not allowed.

Due to an ongoing legal dispute over the future use of ADM Westhaven, we are unfortunately forced to decommission the car drop-off area.

The Prince Willem-Alexander Lock will be closed to shipping traffic from February 28 to March 4, 2025. In extreme weather conditions, Rijkswaterstaat will move the blockage to the period March 7 to March 11, 2025. Shipping traffic will use diversion routes during the blockage.

Some skippers indicated that it would be helpful if the Westport numbers public wharves could be found on our website. For example, in case of emergencies or if they get a visit from BV and mechanic.

Yesterday, the vessel The Great Casablanca from the Grimaldi Group docked for the first time in the Port of Amsterdam. This impressive Container/RoRo ship is 250 meters long, 38 meters wide, and has no fewer than 12 decks. It boasts a loading capacity of 4,000 cars and 2,000 containers.

A ruling by the Dutch Council of State on December 18, 2024, has further tightened nitrogen regulations—also affecting businesses in the Amsterdam port area. Entrepreneurs who emit nitrogen near protected nature areas (Natura 2000) will now more often have to meet additional conditions for new projects, even if they already hold a nature permit.