Keiler

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During the worst ice-jam since 1987 the Keiler and other icebreakers work in concert.

The Keiler is a new icebreaker commissioned in December 2011 to serve as the flagship of Lauenburg's Water and Shipping Authority' fleet of ten icebreakers, on the Elbe River.[1][2] The vessel is 33.21 meters long and 8.45 meters wide. She will be staffed by a crew of four, and has sleeping and dining accommodation, for operations that take longer than a single shift.

She is the first icebreaker built for the water authority in 24 years.[1]

In February of 2012 the upper reaches of the Elbe were beset by the worst ice-jams since 1987.[3][4] The jams were 20 kilometers long, and upstream communities faced flooding as water built up behind the ice dams. The Keiler and sister ships Büffel, Widder, and Wisent were dispatched from their normal stations to attack the ice jam. They had to be careful blocks of ice they freed didn't form jams downstream. This crisis represents the first time the water authorities icebreakers were used at night.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Timo Jann (2011-12-18). "Der neue Star der Eisbrecher-Flotte [The new star of the icebreaker fleet]". Lűbeder Rachrichten. http://www.ln-online.de/lokales/lauenburg/3320175/der-neue-star-der-eisbrecher-flotte. Retrieved 2012-01-10.  mirror
  2. "Lauenburger Hitzler-Werft übergibt neuen Eisbrecher an das Wasser und Schifffahrtsamt [Lauenburger Hitzler shipyard hands over new ice breaker to the water and Shipping Office: "Wild boar" makes its debut]". Wasser und Schifffahrtsamt. http://www.nok21.de/files/neuer_eisbrecher_wsa_lauenburg.pdf. Retrieved 2012-01-10.  mirror
  3. Timo Jann (2012-02-12). "Eisstau auf der Elbe: Überflutung droht [Ice blocked the river at 20 kilometers in length. Levels rise rapidly.]". Lűbeder Rachrichten. http://www.ln-online.de/nachrichten/3366150/eisstau-auf-der-elbe-ueberflutung-droht. Retrieved 2012-06-15.  mirror
  4. Timo Jann (2012-02-04). "Mit 1200 PS in den Kampf gegen das Elbe-Eis [With 1200 hp in the fight against same-ice]". Lűbeder Rachrichten. http://www.ln-online.de/lokales/lauenburg/3359518/mit-1200-ps-in-den-kampf-gegen-das-elbe-eis. Retrieved 2012-06-15. 
  5. "Elbwasser staut sich weiter hinter hoher Eisbarriere [Elbe water builds up behind the high ice barrier on]". Lübecker Nachrichten. 2012-02-14. http://www.ln-online.de/lokales/lauenburg/3367212/elbwasser-staut-sich-weiter-hinter-hoher-eisbarriere. Retrieved 2012-06-15.  mirror