Deutz plate
The Deutzer Platte is a shoal in the Rhine near Cologne . It extends over a length of about 700 meters between Severinsbrücke and Deutzer Brücke at the height of the Rhine kilometer 687.
Problematic situation
Due to two opposite port entrances and exits (to the Deutz Hafen and Rheinauhafen ), the Rhine is widened to a width of up to 380 meters. In addition, the incoming and outgoing ship traffic from the two ports creates turbulence and movement on the river floor. Deposits of sand and gravel are thus favored on the one hand by the calming of the flow due to the width and on the other hand by the turbulence of the shipping traffic threading in and out.
Fairway and draft
The Waterways and Shipping Office guarantees a depth of 2.50 meters in a 150 meter wide fairway . Deviations from this are announced via the ELWIS waterway information system.
Accidents
2013: With persistent low water , several ships ran aground on the Deutz Platte on August 18 and 19, 2013.
2014: On Wednesday, June 25th, a push convoy consisting of a barge and the ship "Maranta", which had been damaged in 2013 at the same place, ran aground.
2018: On Monday, August 20, 2018, the cruise ship "Douce France" ran aground during a river cruise not far from the Deutz Platte during a mooring maneuver. 125 passengers had to be rescued.
Web links
- ELWIS information sheet on the Deutz plate (PDF; 140 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Florian Jocham: Rhein-Stau: Why is the Deutz plate so dangerous? Express.de, August 19, 2013, accessed on August 21, 2013.
- ↑ Kölner Stadtanzeiger June 26, 2014: Deutzer Platte is now being examined .
- ↑ WDR-Nachrichten from August 20, 2018: Stuck on the Rhine: 125 people recovered from the ship ( Memento from August 27, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 50 ° 56 ′ 6.4 " N , 6 ° 57 ′ 58.1" E