Nieuwe Waterweg

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Nieuwe Waterweg is a major artificial ship canal in the Netherlands that provides a direct deep-water connection between the North Sea and the port of Rotterdam.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Rotterdam sea access channel system 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf artificial waterway
ship canal
belongsTo Port of Rotterdam
surface form: Port of Rotterdam approach channel
connectsTo Nieuwe Maas
North Sea
Port of Rotterdam
constructionMethod canal excavation through dunes and wetlands
constructionStartDate 1863
country Netherlands
designedBy Pieter Caland
endPoint Rotterdam
engineer Pieter Caland
floodProtection Delta Works
surface form: Maeslantkering storm surge barrier
hasFunction main access route to Port of Rotterdam from sea
hasNavigationAid buoyed fairway
leading lights
lighthouses
hasRole key route for European container traffic
strategic energy and bulk cargo corridor
hasStructure Maeslantkering
hasTrafficControl Vessel Traffic Service Rotterdam
languageOfName Dutch
length approximately 20 kilometres
literalMeaning New Waterway
locatedIn Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta
surface form: Rhine–Meuse estuary

South Holland
locatedNear Europoort
Hoek van Holland
Maassluis
Maasvlakte
Schiedam
Vlaardingen
maintainedBy Rijkswaterstaat
maximumDraft deep-draft ocean-going vessels
mouthOf Rhine–Meuse river system
navigableFor inland vessels
sea-going ships
openingDate 1872
partOf Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta
Nieuwe Waterweg self-linksurface differs
surface form: Rotterdam sea access channel system
primaryUse maritime shipping
region Randstad metropolitan region
surface form: Randstad
replaced older, shallower natural channels to Rotterdam
servesPort Rotterdam
startPoint Hoek van Holland
waterwayClass major international shipping route
waterwayType deep-water shipping channel
width approximately 400 metres

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nieuwe Maas connectsTo Nieuwe Waterweg
Delta Works crosses Nieuwe Waterweg
Maeslantkering locatedOn Nieuwe Waterweg
Nieuwe Waterweg partOf Nieuwe Waterweg self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Rotterdam sea access channel system