"Schilksee is back!" wrote Philipp Mühlenhardt, Managing Director of Sporthafen Kiel GmbH, on the social media platform LinkedIn on Friday. In the interview, Mühlenhardt said that there were still problems with the water and power supply in some places, but that this should be resolved by the time the harbour is really full. "Everything will be available as usual, we are already looking at where which WiFi access point has broken down," the managing director told YACHT. According to the Kiel native, there are only a few external blemishes that are reminiscent of the storm surge, with around five shipwrecks still on land waiting to be utilised. In addition, one slipway in Schilksee is still out of operation, but this will also be ready for use again by Kiel Week. "From our point of view, the season can start," concludes Philipp Mühlenhardt, Managing Director of Sporthafen Kiel GmbH, at the end of our conversation. So it seems that what Mühlenhardt calls a "busy winter with lots of worries and little sleep" has paid off.
In October last year, the German-Danish Baltic coast was hit by a record storm surge. Not only were many ships damaged or even sunk in the harbours, but a large part of the harbour infrastructure was also destroyed. In Schilksee alone, reconstruction cost the operating company almost 1.5 million euros. It is still unclear to what extent the harbours will receive support from the Schleswig-Holstein state government in retrospect.
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