“On Thursday evening, 25 August, a section of the Scheveningen Pier was offloaded in Vlaardingen using a floating sheerleg crane.

On Thursday evening, 25 August, a section of the Scheveningen Pier—known as the Stalen Eiland (“Steel Island”)—was successfully offloaded in Vlaardingen using a floating sheerleg crane. The structure, which had been cut loose by specialist contractor Kruiswijk, was transported on a barge along the Dutch coast via the Nieuwe Waterweg to the dismantling yard of Jansen Recycling Group.

Weighing over 1,000 tonnes, the massive steel construction was safely and efficiently unloaded. The next phase involves the dismantling and downsizing of the structure. The recovered steel will be processed and supplied as a high-quality secondary raw material for steel mills.

This is not the first time Jansen Recycling Group’s dismantling yard has handled such a significant maritime structure. In 2015, the yard dismantled the wreckage of the Baltic Ace, a car carrier that sank in 2011. Thanks to its direct access to the North Sea, the Vlaardingen site is ideally suited to receive and process large offshore and maritime structures into sustainable end products.

The dismantling process is carried out with maximum attention to environmental responsibility. The yard is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities, including a certified liquid-tight surface, an in-house water treatment system, and modern, fully electric cranes and shears. These innovations enable Jansen Recycling Group to dismantle large steel constructions in a clean and sustainable way.

The scrap metal recovered from this project will re-enter the value chain as a circular raw material for the steel industry—contributing to Jansen Recycling Group’s mission: “working towards a world as it was meant to be.”