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You can upgrade to a modern browser or use the Google Chrome Frame to optimize your viewing experience We are pleased to announce that Opcharge has installed the first Opcharge charging station in Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht This step is in line with our mission to realize an extensive network of charging points throughout the Netherlands and thus support the transition to electric driving The newly installed charging station is located in an easily accessible location which offers both residents and visitors of the municipality the opportunity to charge their electric vehicles easily and efficiently This expansion of the charging infrastructure contributes to reducing CO2 emissions and promotes sustainable mobility in the region With the installation of this charging station Opcharge is taking an important step in the further expansion of its network More charging stations will follow at various locations in the coming months with which we want to make electric driving more accessible and sustainable We are proud of this step in Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht and look forward to the next milestones on our path to a greener future Opcharge is a Dutch company that specializes in charging solutions for public We offer a wide range of services to meet our customers' needs We are committed to making electric vehicles more accessible and convenient and we believe that charging solutions should be easy to use and affordable We are a team of experienced professionals who are passionate about electric vehicles and we are committed to providing our customers with the best possible service If you are interested in learning more about Opcharge, please contact us today. We would be happy to answer any questions you have and help you find the right charging solution for your needs Dutch owner Mercurius Shipping has returned to China’s Jiangxi New Jiangzhou Shipbuilding Heavy Industry for more stainless steel chemical tankers The inland waterway shipping player has signed up for a pair of 6,000 newbuilds with delivery likely by June and September 2026 No price has been given for the 135-m-long vessels, the same as with the previous four-ship series that signaled the restructured builder’s formerly known as Jiangzhou Union Shipbuilding first foreign newbuilding order last March The Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht-headquartered company mostly made up of inland tankers and boxships I agree that many flags do conduct inspections and that ther.. 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The electricity grid in Rotterdam and the surrounding area has reached its maximum capacity Large consumers who apply for a new connection or want to expand their existing one will now end up on a waiting list The affected area includes a large part of Rotterdam-Zuid Parts of Capelle aan den IJssel and Krimpernerwaard are also affected Stedin is investigating whether it can reward some large consumers for using electricity at non-peak times Large consumers who would like to participate can register with the grid operator Stedin also appealed to households and small businesses to avoid peak hours on the electricity grid - between 4:00 p.m “By using charging stations and heat pumps mainly outside these peak hours residents and businesses help relieve the electricity grid,” regional director Maarten Bijl said Stedin is working with TenneT on expanding and strengthening the grid around Rotterdam and expects it to have space again from 2029 The power grid throughout the Netherlands is under pressure Demand for electricity keeps rising as the country transitions away from natural gas for cooking and heating and fossil fuel vehicles Zuid-Holland is the only province in the Netherlands that still has some space on the electricity grid All other provinces are colored red or orange “Zuid-Holland still has some white spots because heavier grids were installed here due to the many industries,” a spokesperson for Stedin explained to NU.nl the electricity grid is reaching the limits of its capacity and therefore expansion is necessary delivered directly from The Superyacht Group's editors and market analysts Stay at the forefront of the superyacht industry with SuperyachtNewsweek Please select exactly what you would like to receive from us by ticking the boxes below: Sign up for our daily Newsletter and stay up to date with all the latest news You are receiving this pop-up because this is the first time you are visiting our site You are using software which is blocking our advertisements (adblocker) we are relying on revenues from our banners So please disable your adblocker and reload the page to continue using this site.Thanks Henk Rozema started his own fruit and vegetable trading company The name is a tribute to the parent company I try to deliver the trade directly to customers as much as possible there are plenty of logistics service providers nearby to store the wares if necessary I want to deliver the fruit directly from the source." Fruta Rosa will focus primarily on imports from Spain "Watermelons are a product I want to carry "Like leaf mandarins and other special products They often want produce outside the standard range." Henk happily calls starting his own business a lifelong dream "I have nearly 30 years of experience in the fruit and vegetable trade I believe there's undoubtedly room for specialists in the market," he concludes For more information:Henk RozemaFruta Rosa International134 Hooftlaantje3344 GK, Hendrik Ido Ambacht, NLMob: +31 (0) 616 171 577[email protected] www.frutarosa.nl FreshPublishers © 2005-2025 FreshPlaza.com His father owned a cow farm in the United States but after 1970 he started getting back into the cultivation business they grew cauliflower and broccoli outside and green peppers in the greenhouses where Hans and his father made the switch to pepper cultivation they have 8.3 hectares of red and yellow peppers Hans explains in the Growers in the Spotlight-series of ZON Magazine After going to Wim and José Tas in Zevenhuizen for the fourth edition of ZON Magazine this time to meet with Hans van der Waal and his wife she will not join the conversation this time van der Waal is officially registered as a partnership where Jolanda and I share ownership We can do this with the support of three foremen of which Wim Hoogendoorn has now joined the conversation.’ Both men begin to laugh when I said I initially thought Wim was a co-director but Wim is in charge of all communication with ZON I’m not a grower who insists on doing everything on my own one that I can trust most tasks to without being worried His two colleagues are in charge of the remainder of the work including personnel matters and crop protection We complement each other perfectly and are able to take on the tasks of the others if need be.’ When it comes to harvesting operations the company works partly with temporary workers and Hans’s father started his own cultivation company when he moved back to the Netherlands after having owned a cow farm in America for several years ‘Partly because he was homesick and partly because he didn’t like the farm life in America He started an open field cultivation company growing crops like He also had a greenhouse of 8000 meters where he cultivated green peppers for Bakker Barendrecht In the years after he expanded the product range with eggplants and the pepper cultivation was expanded’ but his father believed he should first work in the company for a while We didn’t earn a lot in the first few years which we sometimes ate five days in a row because we didn’t have much money to buy anything else Luckily the company faced better times in the years after" the opportunity to buy a two hectares plot of land in Moerkapelle presented itself and Hans and his father decided to build a new greenhouse there we were the largest pepper cultivation company at the time; you can hardly imagine that now" and Hans was given the opportunity to take over the company In 2004 the neighboring company went up for sale with which Hans’s company could double in size to 4 hectares "There was actually a pretty unique moment back in 2008 when I was able to buy the 8.3 hectares of ground here in Zevenhuizen and sell the greenhouse in Moerkapelle at the same time van der Waal has been in this location since then but recently with half of the grounds used for red peppers and the other for yellow" DialectDuring his final year in Moerkapelle he opted to join the ZON in the Dutch province of Limburg ‘It took some time to get used to the Limburg dialect but we did feel right at home at ZON from the very start The growers from Limburg are sometimes a bit more emotionally connected to the industry and ZON is a true growers club that works for the growers Other sales organizations are often too close to a trading firm Especially the transparency of ZON towards the growers is a good thing and is by far the most important to me.’ Although the company used to participate in the central sorting of peppers in the beginning made the conscious decision to do this themselves Wim Hoogendoorn had the following to say: "As a grower and we thought that we would do a better job doing it ourselves I really enjoy taking on a challenge like that as a company We were very transparent about that towards ZON at the time Wim is the person who attends all of the meetings of pepper growers club Pamosa relations between Pamosa and ZON were awkward I always say a bit of tension keeps things interesting but you shouldn’t end up in direct opposition with each other You also need to ensure a good connection with your sellers which I think everyone at Pamosa is now aware of" ClockAbout 40 to 50 percent of Van der Waal’s product makes it to auction ZON’s strategy to also get Spanish products to auction is something we have nothing but support for because if that is what’s needed to keep your winter customers engaged you do need to make sure not to be in the way of your own growers by doing so What does Hans (53) see for his company in the future "Let me start by saying that I’m happy with how things are going at the moment It still makes me happy when I walk past the peppers in the morning one of our four kids finished horticultural education and now has his orientation at the company he loves it and shows an interest in one day actually joining the company Hans smiles: "But I will not be giving it all up anytime soon FreshPublishers © 2005-2025 HortiDaily.com Donkey Republic is continuing its expansion in the Netherlands partnering with Qbuzz to make the city of Dordrecht greener by bringing their orange bike share service to town first to the remaining areas of Dordrecht and then further in the region “We are very excited to partner with Qbuzz to bring our bikes to Dordrecht and we look forward to collaborating on making the city greener with our orange bikes We welcome the citizens of Dordrecht to the republic making sustainable mobility available to everyone - one city at a time Reserve a bike through the Qmove travel app Unlock it with your phone and cycle for as long as you need it Bring the bike to a nearby location and stop the rental The two Dutch seed companies KWS Vegetables B.V have agreed that the Pop Vriend Vegetable Seeds trading business will be transferred to Zasco in an asset deal and supplying a broad range of vegetable seeds that are well-adapted for use in Africa predominantly high-quality open-pollinated (OP) seeds we are focusing on developing and selling high-performing varieties for nine vegetables with a geographical focus on Southern Europe This is why we decided to sell the Pop Vriend Vegetable Seeds trading business" "We are delighted that Zasco as a strong market player and market position to further develop the OP seed business." "The products of Pop Vriend Vegetable Seeds are an appropriate addition to assortment and customer base in Africa and the Middle East the coating and canning line is a welcome addition to our service activities Zasco was founded in 1994 by Laurens Zwaan The company offers a full range of OP vegetable seeds and fertilizers with a clear focus on the Mena and African countries The acquisition was completed on 28-09-2022 The employees of Pop Vriend Vegetable Seeds will continue to work within the Pop Vriend and KWS Vegetables organization For more information:ZascoNijverheidsweg 36, 3341LJ Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht+31 (0) 78 684 1010[email protected] zasco.nl At the coming FlowerTrials show of Florensis in Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht (14-17 June) the new variety Perovskia Bluesette Email: hwsupport@haymarket.com Register Subscribe Subscribe The court in Rotterdam on Friday imposed prison sentences of up to eight years on the suspects of a series of violent robberies, including that of YouTube star Nikkie de Jager and a failed robbery of football analyst Rene van der Gijp. The Public Prosecution Service (OM) had demanded up to ten years in prison. The men committed four robberies and three burglaries in a varying composition in 2020 The court did not see enough evidence to conclude that the eight suspects aged 21 to 33 from Rotterdam and Ridderkerk it could not be established that there was a formal partnership acquitted all eight suspects of this charge Armed men robbed Nikkie de Jager and her fiance at their home on 8 August 2020 They tied the makeup artist and her fiance up with duct tape and ropes and stole valuable jewelry and a Louis Vuitton bag The court sentenced Rotterdam resident Eddie N whose DNA was found in the influencer’s home instead of the eight years the OM demanded it cannot be proven that he was at De Jager’s residence during the robbery he was involved in the failed robbery of Rene van der Gijp in which the perpetrators smashed his armored car windows in the driveway of his Dordrecht home The intention was likely to rob him of his Rolex He had 95 notes on his phone of license plates his telephone beamed on a transmission tower near Dordrecht on the night of the crime as did the phone of a man who had already been convicted of complicity in this crime The other suspects were sentenced to prison terms of one year The police have arrested two people after finding 334 kilos of cocaine in the port of Vlissingen The drug find was already on Wednesday but was made public by the Public Prosecution Service (OM) on Friday evening The drugs were among a shipment of bananas from Colombia and according to the Public Prosecution Service had a street value of over 25 million euros.As a result of the cocaine find the detective team of the Zeeland-West Brabant unit of the Seaport Police launched a further investigation This led to the arrest of a 55-year-old resident of Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht on Friday The suspect's home was searched on a court order where digital data carriers another 26-year-old man of no fixed abode was arrested on the highway near Ede Both suspects were taken into custody for further investigation They are currently under strict house arrest.The drugs were seized and have since been destroyed by the customs special task force (TBB) The police arrested three men on th A16 highway near Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht on Sunday night for impersonating police officers and trying to fine tourists They were dressed in clothes that resemble the Dutch police uniform the fake cops asked a tourist for his ID documents The tourist did not trust the situation and called the police The real police caught up with them near Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht and arrested them The suspects are a 28-year-old man from Pakistan and two men from Iran the Pakistani man is in the Netherlands illegally foreign gangs are active along Dutch highways trying to scam money out of tourists They often approach foreign tourists at parking lots and gas stations where they issue a fine which the tourists must pay immediately to them As tourists don't know the rules in the Netherlands "A Dutch police officer will never let you pay a ticket or fine on the spot" the police said If a non EU citizen is fined for committing a violation they will have to go to a police station to pay the fine The police call on victims to note down the perpetrators' license plate number and call the real police A total of 146 kilometers of traffic jams formed on Dutch roads on Saturday around 12:30 p.m This made it the busiest Saturday of the year but also border controls in the direction of Germany in connection with the European Championship Rijkswaterstaat reports the greatest delays on the A15 between Sliedrecht-West and Gorinchem the A16 between Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht and Dordrecht the A9 between Badhoevedorp and Amstelveen and the A10 between Amsterdam-Sloterdijk and Landsmeer The roads in and around Rotterdam were also very busy on Saturday This is partly due to the closure of the Benelux tunnel on the A4 towards The Hague where new asphalt is being laid in both tunnel tubes Let op! 🚧 De Beneluxtunnel is dit weekend afgesloten. 👇 https://t.co/23ZzOflTxn Accidents and breakdowns also cause problems In Rotterdam itself it is "absurdly busy" due to diversions there is a long traffic jam on the A15 from Rotterdam to Gorinchem This is due to the closure of the A20 between Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel and the Gouwe interchange and the closure of the A12 The Hague-Utrecht between the Gouwe and Oudenrijn interchanges Roadworks are also being carried out there