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The Deputy Director of the Public Body Central Nautical Management, who is also the State Harbour Master, announces the following:

Seagoing ships should as much as possible avoid overtaking ingoing or outgoing oversized ships between the Velserpont and the entrance to Afrikahaven.

Binnen-buitenschepen (sea-river ships) are placed in the category of seagoing ships.

René Kouwenberg (63) has been presented with the Frans Banninck Cocq Medal in connection with the announcement of his retirement as Director of Passenger Terminal Amsterdam (PTA). Kouwenberg will retire on 1 January 2019.

Having regard to the Dutch Regulations on Shipping in Territorial Waters, article 17, paragraph 1 and paragraph 2, the Director of the Public Body Central Nautical Management, on behalf of the Director-General for Public Works and Water Management (Rijkswaterstaat), announces the following:

Admission Policy IJ-geul Deep Water Channel

In order to be admitted to the IJ-geul Deep Water Channel, ships have to comply with the following requirements:

‘For us, engaging in circular business means restoring balance in the world. That balance has been lost owing to the linear system in which raw materials are used only once and then discarded. A very misguided and expensive system, as raw materials are becoming depleted. This can and must change.’

This decree is only available in Dutch.

This decree is only available in Dutch

This decree is only available in Dutch

This decree is only available in Dutch

This decree is only available in Dutch