COMPLETE OBSTRUCTION OF ALL SHIPPING
Please be advised:
The following navigational information is available:
Nieuwe Waterweg / Hartelkanaal (091/2025)
Start Date 12 Sep 2025
End Date 28 Sep 2025
Category : Stremming / Blockade
BAS Number : 091/2025
COMPLETE OBSTRUCTION OF ALL SHIPPING
1. Due to the annual testing of the surge barriers in the Nieuwe Waterweg (New Waterway) and the Hartelkanaal, all shipping will be obstructed on the Nieuwe Waterweg and the Hartelkanaal on Saturday 13 September 2025.
Furthermore, no ships or other objects will be allowed within a distance of 300m on both sides of each surge barrier.
2. Passage at the surge barrier in the Nieuwe Waterweg (New Waterway) will be obstructed from: Saturday, 13 September 2025, from approximately 16:00 hrs. (LT) until Sunday, 14 September 2025 approximately 07:45 hrs. (LT), shorter if possible or longer if necessary.
Passage at the surge barrier in the Hartelkanaal will be obstructed from:
Saturday, 13 September 2025, from approximately 15:30 hrs. (LT) until Sunday 14 September 2025 00:40 hrs. (LT), shorter if possible or longer if necessary.
It will not be possible to use the Hartelsluis (Hartel Lock) on Friday 12 September 2025 from 12:00 hrs. (LT) until Sunday, 14 September 2025 01:00 hrs. (LT).
N.B. Vessels approaching from seaward and heading for the Calandkanaal and/or the Beerkanaal can proceed as normal.
3. If, due to unforeseen circumstances, the scheduled closure should need to be postponed, the complete obstruction of shipping traffic will be rescheduled at the surge barriers in the Nieuwe Waterweg (New Waterway) on Sunday, 28 September 2025 from approximately 03:30 hrs. (LT) until 18:45 hrs. (LT) and at the surge barriers in the Hartelkanaal on Sunday, 28 September 2025 from approximately 03:00 hrs. (LT) until approximately 12:00 hrs. (LT), shorter if possible or longer if necessary.
It will not be possible to use the Hartelsluis (Hartel Lock) on Friday, 26 September 2025 from 12:00 hrs. (LT) until Sunday 28 September 2025 12:20 hrs. (LT).
4. On the days specified, the shipping ban at the surge barriers in the Nieuwe Waterweg (New Waterway) and the Hartelkanaal will be indicated by means of signaling in accordance with the Inland Navigation Police Regulations on both sides of both the surge barriers and on the barriers themselves.
5. Instructions given by the competent authority and/or from the harbour patrol boats on site must be obeyed directly.
6. Vessels likely to be affected by the obstruction are expressly requested to obtain timely information on the progress of the test and/or any alterations to the above-mentioned obstruction times.
7. Further information can be obtained by contacting:
- Harbour Coordination Center, the HCC duty officer,
telephone number +31 (0)10 252 10 00 or VHF channel 11.
Due to a textual amendment concerning BAS 091/2025, the previously sent PIN message is no longer valid.
ROTTERDAM HARBOUR MASTER
and State Harbour Master for the Rotterdam–Rijnmond region
15 May 2025
For more information please contact the Harbour Coordination Center:
Tel: +31 10 252 1000
Mail: [email protected]
VHF: Ch. 11 / 14