The 4,231-ton fuel oil vessel, the Vlissingen, comes into service. It has long been the largest inland tanker in Europe The Vlissingen, for a long time the largest inland tanker in Europe
The Voerendaal, the first VT vessel larger than 500 tons, comes into service De Voerendaal under construction at the yard of De Groot & van Vliet in Slikkerveer
The VT purchases tank trucks in an attempt to expand its activities The tank truck combination of the VT in front of the new office at the Zeemanstraat
The Second World War breaks out and Rotterdam gets severely bombed. The VT loses its office and operates in the meagre war years under the watchful eye of the tank cargo center Rotterdam after the bombings
The Veere comes into service. It is the first VT ship that the owners buy on the joint account The VT ships VEERE, OVERSCHIE and OLIEVOS I alongside the ALBLASSERDIJK of the Holland America Line
De Vereenigde Tankreederij is founded following an initial agreement between Van Ommeren, Pakhuismeesteren, Dipping and Nieuwe Matex First Supervisory Board: A : Carel Conraad Gischler (Lawyer, Van Ommeren) , B: Pieter Dirk Nicholas Esquire (Director, Nieuwe Matex) , C: Jean…
