Shipping

Since 1964, large-vessel shipping has been allowed on the Moselle between Koblenz and Thionville for ships with a tonnage of up to 1500 tonnes of cargo.

Nowadays, it is mainly large and modern cargo ships with a length of up to 135 metres (443 feet) and pushed barge trains of up to 172 metres (564 feet) in length that navigate the Moselle. The Moselle is also navigated by passenger ships with a length of between 25 and 60 metres (82 to 196 feet) and passenger cabin ships of up to 135 metres (443 feet) in length.

The river is also regularly used by container ships, coastal trading vessels as well as by recreational and pleasure craft.

The volume of goods going through Koblenz lock in 2022 was 8.8 million tonnes; the volume for Apach lock was 4.7 million tonnes and for Grevenmacher lock it was 4,9 million tonnes.

 

The number of passenger ships passing through Grevenmacher lock in 2022 totalled 205. Furthermore, a total of 136 river cruise ships passed through this lock.


The number of passenger ships passing through Koblenz lock in 2022 totalled 819. A total of 1661 passenger ships passed through Zeltingen and 1812 through Fankel.

News

01.02.2024

New recommendation of the European Commission on means to address the impact of automation and digitalisation on the transport workforce

On 29 November 2023, the European Commission (EC) adopted a recommendation on means to address the impact of automation and digitalisation on the transport workforce which is ad [...more]

26.10.2022

Survey of De Vlaamse Waterweg nv regarding remote operation

The Belgian waterway operator De Vlaamse Waterweg nv has launched a short survey among the users of the Belgian inland waterway network regarding the planned remote ope [...more]

24.10.2022

New EuRIS portal online

As of now, all inland waterway users can use a new European information portal called EuRIS to plan their voyage.

On a single platform EuRIS combines all waterway and [...more]

09.07.2020

Film about the Moselle now available in English

In 2019, the Luxembourg Ministry of Mobility and Public Works published a film (in German) which presents the inland waterway Moselle and its infrastructure in the join [...more]