English subtitles for clip: File:Europoort Weeknummer 67-04 - Open Beelden - 31752.ogv

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Rotterdam is the largest port in the world.

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Last year showed again an increase

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in the number of ships

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and now too the bustle there is enormous.

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Europoort is being expanded ever further

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to let Rotterdam keep that first place.

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Here, Rijkswaterstaat and Rotterdam together are building ports at sea,

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around a bank, the Maasvlakte,

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around which a dam is being constructed

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and in which preparations are made

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for industrial areas and harbours.

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That sand, which is sprayed on, comes

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partially from the Brielse Gat,

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another part has to come from a channel,

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which is being dredged for the waterway.

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(MOORING FORBIDDEN)
A beacon at sea already

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stands in the sand.

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Large oil companies have build

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or are building here refineries

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and depots.

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They have to remain accessable to the new

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mammoth oil tankers, and to accomplish

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this, the large suction hopper dredger

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"Van Hattem", capable of dredging

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down to 25 m, is at this moment making

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an experimental channel 2.5 km long.

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After arriving on the location of the new channel,

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the suction pipe of the trailing suction hopper dredger

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is let down into the sea until the right depth is reached.

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On the bridge of this modern dredger,

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the crew keeps the ship carefully on the right course,

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and ingenious instruments, on which

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one can monitor the position of the suction pipe, are present.

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When the right depth is reached,

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the suction installation is switched on

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with the push of a button, and the dredged

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sand, obviously mixed with water,

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is pumped into the ship's cargo holds,

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from which the water can freely escape.

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The same engines that provide for the propulsion,

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power the suction installation too.

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When the holds are full, the suction pipe

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is reeled back on board and the ship

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returns to the Nieuwe Waterweg,

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where the dredged sand is dumped on the Maasvlakte

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in the proximity of small spraying dredgers,

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which then spray it on the newly made land.

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These days the "Niso",

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the largest tanker ever to visit Rotterdam,

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appeared at Europoort.

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This 120,000 tonne ship shows

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the urgency of the works,

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which will allow tankers of 200 to 300,000 tonnes

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to unload at Europoort.