Infrastructure

Five years ago, following the attacks on underground gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea, the North Sea Infrastructure Protection Programme was established. The Dutch government now finally gets under way on this.

In the Dutch part of the North Sea, Wadden Sea and Ooster- and Westerschelde, the name of the reference plane has changed from 1 January 2026. Lowest Astronomical Tide (LAT) is now called Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide (ALAT).