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Mainly on the Elbe River - Central Europe

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Chart 21 – Transported volumes – sea transport (thousands of t<strong>on</strong>s)<br />

Source: Chemiewirtschaft in Zahlen 2009<br />

Source: charts 17,18 and 19<br />

Graph 6 – Distributi<strong>on</strong> of transport volumes in Germany<br />

Distributi<strong>on</strong> of transport volumes in Germany<br />

11%<br />

76%<br />

Compared to <strong>the</strong> Czech Republic, <strong>the</strong> utilizati<strong>on</strong> of waterways is higher. The reas<strong>on</strong> is that <strong>the</strong><br />

waterway network is l<strong>on</strong>ger and denser and also highly reliable, unrestricted by low water levels.<br />

2.4 TRANSPORT OF CHEMICALS<br />

The transport of chemicals involves all modes of transportati<strong>on</strong>. Regardless how <strong>the</strong> “chemical<br />

law” classifies <strong>the</strong> safety hazard of individual chemical substances and products, it is advisable to<br />

follow valid nati<strong>on</strong>al and <strong>Europe</strong>an (global) regulati<strong>on</strong>s during <strong>the</strong> transportati<strong>on</strong>. If a product is<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 />

13%<br />

<strong>River</strong>)“ realized within <strong>the</strong> ChemLog project 40<br />

rail<br />

road<br />

water

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