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continent |
Europe |
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country |
The Netherlands |
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province |
Zeeland |
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latitude |
51o27,5' N |
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longitude |
03o41' E |
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Size |
2,300 hectares |
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Timezone |
wintertime |
GMT+1 |
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daylight saving time |
GMT+2 |
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Approach |
The port can be approached via three fairways: |
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Wielingen |
depth 8.0 metres at MLWS |
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Scheur |
depth 13.5 metres at MLWS |
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Oostgat |
depth 8.0 metres at MLWS |
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Tides |
MHWS |
4.69 metres |
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MLWS |
0.23 metres |
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MHWN |
3.86 metres |
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MLWN |
0.91 metres |
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High tide in Vlissingen Roads: |
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North side |
five hours 15 minutes before until 30 minutes after HW |
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South side |
four hours 45 minutes before until one hour after HW |
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Mean strength of flood stream is two knots and is strongest at 45 minutes to the hour before HW. |
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Cranes |
Mobile cranes with a lifting capacity of up to 100 tonnes are available. There are various loading and discharging facilities for bulk cargo, including four floating cranes with a lifting capacity of up to 35 tonnes, with a capacity of 70.000 tonnes per 24 hours. |
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Comment |
Vlissingen has large areas of open storage for dry bulks, neo-bulks, trade-cars and scrap. A total of 150,000 cubic metres of storage is available for liquid products such as gas oil, molasses, edible oil and mineral oil. |
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Facilities |
6,755 Metres of quay, |
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8 Jetties for discharging liquid bulk products, |
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2 Sets of mooring buoys, |
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Port Authority |
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