Main - Danube Canal Lock Maintenance 2012

[Avsec]

Greetings, planning a Amsterdam to Budapest river cruise in April 2012 and understand that the locks in the Main - Danube Canal undergo schedule maintenance about this time. I was wonder if there is any information available as to when this work will commence and approx finish date.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Avsec

[ingo_e]

Hi Avsec,

 

usually the log maintenance is scheduled for the first 2 weeks of april. The german administration has not released any statements on 2012 regarding the Main Danube Canal. Therefore it would be better, to book a cruise that starts earliest at April 7th in Amsterdam. But for example this year some repairs took longer than expected so the lock closure lasted till 20th if i remember correctly. And that caused a lot of traffic jams on the canal.

 

I'll keep you informed about the closure 2012 as soon as we got the dates.

[Avsec]

Many thanks for your quick reply Ingo,

 

The cruise we are thinking about leaves Amsterdam on !st April (hope it's not a bad omen) and arrives at Regensburg on the 7th April. The next day being Easter Sunday, I'm hoping that work on the locks won't start till after Easter.

 

Noted in the CC's schedule, that this is the last cruise east bound till later in April.

 

Appreciate your efforts to pass on the closure dates.

 

Cheers,

 

Avsec

[Avsec]

Cruise Company have now advised that they were told that work on the locks is expected to start on 12th April 2012.

 

Fingers crossed that the info is correct.

 

Av