WILLEMSTAD - Station ship the Zr.Ms. Zeeland will leave for Curaçao at the end of this week to replace the Groningen. The change of the station ship is necessary due to the closure of the airspace.

As a result, the crew of the Zeeland cannot fly to Curaçao.

The Ministry of Defense had just started an experiment to only change the crew and permanently station the Groningen in Curaçao. Now the ship needs to return to the Netherlands for maintenance.