Dutch shipping company Vereenigde Nederlandsche Stoomvaart Maatschappij ordered building freighter at Rotterdam according to the Dutch newspaper De Indische Courant dated 29 February 1940

An item dated The Hague 28 February reported that the Dutch shipping company Vereenigde Nederlandsche Stoomvaart Maatschappij ordered the building of a freighter with the size similar to the Arendskerk by the shipyard Wilton Fijenoord.