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Al Arabiya
04-07-2025
- Al Arabiya
Authorities to attempt to reopen Mosel river in Germany to shipping
Attempts will be made on Friday and over the weekend to reopen the river Mosel in west Germany on a limited scale to inland waterways freight shipping after an accident with a vessel damaged a lock, navigation authorities said on Friday. Shipping was stopped on the river, an important transit route for grains and rapeseed between Germany and France, after an accident involving a passenger vessel on Wednesday damaged a lock at Sankt Aldegund between Koblenz and Trier. Attempts are now starting to see if the lock can still be used for vessel transits on a limited scale after an initial assessment of damage, said a spokesperson for river navigation authority GDWS. The first test transits through the lock could be made over the weekend. If this is not feasible, attempts are planned to reopen the lock with temporary water control barriers. But this would be a slower process than using the damaged lock, possibly with each ship needing around an hour to transit the lock. About 50 inland waterways freighters are currently stranded on the river, called the Moselle in France. First efforts will be concentrated on enabling the stranded ships to pass through the lock to reach their destinations. But the aim is to allow normal sailings to resume, the spokesperson said. It is still not possible to say when the lock can be fully repaired. A similar lock accident on the Mosel in December that halted shipping led futures exchange operator Euronext to suspend physical delivery to river ports in eastern France for its rapeseed futures.
Arab News
03-07-2025
- General
- Arab News
Freight shipping on Mosel river in Germany blocked after accident
The river, known as the Moselle in France, is an important transit route for grains and rapeseed between Germany and FranceVessels cannot pass the Sankt Aldegund lock in either direction, the spokesperson saidHAMBURG: Freight shipping on the river Mosel in west Germany has been blocked to shipping after an accident involving a passenger ship that damaged a lock, authorities said on river, known as the Moselle in France, is an important transit route for grains and rapeseed between Germany and France. Transit was halted after an accident on Wednesday damaged a lock at Sankt Aldegund between Koblenz and Trier, a police spokesperson cannot pass the Sankt Aldegund lock in either direction, the spokesperson experts on Thursday were examining the lock, and it is not yet possible to comment on the level of damage or say how long the impact on shipping will last, river navigation authority WSA federal transport minister Patrick Schnieder said in a statement he will visit the accident site later on Thursday.'I will do everything in my power to ensure that the lock can resume operations as soon as possible,' Schnieder river was closed to inland waterways shipping in December after an accident that damaged a lock at Mueden, south of Koblenz, and only reopened in February after lengthy indications are that the lock's concrete structure and drive mechanism were not damaged in the accident, WSA head Eric Oehlmann said in a are currently assessing whether it is possible to resume limited lock operations for the waiting vessels to pass, he said.'If not, we will find another solution, for example, through emergency locks with temporary water control barriers, which have already proven effective,' Oehlmann said.A temporary lock was successful in allowing ships to transit during the winter disruption.'Despite the accident, there is determination that shipping on the Moselle will not come to a complete standstill," Oehlmann said.
Times
21-05-2025
- General
- Times
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