1. a smooth sea never made a skilled sailor

2. WHAT A FOOL… We
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3. …BELIEVES ✔ Our company Aquabus has 2 brands: Aqualiner and Waterbus
✔ Founded 1999, due to 4 experiments “Public Transport over Water”
✔ Aqualiner starts in Amsterdam area with a River Runner 150 (Damen)
✔ In 2009 take over of big brother Waterbus, a huge challenge
✔ Main shareholders are Royal Doeksen and Arriva Netherlands
✔ 3 main contractors: Province of South Holland, Port of Rotterdam, City
✔ Both signed for 12 years until 2022

4. ON MY OWN...
✔ Waterbus and Aqualiner are sailing in the Rotterdam area
✔ We welcome over 1.9 mln passengers and 1.4 mln. bikes / year
✔ In total we daily have 14 vessels in operation incl. 11 fast ferries
✔ The work is done by 142 collogues, including own technicians
✔ Today we count 22 stops including Rotterdam and Dordrecht
✔ The fall out percentage departs got from 2% to now 0,016%
✔ We lowered fuel consumption with 8% to now 1.8 mln. liters / year
✔ In 2014 awarded best public transport contract by passengers in NL

5. Waterbus / Aqualiner film

6. KONINKLIJKE DOEKSEN…

7. ARRIVA NEDERLAND…

9. 1. Fleet composition from offer to demand

10. 2. Lay-out station plan from offer to demand

11. 3. Maintenance in own management

12. 4. Image and equipment fleet

13. 5. Modernizing the organization

14. 6. Commercial strategy destination marketing

15. 7. Stakeholder management improved

16. 8. Making feasible plans for the future

17. BLACK WATER…

18. SWEET FREEDOM…
✔ ASV: Air Supported Vessel (air cushion, no hovercraft)
✔ passengers
Fast ferry (+ 40 km/h)
Target 100% electric
No wave nuisance
6 partners, € 3,2 mln. EU budget
Test vessel ready November 2016

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26. Destination Marketing the key for success?

27. Mobility as part of your business case...

28. Stations become gates

30. What if Walt Disney...

32. TAKIN’ IT TO THE STREETS…
✔ Identify en (re)develop
the destination also from a
mobility point of view
Use the potentions of areas
and people
Make sure that all knowledge
is combined
Think and even more
important: Do. And of course...
What if Walt Disney...

33. g.schutten@waterbus.nl 06 – 22 45 46 05