{"id":443,"date":"2026-01-16T16:12:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T15:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bridgescout.com\/?post_type=referentie&#038;p=443"},"modified":"2026-04-28T11:18:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T09:18:51","slug":"vans-trans-gmbh","status":"publish","type":"referentie","link":"https:\/\/bridgescout.com\/en\/referentie\/vans-trans-gmbh\/","title":{"rendered":"Vans Trans LLC"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201c<strong>Before, you looked through the roof hatch. Now you look at the screen.<\/strong>\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>For Captain Nico Schaart, Bridgescout has become as natural as his steering wheel. He's been working in inland shipping for over 40 years, much of it on tankers. Nowadays, he mainly transports dangerous goods \u2013 a field where you visit many different places and bridges are rarely generous. \u201cThe system does exactly what it's supposed to do. It allows us to sail with greater confidence.\u201d<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With his ship of almost 9,000 tons, \u2018just stopping\u2019 is not an option. Nico: \u201cWe often sail high, so everything has to be at its lowest setting. And then it's nice when Bridgescout simply gives a signal: you need to lower it \u2013 or not. No more guesswork.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Nico, the system significantly increases the skipper's confidence. \u201cThere have been situations where you think: we'll make it under that bridge. But you don't always have visibility of the water level. Bridgescout gives you that certainty.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He quickly brings skeptics who say \u2018I'll check it myself\u2019 back to reality. \u201cThat's nonsense. We've all had a situation where we misjudged things. You don't always see it clearly. Bridgescout has no doubts: green is good, red is failing. It's that simple.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Practical, fast, and reliable<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>He is also more than satisfied with the installation and calibration. \u201cThat went smoothly. The installer from Sensor Maritime was out within half an hour. The service is just very good.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Nico, the system is user-friendly and maintenance-friendly. \u201cIt doesn't require any settings. You just look at the screen. And when you clean the ship, you also clean the lens. That's it. It's housed in a stainless steel cabinet \u2013 it looks good, solid, no bother to hang up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Forward with innovation<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Nico firmly believes in innovation in inland shipping. \u201cIn the past, you'd stick your head through the roof hatch to see if you could make it under the bridge. That was back then. But why take the risk anymore when you can just see on a screen how you're doing?\u201d For him, it's clear: \u201cBridgescout provides confidence. And as a skipper, that might just be the most important thing there is.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":664,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"class_list":["post-443","referentie","type-referentie","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bridgescout.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referentie\/443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bridgescout.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referentie"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bridgescout.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/referentie"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bridgescout.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bridgescout.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}