Description
The arrival of Cruise Port The Hague Holland
For many years, The Hague’s 100 year old harbour, apart from fisherman and yachting, was also the principal
domain of the Norfolk Line; a container transport and ferry company with multiple daily operations between
The Hague and the United Kingdom and Ireland. With the Norfolk Line’s departure in late 2006 to the Port
of Rotterdam, the vacated site offered a substantial and unique redevelopment opportunity.
The site boasts a stunning location directly on the seafront, with an existing access
road infrastructure and extensive urban facilities all within a stone’s throw.
The municipality of the Town of The Hague’s invited various parties to deliver proposals for an urban redevelopment.
A unique combination of three companies, AM Real Estate, Vestia, and Züblin Grenada,
combined their national and international expertise in respectively urban development,
housing and cruise ship facilities development.
As a natural coalition they reflected upon the site’s maritime history and future potential,
and of course upon the possibility to create a new and unique waterfront for The Hague appealing
to the towns strategic goal to use its potential as a large town located on the edge of the Ocean.
A truly next generation cruise port
The intensive collaboration and pooling of strengths and expertise has resulted in Cruise Port The Hague Holland; an all season multifunctional cruise ship terminal facility seamlessly integrated with an attractive new harbour city. With its proximity to the beach, superb views out across the water, promenade and many shops and restaurants, there are ample facilities for tourists to enjoy and opportunities to relax from morning to night. With space for fifty full size buses, an integrated bus terminal runs daily excursions to all parts of the Netherlands.
- Modern multifunctional cruise terminal, approximately 15,000 m2 including two post panama class size berths, located direct on the Ocean
- Integrated bus terminal with left luggage facilities and a capacity for at least fifty buses and 100 taxis and vans
- Integrated public parking space (1200)
- Integrated Retail center with a nautical theme catering for cruise tourists, crew and land based visitor 15,000 m2
- Integrated Harbour services related office space, 5,000 m2
- Integrated Hotel, congress and exhibition facilities
Other major features are:
- Delivery of Amsterdam and all major Dutch tourist and cultural attraction with bus, train and car within the hour
- Two international Airports in close vicinity
- Connection to pan european high way system and high speed rail system
- Connected with urban light rail system and connections to historic centers of the towns of The Hague and Delft
The cruise terminal complex is situated in the centre of a dredged manoeuvring basin for the largest cruise ships. A land reclamation around the basin will be developed into a new harbour city, comprising 800-1200 units as apartments, townhouses, condominiums and sea view villa’s. This has a potential of creating an extremely attractive waterfront. Of course this will enhance the arrival experience of visitors. The revenues of the real estate development integrated with the cruise terminal complex as well as the housing scheme development on the land reclamation are supposed to be the source of finance for the maritime infrastructure. As such the project can be fully privately developed and financing is not depending on revenues from shipping
