Flemish skipper in Deventer already misses out on €80,000 in trips

In early August, Olislagers walked his ship into the port of Deventer to unload his cargo. When he wanted to leave again , it turned out that this was not possible because the water on the river IJssel was too low to open the lock. First, the river water level would have to reach 122 cm before the lock could be operated again. On Friday, the skipper was informed that it could already be from 106 cm. “Currently, the water level stands at about 97 centimetres. So it is still waiting for rain. However, the weather forecasts are unreliable. The rain announced last week has not come. I hope I can get out of here this week,” he says.