Caption

Freight ships in the port canal in the port of Duisburg-Ruhrort are waiting in front of the Duisburg-Meidrich canal lock to continue their journey east on the Rhine-Herne Canal, a freighter has just left the lock heading westwards towards the Rhine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date

Jun 04, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Jochen Tack

Reference

BRK26H28_047

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

142.4Mb (47.5Mb) / 28.8in x 19.2in / 8640 x 5760 (300dpi)

Keywords

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