Tag: ferry
Hope for ferry Nieuwer Ter Aa after interference by the House of Representatives, but: ‘We have to keep the pressure on’
Nieuwer Ter Aa – It is not yet possible to breathe a sigh of relief, but there is hope among residents of Nieuwer Ter Aa. The House of Representatives decided…
House of Representatives urges minister to keep the ferry Nieuwer ter Aa in service for the time being
Egbert Bouman of the action committee Don’t let us swim lWe don’t already know today that, if the motion were to be adopted, he would be wary of it: “The…
Residents of Nieuwer ter Aa cry out for help: “It cannot and cannot just happen that the ferry goes out of service”
Rijkswaterstaat has been planning for some time to take the ferry that sails on the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal out of service “because safety cannot be guaranteed”. Previously, the plan was to…
Passengers on the nightmare ferry: “They started handing out life jackets. Everyone cried”
– Smoke started coming into our cabin and then the alarm went off. My husband said, “We’re running!” and everyone started running… everyone was crying. Children, old and grown men,…
The stone ferry back in port after the nightmare journey at sea
The fire-ravaged Stena Scandica during the night did not quite keep the speed that had been calculated, but on Tuesday morning the ship finally docked in Nynäshamn. At lunchtime on…
A fire broke out on a car ferry in Swedish waters – the people on the drifting vessel without electricity are evacuated
The fire that broke out on the Stena Scandica running between Ventspils in Latvia and Nynäshamn in Sweden was quickly brought under control. However, the fire cut off the ship’s…
Fire on ferry in the Baltic Sea – 300 people on board
At lunchtime on Monday, a fire broke out in a refrigerated container on a car deck on board the Stena Scandica, which is located outside Gotska Sandön. The ship was…
Ferry Amsterdam-Rhine Canal will in any case sail until the end of 2022
Earlier this year, the news that the ferry might no longer sail did not sit well with residents of Stichtse Vecht. The boat is an important link for cyclists. Schoolchildren,…
Linda saves elderly woman after falling from bicycle ferry: ‘We didn’t see her anymore, I didn’t hesitate and jumped into the water’
“She stood on a ramp, but it was not positioned correctly on the ferry and it wobbled a lot. We said: get off, we’ll get the ferry to us and…
Organizations are making a new attempt to save the Nieuwer ter Aa ferry
In the letter, the Action Committee “Don’t let us swim”, Fietsersbond, Landelijk Fietsplatform, Te Voet, Vrienden van de Voetveren and Wandelnet discuss the arguments for abolition that the minister recently…