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Monic van der Heyden named chair of Amsterdam Cruise Port

Monic van der Heyden, a longstanding and familiar face on Amsterdam's cruise ship scene, has taken over the chair of the nonprofit Amsterdam Cruise Port (ACP) association, succeeding Janine van Oosten.

Frederik Erdmann, German Correspondent

April 1, 2022

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Monic van der Heyden has taken over the chairwomanship of ACPPHOTO: AMSTERDAM CRUISE PORT

Extensive cruise background

Van der Heyden has been involved with Amsterdam’s maritime industry for nearly 18 years. Building on extensive previous business experience in the IT sector, she joined the Port of Amsterdam in spring 2004 with management responsibility for the ICT division. She was later promoted commercial manager, cruise at the Port of Amsterdam and – following organisational amendments at the turn of last year – ultimately became commercial director of Cruise Port Amsterdam. In this role, van der Heyden was in charge of the commercial and financial strategy of sea and river cruise ship handling and intensively involved in international marketing.

Role at River Cruise Europe

Known as a keen and skilled networker, van der Heyden was among the initiators of River Cruise Europe (RCE), a new association launched in 2019 aiming to represent and connect all segments of Europe's river cruise industry. She became the chairlady of RCE and helped the young association adapt rapidly to the challenges of COVID-19; RCE was early out to launch a webinar format when physical meetings were not possible, and successfully held a series of webinars for its members in 2020 and 2021. 

Strategic thinking with a strong networking focus 

Examples of the new chair's networking focus include RCE quickly establishing links to the organisers of Donaukonferenz, an important German river cruise industry gathering, which evolved into a close cooperation between both parties. With van der Heyden’s input, RCE also defined a clear strategy for its activities, coming up with 'Connect' as its lead topic for 2022, with a series of webinars and events built around that motto.

Amsterdam Cruise Port

Among its partners, ACP counts the passenger terminals in Amsterdam and IJmuiden, the port authority, port agents, incoming tour operators, various attractions and tourist service providers, hotels, local and provincial authorities.

It will host a breakfast on April 25 during Seatrade Cruise Global in Miami.

About the Author

Frederik Erdmann

German Correspondent

Frederik Erdmann is Seatrade's German cruise correspondent since 2002. Following secondary school graduation he joined the port agency network, Sartori & Berger, on a vocational training program. After subsequent studies of Business Administration, Frederik Erdmann held various positions at Sartori & Berger until 2010. After a period of working with the Flensburg Chamber of Commerce, he was appointed Designated Person Safety/Security, Environment and Quality of the coastal ferry operator, Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei. As a maritime trade press correspondent and visiting lecturer of the Flensburg University of Applied Sciences,

Frederik Erdmann concentrates on ferry and cruise ship management, port development as well as safety and security in passenger shipping. He is also a member of the Flensburg Chamber of Commerce's Tourism Committee.

 

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