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IJmuiden's Third Harbour Gets Ready to RoRo
01 Jun 2002
The Third Harbour at the Dutch port of IJmuiden is nearing completion and is expecting to receive business by the end of this year. Despite problems such as weak surface layers that were discovered only after digging had begun and the need to relocate a protected species of sand lizard, the development is only six months behind its original schedule.
The Third Harbour, with a quay length of 800m will be particularly well suited for expensive mixed goods conditioned cargo and rapid turnaround shortsea shipping.
One likely eventual route out of IJmuiden's Third Harbour would be to Great Yarmouth in the UK, where finance is still being arranged for the construction of a new €32m outer harbour. A roro service between the two ports would represent the shortest distance across the northern part of the North Sea between England and the European mainland, with a sailing time of about five hours.
MJ Information No: 17104
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