Waterways and Shipping Directorate Southwest

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Waterways and Shipping Directorate Southwest
(WSD Southwest)

State level Federation
Supervisory authority Federal Ministry of Traffic, Construction and City Development
founding 1949
Headquarters Mainz-Lerchenberg
Web presence wsd-suedwest.wsv.de

The Waterways and Shipping Directorate Southwest (WSD Southwest) was a federal funding agency and subordinated to the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development (BMVBS). The seat was in Mainz-Lerchenberg .

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, the Mainz location the GDWS.

Jurisdiction

The Southwest Waterways and Shipping Directorate was responsible for ensuring the safety and ease of traffic on the Rhine federal waterways from the Swiss border near Basel to the North Rhine-Westphalian border, Neckar , Moselle , Saar and Lahn . This is a total of 1,183 kilometers of shipping routes.

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 weirs , locks 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 Southwest:

Web links

Individual evidence

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

Coordinates: 49 ° 57 '27 "  N , 8 ° 12' 6.1"  E