Waterways and Shipping Office Brunsbüttel

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Waterways and Shipping Office Brunsbüttel
(WSA Brunsbüttel)

State level Federation
position Local authority
Supervisory authority Directorate-General for Waterways and Shipping
founding 1949
Headquarters Brunsbuettel
Authority management Detlef Wittmüß (acting)
Servants about 450
Web presence wsv.de/wsa-bb

The Brunsbüttel Waterways and Shipping Office (WSA Brunsbüttel) is a waterways and shipping office in Germany. It belongs to the service area of ​​the General Directorate for Waterways and Shipping , formerly Waterways and Shipping Directorate North .

Area of ​​responsibility

The Brunsbüttel Waterways and Shipping Office is responsible for the western part of the Kiel Canal (from / to canal kilometer 49.5 near Breiholz, a little west of Rendsburg) and the Gieselau Canal .

Area of ​​responsibility

The tasks of the waterways and shipping authority in Brunsbüttel include:

  • Maintenance, operation and expansion of the part of the Kiel Canal in the administrative area
  • Maintenance and operation of the lock systems in Brunsbüttel and the Gieselau lock
  • Construction of the 5th lock chamber in Brunsbüttel
  • Operation of the ferries across the Kiel Canal in the official area
  • Maintenance and operation of the floating and fixed sea ​​marks in the official area
  • Order and safety of shipping and operation of the traffic control center in Brunsbüttel
  • Takeover of electricity and shipping police tasks
  • technical operation of the bundling center for maritime traffic technology

Outskirts

The Brunsbüttel Waterways and Shipping Office includes the suburbs I in Brunsbüttel and II in Hochdonn as well as a building yard and the communications engineering department in Brunsbüttel.

  • Outskirts I are responsible for navigating the Kiel Canal on the Elbe and the canal up to canal kilometer 10.0 ( Kudensee switch ).
  • The suburb II is responsible for the Kiel Canal from canal kilometer 10.0 to canal kilometer 49.5 and the Gieselau Canal. The ferry stations across the Kiel Canal in the administrative area of ​​the Brunsbüttel Waterways and Shipping Office and the Gieselau lock are assigned to the outskirts.
  • The Brunsbüttel building yard is responsible for maintenance and repair work on ships and navigation marks of the Brunsbüttel Waterways and Shipping Office as well as the lock gates of the canal locks in Brunsbüttel.
  • The communications engineering specialist group looks after the communications systems on the Kiel Canal.

Traffic control center

NOK traffic control center between the large lock chambers of the Brunsbüttel lock

The Brunsbüttel Waterways and Shipping Office maintains a traffic control center from which shipping traffic on the Kiel Canal is monitored and directed 24 hours a day.

Small vehicle license plate

The small watercraft in the area of ​​the waterways and shipping authority Brunsbüttel are assigned small vehicle license plates with the identification HEI .

See also

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Verkehrszentrale Brunsbüttel , Waterways and Shipping Office Hamburg , accessed on July 9, 2018.

Coordinates: 53 ° 53 ′ 30 "  N , 9 ° 8 ′ 56"  E