Once again there is a malfunction in the lock on the Maas near Grave. According to Rijkswaterstaat, this is due to a broken cylinder. Shipping is blocked and has to take a detour for several days.
A diver and a technician have investigated the lock gate, Rijkswaterstaat writes. The inspection shows that a cylinder needs to be replaced.
The outage is expected to last several days. Ships must detour through the Weurt lock.
21 ships
Last Monday, ships were also unable to use the lock in the Maas near Grave for 24 hours. The lock gates were not working at the time.
21 ships waited for hours on both sides of the bridge. The malfunction was resolved 24 hours later. It is unclear whether this is the same door.
A similar problem occurred in August last year. Then, due to a repair to that lock, a broken sensor and a non-functioning control mechanism, more than thirty ships had to wait 24 hours.
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