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Every 18th guest on board an Aida cruise ship comes from Saxony. (Archive image) / Photo: Jens Büttner/dpa

Saxons are drawn to cruise ships

The Free State of Bavaria on the high seas: no other federal state is so strongly represented on Aida cruises. The high proportion of first-time cruisers is particularly striking. Why do Saxons love the sea so much?

A freighter is the first ship to pass under the partially collapsed Carola Bridge / Photo: Robert Michael/dpa

First cargo ship in months passes Dresden

Inland shipping on the Upper Elbe has been suspended since the partial collapse of Dresden's Carola Bridge. Passage is now possible again - the condition of the structure is being monitored.

Sächsische Binnenhäfen Oberelbe GmbH has received approval for the expansion of the Riesa inland port (archive photo). / Photo: picture alliance / Arno Burgi/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB

Expansion of the Riesa port approved

The way has been cleared for the construction of a new port terminal in Riesa. The expansion is necessary because the existing container terminal has reached its capacity limit.

Water sports enthusiasts enjoy the summer weather on the Berzdorfer See lake near Görlitz / Photo: Monika Skolimowska/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa/Archivbild

Berzdorfer See: Green light for shipping

Lake Berzdorf in the Lusatian Lakeland near Görlitz is ready for shipping. The Saxony State Directorate announced that the Lausitzer und Mitteldeutsche Bergbau-Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH (LMBV) has withdrawn its objections to the general order on the use of the water body. Only for nature conservat ..