Provision boat
A provision boat was a floating mom and pop shop to supply inland waterway boats on navigable rivers and canals. At first it was still rowing boats, later motor boats.
The trade has been passed on over generations. The provisioners not only dealt with groceries and everyday necessities, they also supplied spare parts, paints and accessories for the ships to order. A supply boat moored at the ship to be supplied during the journey, so that one could shop comfortably.
After refrigerators and freezers also found their way onto inland waterway vessels, the importance of the provision boats for the supply of fresh food decreased. The last provision boats were still in service at the beginning of the 21st century, in the Netherlands the last Parlevinker (Dutch for provision boat operator), Time is Money , drove on April 29, 2008. The last boat on the Rhine ran until 2005 in Urmitz .
Provision boats on the Rhine
Provision boats were at home in many places on the Rhine. So in Mannheim , in Kestert two boats, in Sankt Sebastian , in Urmitz, in Urfeld , in Duisburg and in Grieth . There was also the possibility of getting provisions at various bunker stations . In Duisburg in the 1980s, a supply boat with frozen food from a well-known manufacturer drove on a trial basis .
See also
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literature
- Records of the Swiss provision boat operator Männi Lagler, Provision boat Dicke Net
Individual evidence
- ^ Margret Klose: Instead of provisions now passengers on board , Rhein-Erfter Rundschau, April 12, 2007. Accessed on October 6, 2015.
- ↑ The landing stage renovated , Urmitz municipality.