Ground-breaking ceremony for 5th chamber of Brunsbüttel lock
The ground-breaking ceremony for the new chamber of the lock system at Brunsbüttel took place on 17th April 2012 in the presence of Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Development, Peter Ramsauer, State Transport Minister Jost de Jager and Gesa Völkl, head of the Brunsbüttel water and navigation authority. The lock system is part of the Kiel Canal, which is said to be the most heavily used artificial waterway in the world.
The ground-breaking ceremony for the new chamber of the lock system at Brunsbüttel took place on 17th April 2012 in the presence of Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Development, Peter Ramsauer, State Transport Minister Jost de Jager and Gesa Völkl, head of the Brunsbüttel water and navigation authority. The lock system is part of the Kiel Canal, which is said to be the most heavily used artificial waterway in the world.
The two existing lock chambers are now over 100 years old and need frequent repairs. In order to be able to modernize and repair them while keeping the canal open for shipping traffic, which has increased greatly since the 90s, a new lock chamber is being built on the island between the two existing chambers. With a length of 330 m, a width of 42 m and depth for shipping of 14 m, the new chamber is as big as the large lock chamber built between 1911 and 1914.
KREBS+KIEFER Ingenieure is responsible for checking the structural design of the hydraulic steel constructions in this project in a consortium with Germanischer Lloyd. The checking engineer is Dr.-Ing. Hans-Gerd Lindlar.
