Thousands of ships have been sailing through Gabčíkovo locks for more than twenty-five years. The locks must be completely renewed in order to provide their functionality, security and fluent sailing on the Danube. Upper and lower gates – each of them weighting several hundreds of tons – and their accessories will be exchanged. Filling and empting systems will be innovated. Regulatory locks of drainage outlets and inlets ensuring closing and opening of filling channels for filling and drainage of the lock will be innovated. Construction security will be endorsed by the advanced stabilization of the whole underlay of the locks. An expert control system will be introduced in the Gabčíkovo dam and it will ensure the advanced control and management of the ship transport.

Launching modernization of Gabčíkovo locks also means another milestone of the project “FAIRway Danube”, which is the first stage of the implementation of the “Master Plan for Rehabilitation and Maintenance of the Fairway on the Danube and Its Navigable Tributaries”. The Master Plan was approved by transport ministers of all Danube countries in December 2014. Its goal is to achieve and ensure good sailing conditions the whole year round providing minimum services. The pilot operation of ranging vessel and measuring vessel was launched today.

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