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Description:
Catamaran styled passenger reaction ferry (Gierfähre/Gierseilfähre) "BERGLAND" connecting Niederrathen and Oberrathen of Kurort Rathen in the Sächsische Schweiz region on the river Elbe, south of Dresden, Germany.
MMSI: 211517300 / Callsign: DA4086
Operator: Gemeinde (Commune) of Kurort Rathen
That type of reaction ferry blocs the complete river Elbe when being on the Oberrathen side as it is "attached to a floating cable which is anchored firmly in the riverbed upstream (Niederrathen side) of the ferry", see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rathen_Ferry
This ship is not assigned to any other category.
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