Speed limit on Kiel Canal: Maximum 12 km/h for ships from summer

Quelle: SAT.1 NORDDEUTSCHLAND (Glomex)

Ships will have to slow down on the Kiel Canal from summer to protect the shore. The faster the ships travel through the narrow waterway, the higher the bow wave will be. And that does the ailing canal anything but good. The underwater embankment is increasingly breaking off. The really big boats among them are already not allowed to travel faster than 12 kilometers per hour; for all others, this will be the case from the summer onward.