Bingen Waterways and Shipping Office

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Bingen Waterways and Shipping Office
(WSA Bingen)

State level Federation
position Local authority
Supervisory authority Directorate-General for Waterways and Shipping
founding 1952
Headquarters Bingen am Rhein
Authority management Bernhard Messmer

The Bingen Waterways and Shipping Office (WSA Bingen) was a waterways and shipping office in Germany. It belonged to the service area of ​​the General Directorate for Waterways and Shipping , formerly the Waterways and Shipping Directorate Southwest .

By merging the waterways and shipping authorities in Bingen, Cologne and Duisburg-Rhein , it was merged into the new waterways and shipping authority for the Rhine on January 30, 2020 .

Area of ​​responsibility

Rhine near St. Goar
Binger hole
Rhine near Andernach

The Bingen Waterways and Shipping Office was responsible for the Rhine federal waterway from Mainz (border with the Mannheim Waterways and Shipping Office ) to the state border of Rhineland-Palatinate / North Rhine-Westphalia near Oberwinter and the confluence of the Lahn with the Rhine.

Area of ​​responsibility

The tasks of the Bingen Waterways and Shipping Office included:

Outskirts

The suburbs of Wiesbaden , St. Goar , Koblenz and Brohl belonged to the Bingen Waterways and Shipping Office .

  • The Wiesbaden suburb was responsible for the Rhine from the Weisenauer Bridge (Rhine km 493.5) to Rhine km 527.4 near Bingen and Rüdesheim am Rhein .
  • The outskirts of St. Goar were responsible for the Rhine from Rhine km 527.4 to Rhine km 568.15 near Boppard and Kamp.
  • The outskirts of Koblenz were responsible for the Rhine from Rhine km 568.15 to Rhine km 602.6 near Urmitz and Engers and the confluence of the Lahn into the Rhine.
  • The outskirts of Brohl were responsible for the Rhine from Rhine km 602.6 to Rhine km 639.24 near Rheinbreitbach on the right bank and Rhine km 642.2 near Rolandswerth on the left bank.

The Bingen Waterways and Shipping Office did not have its own building yard. Maintenance and repair work on ships and systems belonging to the Waterways and Shipping Office was carried out by the Koblenz building yard of the Mosel-Saar-Lahn Waterways and Shipping Office.

Revierzentrale

True sight on the Rhine near St. Goar

The Bingen waterways and shipping office operated the Oberwesel district center. The district control center monitors traffic around the clock on the Rhine from Iffezheim (Rhine km 334.0) to Rolandseck (Rhine km 642.2), on the Main from Hanau to the confluence with the Rhine and on the Neckar between Heilbronn and Feudenheim .

The Revierzentrale Oberwesel also operates the nautical information radio (NIF) and the reporting and information system inland shipping (MIB) introduced in 1995.

  • The nautical information radio is used to exchange messages between road users on the waterways in the area monitored by the district control center.
  • The inland shipping reporting and information system (MIB) extends from Basel to Rotterdam and on the Lower Main. It is used to collect transport data from specific ships by the district control centers. The data are recorded for the first time at the start of a trip and updated during the trip. B. in the case of ship accidents, the data required for the rescue services and the authorities responsible for averting danger are available.

Furthermore, the light perception of shipping traffic between Oberwesel (Rhine km 500.0) and St. Goar (Rhine km 554.0) is the task of the Oberwesel district headquarters. In this area there are a total of five signal points, three of them for mountain drivers and two for downhill drivers.

Small vehicle license plate

The small watercraft in the area of ​​the Bingen Waterways and Shipping Office were assigned small vehicle registration numbers with the identifier MZ .

See also

Web links

Commons : Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt Bingen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 49 ° 57 '54.5 "  N , 7 ° 52' 59.2"  E