Waterways and Shipping Directorate South

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Waterways and Shipping Directorate South
(WSD South)

State level Federation
position Central Authority
Supervisory authority Federal Ministry of Traffic, Construction and City Development
founding January 1, 1976
Headquarters Wurzburg
Servants 1,518 (end of 2011)
Budget volume 224.2 million euros (2011)
Web presence wsd-sued.wsv.de

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

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, 2016, p. 1257ff), it became the Würzburg site on June 1, 2016 the GDWS.

Jurisdiction

The Waterways and Shipping Directorate South was responsible for ensuring the safety and ease of traffic on the federal waterways Main , Main-Danube Canal , Regen and Danube .

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 , operating the shipping facilities such as locks , gauges , weirs and pumping stations . 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 Waterways and Shipping Directorate South:

budget

In 2005, the Waterways and Shipping Directorate South had a budget of € 141.0 million and managed fixed assets worth € 4.9 billion. In 2005, € 67.4 million was invested in maintaining the WSD-Süd shipping routes.

Web links

Individual evidence

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

Coordinates: 49 ° 47 '49.4 "  N , 9 ° 54' 59.9"  E