The name “Maassluis” brings to mind water, fishing, shipyards, tugging services and salvage companies. The historic little harbour town is the birthplace of Dutch tugging. Fishing and its associated businesses brought great prosperity to Maassluis. After the construction of the Nieuwe Waterweg canal in 1872, pilotage services acquired a permanent place in the harbour.
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Photos and Videos of the Shipping in Maassluis, The Netherlands
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Maassluis was also internationally known as the home port of one of the best known pilotage companies in the world, Smit & Cos Internationale Sleepdienst (now Smit-Lloyd, Rotterdam). The Nationaal Sleepvaart Museum (National Towage Museum) sheds light on the history of this extraordinary trade. The museum has a collection of models, replicas and photos of tug boats and salvage vessels, which together give an outline of the history of shipping, at sea, in the port and on inland waterways.
Fotos und Videos von Schifffahrt in Maassluis, Niederlande
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Fotos y Vídeos de Transporte de Agua en Maassluis, Países Bajos
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The shipbuilders Scheepswerf L. Smit & Zoon stationed tug boats in Maassluis from 1872. From 1892 they were augmented by seagoing tugboats. In an emergency, these tugboats could reach ships at sea in a short time. The company underwent enormous expansion and its operations were extended to the furthest corners of the world. But times changed. At the beginning of the 1980s the last tugboats were sold abroad and departed from Maassluis. The large tugboats which are left, like the Smit Rotterdam and the Smit London, have too deep a draught to be able to put in at the port where once it all began.
Photos et Vidéos de Transport Maritime à Maassluis, Pays-Bas
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Фотографии и видео из водного транспорта в Maassluis, Нидерланды
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Zdjęcia i Filmy z Transportu Wodnego w Maassluis, Holandia
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Fotos e Vídeos a partir de Transporte de Água em Maassluis, Holanda
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照片和视频从水运在荷兰马斯卢斯
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Foto dan Video dari Transportasi Air di Maassluis, Belanda
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Foto’s en Video’s van de Scheepvaart in Maassluis, Nederland
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