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15.05.2012

Partial blockage because of an event from 02. to 03.06.2012

Upstream driving inland waterway vessels and pushing units (km 46,0 to 49,3)

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11.05.2012

Motorboat race in Dessau

Blockage of Elbe between km 260,6 and km 262,4 from 19.05.2012 08:45 until 20.05.2012 18:00.

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News

04.04.2012

Elbe port Brunsbüttel to be upgraded

First construction phase will start in April/May 2012.

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24.02.2012

Voyage planner activated for oversized and heavy lift cargo at river Elbe

RISING software tool ready for public usage – free of charge.

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Freight navigation transport is run in two main forms on the river Elbe:

a) Push-barge shipping: combination between push boat as propulsion unit and push barges as hold. The number of push barges in one assembly / formation and their possible combinations are based on nautical conditions of the respective section of the waterway.

b) Motor boating: propulsion unit and hold are located in one hull, the entrainment of additional barges is partly possible (Koppelverband).

The vessels used most frequently in relation are listed below. In addition, several special types and special vessels exist.

Type

Length
Over all (in m)

Breadth
Over all
(in m)

Deadweight
capacity in t (max)

SP 65

65,00

8,20

960

SP 65/9,5

65,00

9,50

1190

SP 36/37

32,50

8,20

431

SP 36/37

32,50

8,20

424

TC 1100

71,00

10,40

1238

TC 500

35,50

9,05

528

GMS 67m

67,00

8,20

877

GMS 80m

80,00

8,20

1135

GMS Labe

80,10

9,33

1167

MN 7300

69,70

8,85

643


(All information is given without warranty)

Further details about this types of vessels can be accessed from the navigation bar on the right side of this content. To view them previous registration is necessary.

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