News
Ship Store Warehouse 12 officially commissioned
Again during a very pleasant and busy New Year's gathering on board the River Queen.
Our president did a short report in his speech regarding the progress of affairs
in the past year. Subsequently, Aart Hiemstra the Deputy Harbour Master of the Port
of Amsterdam was invited to perform the official act for the commissioning of our
new expanded Ship Store Warehouse 12. In 1997 Aart Hiemstra was one of the founding
fathers of the Nautical Technical Centre as we already inhabit since June 1998.
Back then the three young daughters of former Executive Director Shipping Cor Oudendijk,
Aart Hiemstra and our former President Rob Blok lay the first three bricks.
New building mooring launch
Merweland Shipyard Rotterdam has been awarded the order by Boatmen Association De
Koperen Ploeg for building a new mooring launch. It will complement our operational
fleet in 2012.
New warehouse in operational use
On Thursday the 27th of October 2011. Boatmen Association De Koperen Ploeg took
its new ship store warehouse operational. In addition to our ship mooring services,
since the mid 70's we are also more than successful in the port of Amsterdam in
providing barge services. Since than our role in the logistic chain of many ship
supplier company's is to function as a reliable extension. We feel it as our responsibility
to safeguard the quality of goods and service for our joint customers. Because of
that success and appreciation of our service we have recognized the need to expand
our warehouse. We are particularly proud of our high tech refrigeration and freezing
facility. Backed by a highly motivated team and a wide network for us this expansion
is a valuable asset and we are convinced that it will contribute in the further
expansion of our overall services. Since 18th of October 2011. Boatmen Association
De Koperen Ploeg is also officially appointed by the Dutch Food and Consumer Product
Safety Authority as a special warehouse.
Building works storage expanding started.
On the early morning of Wednesday 25th of April 2011 we started piling works for
our new to build ship stores storage facility. Our existing onshore storage facility
is about to be expanded whit 2/3 extra storage space including separate cool and
freezing facility.
It is planned to be operational in approximately 15 weeks.
Boatmen Association De Koperen Ploeg obtains AEO-status
On Wednesday 20 April 2011 De Koperen Ploeg officially received as the first European
nautical technical service provider the combined AEO certificate from the Dutch
customs authorities. Two representatives of the Dutch customs authorities Amsterdam
Mr. Rentenaar and Mr. Zuidam presented the certificate to President Michael Schotte
and treasurer/quality manager Jeffrey Götz van der Vet. Beside the specialization
of mooring and unmooring De Koperen Ploeg offers a 24/7 transport and storage service
of Shipstores for its customers. With gaining this certificate beside the already
existing certifications as for example the recently upgraded ISO 9001:2008 certificate,
a new milestone in the 85 year existence of the cooperative has been gained.
The AEO certificate is comparable to the C-TPAT certification in the United States
and covers both customs simplifications and security in the European Union. The
certificate has been given to us after an accurate audit aiming to verify the compliancy
with customs rules, safety standards level and financial health. For all the above
reasons this certificate proves that Boatmen Association “De Koperen Ploeg” is a
reliable operator meeting EU laws in terms of customs, finance and safety by all
the EU customs authorities.
Click for more information on the following link
www.douane.nl/zakelijk/aeo/
ISO certification 9001:2008
We are very pleased to confirm that on 15 November 2010 Boatmen Association De Koperen
Ploeg W.A. has successfully completed re-certification Audits, confirming to the
latest standards, and has qualified under ISO 9001:2008 Quality Standards.
OCEAN ORC loaded with two inland vessels
Semi-submersible barge Ocean Orc was sailed Amsterdam 16-10-2010. Under a contract
arranged through Anchor Marine Transportation, the barge was loaded with 2 inland
vessels destined for Belem, Brazil. A boatmen rigger crew of the Amsterdam Boatmen
Association De Koperen Ploeg W.A. was hired for assistance positioning the 2 barges
and brought the barge and its cargo safe out to sea.