World Port Days
world port day also known world harbour day dutch wereldhavendagen large festive maritime event held annually rotterdam one highly attended event netherlands world port day large annual multiday event first weekend september port rotterdam aim introduce public give glimpse behind scene port rotterdam example ship visit demonstration water presentation port company event attracts many visitor every year nowadays important attraction also musical show firework saturday evening nieuwe maas near erasmus bridge location nieuwe maas demonstration area katendrecht wilhelminapier wilhelminaplein willemsplein willemskade veerkade veerhaven westerkade parkkade international shantyfestival rotterdam also take place event many shanty choir world perform various location oude leuvehaven regular participant provider port service tug pilot rower water ship port authority sea police custom royal navy also always present number visitor run hundred thousand also depends weather condition example due bad weather following year even world war ii harbor day organized advertise port rotterdam time oneday event organized rotterdam department dutch company industry trade board havenbelangen foundation target group general public collection prominent domestic foreign business relation first port day held september part vvv week program included boat trip port lunch former officer society het park tea boyman museum third harbor day guest offered lunch civic hall town hall took cruise nieuwe waterweg second world war took september organization rotterdam maritime brought harbor day current publicoriented character major event fleet show nieuwe maas ship including popular charlotte rhodes series onedin line royal house also present queen juliana prince bernhard princess beatrix prince claus prince aboard piet hein groene draeck open port day held motto hallo whereby public given access normally closed industrial area port refinery container terminal decision made make port day annual event eventually also became multiday harbor day take three day first weekend september port day held th time september theme working world class also admiral de ruyter homeport race connection th anniversary opening port song gerard cox evening program september gloria estefan among others port rotterdam authority also celebrated th anniversary various demonstration including royal navy maas race cat logic sailing race motorsloepenparade world port parade maritime hotel zeemanshuis rotterdam performance various shanty choir year followed theme green light port followed rotterdam green year rotterdam harbour new energy aimed new energy source young people context rotterdam youth capital europe wilhelminapier grand princess one largest cruise ship came rotterdam center theme th edition world port day rotterdam world attracted visitor port rotterdam wereldhavendagen