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Baltic SeaZiegelgraben bridge closed

Andreas Fritsch

 · 27.06.2019

Baltic Sea: Ziegelgraben bridge closedPhoto: Lars Bolle
Ziegelgraben bridge closed
Crews wanting to enter or leave the Strelasund at Stralsund are out of luck: the important bridge is closed for the time being due to a technical defect

Yesterday evening, the Waterways and Shipping Directorate announced via the Elwis electronic messaging system that the bridge cannot currently be opened due to a technical defect ( here go to the ELWIS message). It is not yet known how serious the problem is and how long the repair will take.

The closure is fatal for crews who want to sail around Rügen, as the closed bridge completely blocks the way in and out of the Strelasund. Anyone wanting to enter the Greifswalder Bodden from Stralsund currently has to sail north-east around Rügen, and the same applies in the opposite direction. That's almost 40 nautical miles more distance, which can cause quite a few problems, especially for charter crews who have to bring ships back to Breege or Stralsund today or tomorrow.

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Andreas Fritsch

Andreas Fritsch

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Andreas Fritsch was born in Buxtehude in 1968 and has been sailing since childhood, first in a dinghy and later on his own keelboats on the Elbe and later the Baltic Sea. After studying political science, German and history in Münster, he began working as a journalist and joined the YACHT editorial team in 1997. Since 2001, he has focussed on travel and charter and has travelled to almost all areas of the world and regularly charters in the Mediterranean, with Greece being his favourite area. He has written two cruising guides for the Mediterranean (Charter Guide Ionian Sea and Turkish Coast). In addition to travelling, he is a fan of the Open 60 and Maxi-Tri scene and regularly writes about these topics in YACHT. He has been sailing a classic GRP Grinde on the Baltic Sea for several years.

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