Mainly on the Elbe River - Central Europe

Graph 12 - Total volume of goods (6.466.871 tons) transported through the lock chamber
648 948
550 429
948 265
Kelheim divided by commodities (2005)
698 552
248 367
13 805
69 272
Agriculture and forestry products Other foodstuff and feeding Compact fuel
95 185
Oil and oil products Ore and grout scrup Iron, steel and color metals
Stones, ground, construction Manures Chemical products
Industry products, vehicles
Source: Informational bulletin Porta Moravica, No. 8 June 2006
Similarly to the Rhein-Danube channel, the D-O-E may bring advantages in the balance of
water-utilization and flood protection. The flood protection includes following aspects:
- Where the corridor route passes through current rivers, the river profile will be enlarged
by deepening and therefore the flow capacity will be increased
- Where the corridor, as a separate canal, is conducted in parallel with other rivers, part of
flood flows will be redirected by this parallel route during short-term interruptions of
navigation
A feasibility study for “Improvement of Conditions for the River Transport in Central Europe (mainly on the Elbe
River)“ realized within the ChemLog project 155
1 255 652
1 938 396