Wearing the appropriate name VOLHARDING (PERSEVERANCE) this fine veteran has been trading for 84 years and is still going strong ! Seen above locks at Maasbracht/Limburg (The Netherlands) to continue to the south via Juliana Canal.
Length 60m beam 6,60m draught 2,52m
Tonnage : 631 tons
Home port : Wyckel (NL)
Main engine : Caterpillar D346 (487hp)
Built in 1931 by shipyard A. Vuijck & Zn. at Capelle a/d Ijssel (NL) (c/n 617)
Ex- ALTRADE (Drachten/NL, until 1999)
Ex- ALTRADE (Nijmegen/NL, until 1991)
Ex- CASCADE (Groningen/NL, until 1985)
Ex- VIGILA (Vreeswijk/NL, until 1980)
Ex- HOOP (Krimpen/NL, until 1970)
Ex- AHRTAL (Rotterdam/NL, until 1949)
ENI 02307233