The owner of the lock, Rijkswaterstaat, says it will give the climate activists until 8 p.m. to leave. “Because as long as they have to wait, the skippers will suffer economic damage,” says a spokeswoman. The service therefore wants to open one of the two locks to let the waiting ships through. Due to the blockage of the lock, the inlet of fresh water to Amsterdam is also at a standstill, so that the capital may suffer from the intrusion of salt water.
Activists block coal ship in Wijk bij Duurstede lock
