Willem-Alexander is King of the Netherlands,having acceded to the throne following his mother's abdication in 2013.
Marius Job Cohen is a retired Dutch politician and jurist who served as Mayor of Amsterdam from 2001 to 2010 and Leader of the Labour Party (PvdA) from 2010 to 2012.
Mark Rutte is a Dutch politician who has served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands since 2010. He was also the Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) from 2006 through 2023. He is currently acting in a demissionary capacity and will not return to politics following elections in the fall.
Jeffrey Heerema is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger. He last played for the Nottingham Panthers of the EIHL. He was drafted in the first round,11th overall,by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft. Prior to signing for the Nottingham club he most recently played for KHL Medveščak Zagreb in Croatia.
A crane vessel,crane ship,crane barge,or floating crane is a ship with a crane specialized in lifting heavy loads,typically exceeding 1,500 t for modern ships. The largest crane vessels are used for offshore construction.
Albert Gerard "Bert" Koenders is a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2014 to 2017. He is currently a professor at Leiden University and a special envoy of the World Bank. He is also a member of the board of trustees of the International Crisis Group and a commissioner of the International Commission on Missing Persons.
International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) is a leading international trade association for the marine contracting industry. It is a not for profit organisation with members representing the majority of worldwide marine contractors in the oil and gas and renewable energy industries.
Louis Bontes is a Dutch politician and former police officer. He was a member of the European Parliament (2009–2010) and a member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (2010–2017) for the Party for Freedom (PVV) until 2013 and as an independent since. He was the cofounder and chairman of the political party For the Netherlands (VNL) from 2014 to 2015.
Halbe Zijlstra is a retired Dutch politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 26 October 2017 to 13 February 2018 in the Third Rutte cabinet. He is a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).
Jeroen RenéVictor Anton Dijsselbloem is a Dutch politician and economist serving as Mayor of Eindhoven since 13 September 2022,succeeding John Jorritsma (VVD). A member of the Labour Party (PvdA),he has also been Chairman of the supervisory board of Wageningen University since 1 April 2019.
Joram Jaron van Klaveren is a Dutch politician. As a member of the Party for Freedom he was an MP from 17 June 2010 until 21 March 2014. He subsequently was an independent until his term in office ended on 23 March 2017. He focused on matters of desegregation,employment-to-population ratio,egalitarianism and emancipation. From 24 March 2011 until 11 June 2014,he also was a member of the States-Provincial of Flevoland. He became well-known for anti-Muslim comments. In October 2018,he converted to Islam halfway through writing an anti-Islam book. After becoming a Muslim,he decided to rededicate his book to his search for religiosity and the subsequent conversion to Islam. His book titled Apostate:From Christianity to Islam in times of sécularisation and terror was published in both Dutch and English.
Habbo Siebold "Hayke" Veldman is a Dutch politician,he was a member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy from 25 June 2014 until 30 March 2021.
Leendert Arent-Willem de Lange is a Dutch politician. He has been mayor of Wassenaar since 18 July 2019. Previously he was a member of the House of Representatives for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy,serving from 31 March 2015 to 23 March 2017 and once again from 31 October 2017 to 3 July 2019. De Lange was alderman in Noordwijk between 2006 and 2013 and in Wassenaar between 2013 and 2014 where he also served as deputy mayor.
Martijn N. Bolkestein is a Dutch politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives between July 2020 and March 2021. He is a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).
Edward Heerema is a Dutch engineer,businessman and the sole owner of Allseas,a major offshore oil business company. Through Allseas,he is the owner of the largest ship in the world,the pipe-layer Pioneering Spirit.
Mark A.J. Snoeren is a Dutch politician,who served as a member of the House of Representatives between September 2020 and March 2021. He is a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). Snoeren has worked for the Royal Marechaussee,and he owns a business in Nieuwegein. He also held a seat in that town's municipal council for twelve years.
Pieter Heerema was born on 6 June 1951 in Maracaibo (Venezuela),he is of Dutch nationality and an industrialist and amateur sailor who participates in the 2016–2017 Vendée Globe. Since 1989,he has been president of the Family Group Heerema which manufactures,among other things,drilling rigs.
Eelco Heinen is a Dutch politician,serving as a member of the House of Representatives since March 2021. He is a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and previously worked as a party staffer.
The IMOCA 60 Class yacht No Way Back,NED 160 was designed by VPLP design and Guillaume Verdier and launched in the 18 August 2015 after being built Persico in Italy. The boat had structural issues during the 2022 Route de Rhum when the ballast tanks demounted themselves. This while retiring from the race the previous day and heading back towards Portugal led to an onboard fire and the boat was lost,
