Today during a pressconference the news was brought that the s.s. Rotterdam has been sold by the bankrupt "s.s. Rotterdam Ltd.". The new owners, a consortium of Woonbron (a housing company) and Eurobalance (investor), intend to use the ship for the purposes of living, working and learning in the port of Rotterdam. The Albeda College has been contracted for this. At first an asbestos-safe situation will be created and the ship will go into drydock. Next year the ship will be ready for use. The new company is called "De (The) Rotterdam" A letter of intent has been signed with the Steamship Rotterdam Foundation which reads a follows: "The Rotterdam and the Steamship Rotterdam Foundation agree that the s.s. Rotterdam must be conserved as a unique cultural, industrial and maritime heritage, and intend to work together in a sustainable relationship with the aim to do all that is necessary to reach the objectives of the Steamship Rotterdam Foundation. This letter of intend will be ! detailed in the near future. The Foundation will among other things advise the new company about the technical and museum functions on board. You can imagine that we are very satisfied with this result!Stichting behoud stoomschip RotterdamSteamship Rotterdam Foundation------------------------------------------------------------Nederlands: http://www.stoomschiprotterdam.nlEnglish: http://www.stoomschiprotterdam.nl