Mainly on the Elbe River - Central Europe

millions of tons/year
10,000
9,000
8,000
7,000
6,000
5,000
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
0,000
Graph 11 - Total transport volume on the German part of the Danube river
3,170
2,662
3,333
2,858
2,483
2,632
2,760
2,841
2,876
2,370
A feasibility study for “Improvement of Conditions for the River Transport in Central Europe (mainly on the Elbe
River)“ realized within the ChemLog project 154
2,408
4,175
6,435
6,702
6,020
6,015
7,130
7,104
8,108
7,777
8,331
1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
Year
Source: Informational bulletin Porta Moravica, No. 8 June 2006
Opening of the channel to the Rhein
The following graph presents structure of commodities transported in 2005 through the chamber
lock Kelheim, which is the entering chamber from the Danube into the channel.
7,541
8,456
9,069