The Bridge


Ships (the Marina here) on the Nieuwe Maas river in the centre of Rotterdam, Holland. The red painted Willemsbrug bridge is spanning the river to the Noordereiland island – here on the right. In the background the railroad lift bridge De Hef – filmed by Joris Ivens in 1928 (De Brug) – now a monument. Filmed yesterday with handheld iPhone X , using internal mic. The Bridge | 20201216 | Michel van der Burg | 1-memo•com

Homebound Petran Container Ship


① memo 20180701 ~ Homebound Petran Container Ship ~ Returning from a 4 day journey on the Rhine river from the german Worth am Rhein (Karlsruhe) port, the dutch ‘Petran’ cargo vessel is travelling downstream on the Rotterdam Maas river , under the Erasmus Bridge , last Friday 1132 UTC – just 2 hours before arriving ‘home’ at the Maasvlakte container terminal in the Port of Rotterdam.

Rotterdam Inland Navigation


① memo 20180630 ~ Rotterdam Inland Navigation ~ Dutch inland dry cargo vessels – I spotted here the ‘CarinAlexander’ and the ‘Pecaro’ (v/d Pol & Fransbergen) – on the Maas river in the heart of Rotterdam , with the Willemsbrug bridge in the background, filmed – with iPhone X and RØDE SmartLav+ lavalier with Minifur-LAV – yesterday , standing on the trembling cable-stayed Erasmus Bridge , Rotterdam , Holland