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addition, transfers are made between these. Port push craft are used for these. “On days with heavy traffic, an inland waterway push vessel is also de- ployed, which afterwards leaves port for the hinter- land. In Peutehafen we then assemble the relevant tows,” explains Heiko Tominski, Deutsche Binnen- reederei’s Marketing Manager. The company current- ly offers between ten and twelve sailings per week. Inland waterway vessels call the Port of Hamburg over ten thousand times a year. HVCC – Hamburg Vessel Coordination Center assists in controlling their movements in the port. This aims to coordinate all ship arrivals in the port with terminal movements. HVCC assembles all the necessary data from the in- dividual players. To cover the arrival of inland water- way craft even better in process control, consulta- tion takes place between the Federal Waterway and Shipping Administration and the Inland Waterway Shipping Working Group Hamburg. This also aims to further improve coverage of the arrival of inland wa- terway craft. The aim is that AIS – Automatic Identi- fication System data on ships and traffic data from the locks management system should function as re- al-time data – along with those of the HVCC inland waterway craft platform – used for assessing traffic flow and on controlling approaches to the Port of Hamburg. ■ jh
Deutsche Binnenreederei
Milestones:
1949 Foundation of VEB – state-owned – DSU German Shipping and Cargo Handling Centre. This consisted of four independent operations in Berlin, Magdeburg and Stralsund and Dresden, where only passen- ger craft were operated.
1990 After reunification, Deutsche Bin- nenreederei came under the Treuhand. In 2001 this became a public limited compa- ny. A further change occurred six years later: Deutsche Binnenreederei was ac- quired by Odratrans Group of Poland.
2020 Rhenus Group acquires Deutsche Binnenreederei and continues to run it. Between the Port of Hamburg and various ports on the Elbe, Elbe Lateral Canal and Mittellandkanal, Deutsche Binnenreederei operations involve two motor vessels, five or six push-tows and one mega push-tow.
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