Generations in the port. Like father, like son (or daughter!)
Traditional professions pass from father to son (or daughter!). At least with some families in the port. Such as with the Schrijver family; flatterers with the Corps van Vletterlieden vof and the Ter Haak family, where the fourth generation is now active in the port of Amsterdam.
Bert and Mark Schrijver
Anyone outlining the 75-year history of the CVV is partly telling the history of the Schrijver family. Since 1956, three men strong - grandfather Arie († 2005), father Bert and son Mark - have contributed to the ins and outs of the vof. Pivotal in the family tradition is Bert Schrijver (59) who started in November 1981. "In 1980 I had to do compulsory military service," Bert looks back. "Not much later I was told by my father that a spot became available at the CVV. After application and approval from the members, I was hired." Too bad Grandpa Arie just missed out on that in 2006. Also in the year that Mark (32) became a partner at the CVV. "My father would have been
have been."
Michael and Richard ter Haak
In 1911 Piet ter Haak starts a ship maintenance company under the name P. ter haak &Zn. He works at the various shipyards in Amsterdam, such as ADM, NDSM and De Nederlanden. When the shipyards hit hard times in 1965, Ruurd ter Haak started his own stevedoring company on the Javakade. When containerization takes hold in 1978, his son Richard - the third generation - starts Container Company Amsterdam. Then, in 2003, the Barge Company Amsterdam is born, a service with barges between Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Antwerp. The blood runs where it cannot go and in 2015, under the leadership of Michael ter Haak, the fourth generation starts the company CBox Containers Netherlands.
