Increasing of Staff
Employment of additional staff in order to realise the through upgrade of Kiel Canal
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Increasing of Staff
Employment of additional staff in order to realise the through upgrade of Kiel Canal
Modification of ‘Eastern Section’
Alignment of the Canal’s 20 kilometres ‘Eastern Section’ between Kiel-Holtenau and Königsförde Siding, which is still in the condition dating from 1914 and a severe bottleneck for shipping.
Brunsbüttel Locks
Construction of a fifth lock chamber and complete refurbishment; as well as upgrade of the existing lock infrastructure in Brunsbüttel.
Kiel-Holtenau Locks
Just as in Brunsbüttel, a total of four lock chambers are available for shipping in Kiel-Holtenau – again, at least in theory. Also here the two chambers of the ‘Big Locks’ dating from 2014 are the most important ones for commercial shipping.
Deepening
Deepening of the entire Kiel Canal by one metre in order to adapt it to the increasing ship sizes and thus the demands of today’s sea traffic
News
Traffic dues for Kiel Canal will be suspended until the end of 2021
“With the extension of the suspension of the traffic dues until December 31, 2021, an important step has been taken to ensure the competitiveness of the Kiel Canal in the coming year”, said the chairman of the Kiel-Canal Initiative Jens B. Knudsen.
At the beginning of the second quarter of 2020,
“Kiel Canal traffic dues will be suspended” – Kiel-Canal Initiative welcomes decisive step by politicians
With the support of the five federal states of Northern Germany and the German Shipbrokers Association, the Kiel Canal Initiative has persistently campaigned for the suspension of the traffic dues for the Kiel Canal in recent months and welcomes the decision taken on 01.07.2020 by the federal government to waive the traffic dues until 31.12.2020.