| Photographer: | E. Vroom [View profile] | Title: | REM eiland | Added: | Mar 31, 2011 | | Captured: | March 28, 2011 | IMO: | Unavailable | Hits: | 515 | | Photo Category: |
Tugs with Tow | | Description: | 28-03-2011
Northsea near the isle of Ameland.
Tow from Delfzijl to Amsterdam by Wagenborg's tug Waterman.
Transport of the historic REM platform. Built in the sixtees after a design for a gas or oil rig, the platform was one of the first private TV broadcasting stations in the Netherlands. After being condemned as being a pirate broadcasting station by parliament, broadcasting was ended by force of the royal navy.
Today the station will serve as an attraction in the Amsterdam port. Providing a restaurant and a public terrace overlooking the old harbour area and shipdocks.
Photo here on Shipspotting:
http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=292706
News on Amsterdamports:
http://amsterdamports.nl/smartsite24842.dws
Actual news about the shipment and installation of the platform on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/rem_eiland
Website about history of the platform including videos from the sixtees news:
www.remeiland.com
Name of ship : WATERMAN (since 01-12-1987)
IMO number : 8318166
Call Sign : PIMU
MMSI : 245128000
Gross tonnage : 236 (during 1998)
DWT : 136
Type of ship : Tug (since 01-12-1987)
Year of build : 1987
Flag : Netherlands (since 01-12-1987)
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