Mainly on the Elbe River - Central Europe
Mainly on the Elbe River - Central Europe
Mainly on the Elbe River - Central Europe
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system is charged. Charged rivers are for example <strong>the</strong> Neckar, <strong>the</strong> Weser etc. Also, selected<br />
secti<strong>on</strong>s of artificial waterways are subjected to fees.<br />
The German Federal Republic recently examined benefits of completely cancelling <strong>the</strong> charges<br />
in order to support navigati<strong>on</strong>, but such soluti<strong>on</strong> was not approved. However, <strong>the</strong>re is an <strong>on</strong>going<br />
review of <strong>the</strong> charging system as <strong>the</strong> present situati<strong>on</strong> is unsatisfactory for <strong>the</strong> operators (providing<br />
many excepti<strong>on</strong>s). 14<br />
Source: http://www.eurocanals.com/<br />
Picture 41 - Waterways in Germany<br />
14 Based <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> c<strong>on</strong>sultati<strong>on</strong> with Ing. Jiří Aster (The department of waterway transportati<strong>on</strong> SD CR) and <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
informati<strong>on</strong> provided by <strong>the</strong> Wasser-strassendirekti<strong>on</strong> West in Münster resp<strong>on</strong>sible for system of <strong>the</strong> channel fees in<br />
Germany.<br />
A feasibility study for “Improvement of C<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s for <strong>the</strong> <strong>River</strong> Transport in <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Europe</strong> (mainly <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Elbe</strong><br />
<strong>River</strong>)“ realized within <strong>the</strong> ChemLog project 130
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