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At the two environmental stations in the Afrikahaven, waste is regularly dumped next to the containers. As a result, we are forced to start monitoring this with the help of cameras.

Inland shipping faces an important sustainability challenge. Making the sector more sustainable is a necessary step in the broader ambition of achieving a climate-neutral and future-proof transport sector.

The layout of the VTS sectors is being revised to further optimize communication between vessel traffic operators and waterway users. This revision includes a reorganization and expansion of the VTS sectors. For example, a new VTS sector will be added on the Afgesloten IJ: Channel 5, Sector Stad.

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.