Please read below the interviews with some of our barge owners.
Hidden behind the ‘security threshold’ of Eurochem Antwerp. Fog and steam from installations change the journey to quay 713 into an adventure. Then suddenly the barge Vitalis emerges out of the fog. Observing the world from the luxury of the wheelhouse, it looks quite peaceful.
Arriving on Quay 1209, I hear a voice calling: “Just park your car next to the reef, it’s not ok where you just parked it, there will be a crane within a few minutes” Just a little bit later the ‘’big boy’’ sets itself in position. A pile of wood is already hanging in the straps. Dockers climb down. These men open the holds of the Cobra.
“Allez vooruit” ‘, is a beautiful Flemish translation of the name that Steven and Tamara Peleman Poppe painted on the bow of their pride and joy of 1341 tons. They are a young happy couple, these 2 barge owners. They always manage to have their two young daughters on board at the weekend. This means Tamara is driving a lot of kilometres.