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Fuel oil tank on fire after Gulf Oil's mysterious explosions

15 March 1971
Op 15 maart 1971 Three Gulf Oil storage tanks burn out after mysterious explosions. It turns out to be a terrorist attack, from a group of Palestinians.

Ravage in Hoogvliet and Spijkenisse after 'Flop Pernis’

20 January 1968
Spijkenisse and Hoogvliet are many thousands of diamonds killed by an explosion at Shell Pernis. With that blow two people died. Then came a huge blaze.

Conflagration in kerosene tanks Pakhoed in Botlek

13 January 1968
ROTTERDAM - is a big fire broke With a storage company in the Botlek area. More than a hundred firefighters trying to avoid ...

Rotterdam finally has the long-awaited connection with the sea: the Nieuwe Waterweg

9 March 1872
The Nieuwe Waterweg would turn Rotterdam into a world port, but the realization of the project went anything but smoothly

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