Waterways and Shipping Directorate East

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Waterways and Shipping Directorate East
(WSD East)

State level Federation
Supervisory authority Federal Ministry of Traffic, Construction and City Development
Headquarters Magdeburg
Web presence wsd-ost.wsv.de
Waterways and Shipping Directorate East in Magdeburg

The Wasser- und Schifffahrtsdirektion Ost (WSD Ost) was a federal agency and subordinated to the Federal Ministry for Transport, Building and Urban Development (BMVBS). The seat was in Magdeburg .

On May 1, 2013, the authority initially became a branch of the General Directorate for Waterways and Shipping (GDWS) and, with the entry into force of the WSV Responsibility Adjustment Act (Federal Law Gazette Part 1 No. 24, year 2016, p. 1257ff), on June 1, 2016 for the Magdeburg site the GDWS.

Jurisdiction

The Waterways and Shipping Directorate East was responsible for ensuring safety and ease of traffic on the federal waterways between the Elbe and Oder .

In this context, the authority had to take care of the maintenance and the new construction and expansion of these waterways. She was responsible for averting danger and for the operation of shipping facilities such as weirs , locks , pumping stations and ship lifts . She had to set the navigation signs on the waterways of her area of ​​responsibility. The Waterways and Shipping Directorate, as the shipping police, directed and regulated traffic on the waterways, examined ships operating there for their safety, issued certificates of proficiency in operating ships and had to prevent environmental damage caused by ships.

Subordinate authorities

The following authorities were subordinate to the Central Waterways and Shipping Directorate:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Organization. Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration , June 2, 2016, accessed on June 7, 2016 .

Coordinates: 52 ° 8 ′ 0 ″  N , 11 ° 36 ′ 57 ″  E