Ships will soon be mooring once more at the River Weser transfer point: Richter Maschinenfabrik AG in Hess. Lichtenau wants to load heavy production parts in the third week of June and use the River Weser as a waterway. Photos: Krischmann
Heavy goods transports will soon be loaded onto ships at
the River Weser transfer point.
By Helmut Krischmann
HANN. MÜNDEN. New times are dawning for the River Weser transfer
point. Richter Maschinenfabrik AG in Hess. Lichtenau, producer of
heavy machine parts, is investing around 250 000 euros in
rejuvenating the transfer point. The company with 200 employees
wants to load enormously heavy production parts onto ships and
vice-versa to transfer them onto trucks. The reason: Heavy good
transport by road is problematic.
Hann. Münden's Mayor, Klaus Burhenne, has now handed over the
building permit to the company's authorised signatory and
representative, Joachim Kraus. The town processed the application
in only two weeks. Kraus: "The town has really helped us."
The construction workers are drilling holes in the ground which
will be grouted with quick-hardening concrete so that the floor of
the transfer point can take the weight of the two 800 tonne cranes.
They are preparing the places on which the four bases of the cranes
can stand firm.
In addition, the access will be renewed so that the cranes
can travel from Weserpark to the transfer point, explained Jörg
Hartung of the Weserumschlagstelle, Wirtschaftsförderung und
Stadtmarketing GmbH.
Richter wants to process the first heavy goods transport
along the River Weser in the third week of June, announced Kraus.
Cast parts will be delivered by ship and loaded by the cranes onto
trucks, which will stop on the B80 trunk road upstream of the
transfer point. The Richter employees will use these to produce a
forging press for their customer; the press will then be loaded
again onto a ship in Hann. Münden. Further transports are already
firmly scheduled. Kraus: "For us this is helping to safeguard our
future".
The town's aim is to continue investing so that, for example,
timber and bulk goods can be transported on the River Weser from
this small port, emphasised Münden's Mayor. Burhenne highlighted
the excellent cooperation with the Water and Shipping Office in
Hann. Münden (WSA). As reported, it was the WSA's idea to
rejuvenate the transfer point.
And it has an important task: The Upper Weser needs a minimum
depth of 1.20 metres to make it navigable. If the depth falls below
this, the WSA feeds in water from the Edersee lake.
Richter used the River Weser as a shipping route for the first
time last autumn and loaded two 240 tonne parts at the landing pier
in Gimte. Before that the company had had to travel considerably
longer distances by road with its heavy goods transports: The parts
were loaded onto River Main ships in Hanau. (kri/stk)
Ships will soon be mooring once more at the River Weser transfer
point:
Richter Maschinenfabrik AG in Hessisch Lichtenau wants to load
heavy production parts in the third week of June and use the River
Weser as a waterway.
Source: HNA Hann. Münden
