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Christmas at Sea

Ijmuiden, December 29, 2006 2.25 pm

Without lights and decorations but still a Christmas tree at the tugboat of Svitzer. For mooring in the locks of  IJmuiden two tugboats of Svitzer accompany the panamax “Belisland” (l: 225 m, b: 32 m, d: 12.8 m) to her berth.

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4:08 pm - December 23, 2011 Posted by admini

Entering the Brunsbüttel locks.

North Sea locks at Brunsbüttel, August 21, 2011 8.14 am
A pilot of the “Lotsenbrüderschaft Elbe” escorts the MV Borussia Dortmund into the locks. The locks are 305 metres in length and 46 metres wide. They are the entrance of Kiel Canal which connects the river Elbe at Brunsbüttel with the Baltic Sea at Kiel. Both entrances in Brunsbüttel and Kiel-Holtenau are equipped with four locks. The canal operates a two way traffic system. It is the most heavily used artificial seaway in the world.
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5:25 pm - December 16, 2011 Posted by admini

Through the Kiel Canal.

NOK, near Brunsbüttel, August 21, 2011 9.20 am\

During my visit to Hamburg last summer I had the opportunity to sail on the Kiel Canal. The Kiel Canal, also called the Nord- Ostsee-Kanal (NOK), links the North Sea at Brunsbüttel to the Baltic Sea at Kiel-Holtenau. The canal was opened in 1895 by Kaiser Wilhelm. For a detailed description of the channel, visit Wikipedia. The canal is 98 km long, 102 to 162 m wide and 11 meters deep. I was sailing with the MV Borussia Dortmund (painted in the colors of the football club). The ship is 121 meters long and 18 meters wide with a depth of 8.30 meters.

 

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4:55 pm - December 4, 2011 Posted by admini