1 2 3 4 5 6 Continue A Tradition in Shipping and International Trade since 1879 Franciscus Bernardus |
 The legend of the Flying Dutchman is world-famous. Around the year 1600 Captain Willem van der Decken left the Roads of Terneuzen on its way to the Dutch Indies. Rounding the Cape of Good Hope, he was held up by continuous storms. He cursed the elements, but they in turn punished him by making him toss about on his ghost ship off the Cape; a terror to seaman for perpetuity. |
The history of Aug. de Meyer & Zonen BV is not that old, but all the same connected with the port of Terneuzen and international trade for over a century.
Part I Its activities go back as far as 1851 when the great-great grandfather of the actual Managing Director, set himself up as a ship's agent. The venture was a success, but wound up unexpectedly when both he and his chief water clerk died from smallpox which he contracted on one of the ships they were handling.  |
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