English is, indeed, the 'official' language here. English is the international language of shipping and transport (as well as science, incidentally) so it is fitting it is also so here.
Rene, I see lots of Dutch posts from you. That's ok, no problem, as you are posting shipping news, but could you also please post an English version of it? It doesn't matter about poor English. :-D
I'm going to lock this thread as there's already one about the fire in the Adriatic.
Cheers. :-)