Response to low water: First countries allow truck transport on Sundays and public holidays
Therefore, in the first federal states, additional transport possibilities on the road will be created at short notice
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Therefore, in the first federal states, additional transport possibilities on the road will be created at short notice. Due to the low levels, goods on waterways can only be transported to a limited extent. Photo by Federico Gambarini/dpa Mainz. The proposal to allow exemptions from the Sunday and public holiday ban for trucks, was a result of the low-water specialist conference, to which Federal Minister of transport Steffen Bilger (CDU) had loaded on Thursday in Bonn.
Furthermore, The exemption applies from now until at the latest 30. The federal states have agreed according to their own information with other countries. Thus, goods that are currently not or only limitedly transported by waterway due to the low levels could be transported more easily by road, informed the Ministry of transport in Mainz and the Ministry of mobility in Saarbrücken for reasons.
In addition, It also includes empty journeys directly or indirectly linked to such transport. “Create the necessary leeway” If transport on the Rhine is only possible to a limited extent, other modes of transport must be able to provide flexible support. "We are now creating the necessary leeway for this," declared Rhineland-Palatinate Transport State Secretary Markus Wolf. Saarland’s Minister of Mobility Petra Berg (SPD) said that it was crucial for Saarland as an industrial location that necessary goods and raw materials reached their destination.
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Therefore, in the first federal states, additional transport possibilities on the road will be created at short notice
reliability moderate2/2 sourcesDue to the low levels, goods on waterways can only be transported to a limited extent. Photo by Federico Gambarini/dpa Mainz.
reliability low1/2 sourcesThe proposal to allow exemptions from the Sunday and public holiday ban for trucks, was a result of the low-water specialist conference, to which Federal Minister of transport Steffen Bilger (CDU) had loaded on Thursday in Bonn.
reliability low1/2 sourcesThe exemption applies from now until at the latest 30.
reliability low1/2 sourcesThe federal states have agreed according to their own information with other countries.
reliability low1/2 sourcesThus, goods that are currently not or only limitedly transported by waterway due to the low levels could be transported more easily by road, informed the Ministry of transport in Mainz and the Ministry of mobility in Saarbrücken for reasons.
reliability low1/2 sourcesIt also includes empty journeys directly or indirectly linked to such transport. “Create the necessary leeway” If transport on the Rhine is only possible to a limited extent, other modes of transport must be able to provide flexible support. "We are now creating the necessary leeway for this," declared Rhineland-Palatinate Transport State Secretary Markus Wolf.
reliability low1/2 sourcesSaarland’s Minister of Mobility Petra Berg (SPD) said that it was crucial for Saarland as an industrial location that necessary goods and raw materials reached their destination.
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