Ostseekai
The Ostseekai is a harbor quay in the Schleswig-Holstein state capital Kiel with two berths for passenger ships , which is located directly in the city center on the western side of the Kiel Fjord .
meaning
The Ostseekai is the former Oslo quay, where today mainly cruise ships dock. The two berths on the Ostseekai are 360 m and 285 m long with a water depth of 9.5 m. The older, fully glazed terminal building located at the southern berth 27 has two levels and there is a direct connection to the ships via mobile walkways. Due to the total area of 40,000 m², the terminal facility is specially tailored to accommodate large cruise ships changing voyages. The "Cruise Terminal" Ostseekai is a terminal for a passenger volume of almost 6000 passengers. Since the renovation and expansion in 2007, the larger luxury liners have also been able to dock at the Ostseekai in Kiel.
Advantageously, the central location in the Kiel conveyor, with direct connection to the Baltic Sea and the Kiel Canal . In 2007, 1.3 million passengers were transported by ferry via the port of Kiel. At that time, a cruise began or ended in Kiel for more than 150,000 travelers . In addition to the Norwegenkai and Schwedenkai , the Ostseekai is the hub for cruise and ferry traffic with Scandinavia .
On weekends, the Ostseekai - in addition to its actual purpose as a cruise terminal - is also used as a location for various events.
The Port of Kiel GmbH is the owner and operator of Kiel's commercial port in the public order of the state capital Kiel, which owns it is.
Cruise ships
The Ostseekai is regularly called by major cruise ships. For example, the AIDAluna , the AIDAcara , the MSC Meraviglia , the Costa Pacifica , the Mein Schiff 2 , the Astor and many other cruise ships are regular guests in Kiel at the Ostseekai. The largest cruise ship to date in Kiel and the Ostseekai was the Regal Princess on July 10, 2015. On April 29, 2017, the MSC Fantasia, the longest ship to date, docked at the Ostseekai for the first time.
On June 9, 2019, climate activists from the smashcruiseshit group prevented the cruise ship Zuiderdam from sailing for over 6 hours. They cruised with boats in front of the bow, climbed on mooring ropes, the bulbous bow and a crane on a nearby construction site. The reason for the protest was the high level of pollutant emissions from cruise ships and the often miserable working conditions on board, some of which cost less than € 2 / hour.
Development of the quay
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Oslo quay
Until the new construction and renovation of the Ostseekai in 2007, the Oslo quay was located here. The Oslo quay was Kiel's first larger ferry port and was inaugurated in 1961. The ground consists of rubble and a 2000 m² steel plate.
Years Line's ships , Color Line from 1990 , operated on the Oslo quay for Oslo. There was also a ferry connection to Bagenkop on the Danish island of Langeland , which was finally closed in 2000. The Stena Line ferries to Sweden also left the Oslo quay until the Schwedenkai was built in 1982.
Ostseekai
After the Color Line moved into its new terminal at the Norwegenkai on the eastern side of the fjord in 1997, the Oslo-Kai was expanded and converted into a cruise terminal. The terminal was funded by the "Regional Program 2000" of the State of Schleswig-Holstein. The investment measure at that time amounted to a total of 28.5 million euros. After a six-month construction period, the Ostseekai cruise terminal was opened in 2007.
In November 2018 the foundation stone was laid for the 10 million euro second terminal building for cruise passengers with a size of 3700 m² at northern berth 28, which was completed in March 2020. Furthermore, the construction of a shore power plant began in 2019 , which is also due to be completed in 2020.
Economical meaning
Thanks to the renovation and expansion of the Ostkai, even the largest luxury liners can now dock here. As a result, the number of calls at cruise ships tripled, and the number of passengers even increased eightfold. In 2019 there were 175 calls by 32 different cruise ships with over 803,000 passengers.
location
The Ostseekai is located directly below the Kiel Castle ; The keel line begins directly behind the Ostseekai .
Data
| Water depth | up to 9.5 m |
| Berths | 2 |
| Quay length | 285 m and 355 m |
| Shore leave | 2 |
| total area | 40,000 m² |
| capacity | up to 6000 passengers |
| ISPS certified | Yes |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Port areas - PORT OF KIEL. Retrieved November 25, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c d e Cruise Terminal Ostseekai - kiel-magazin.de. In: kiel-magazin.de. September 4, 2013, accessed November 25, 2019 .
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Frank Behling: Cruise ship "Zuiderdam" catches up with delay after blockade in Kiel. In: kn-online.de. June 10, 2019, accessed November 25, 2019 .
- ↑ http://www.ostufer.net/verzeichnis/126-seefahrt/705-faehren-ostsee-kiel
- ↑ http://www.landtag.ltsh.de/infothek/wahl16/drucks/0700/drucksache-16-0779.pdf , page 39 under "Cruise & Ferry Center Kiel"
- ↑ Laying of the foundation stone for the second terminal building at the Ostseekai. November 27, 2018, accessed January 5, 2019 .
- ↑ Ostseekai Kiel . In: Schiff & Hafen , issue 4/2018, p. 7
- ↑ Eckhard-Herbert Arndt, Frank Binder: Kiel's new cruise dimension · Wednesday new terminal building goes into operation . In: Daily port report , March 2, 2019, p. 2
- ↑ a b 800,000 passengers at the end of the Kiel cruise season. October 11, 2019, accessed March 10, 2020 .
- ↑ Capacity of the ferry and cruise terminal
Coordinates: 54 ° 19 ′ 30.5 ″ N , 10 ° 8 ′ 43.3 ″ E