Ministers Inaugurate New Docking Platform for Emergency Services on Moselle River

On Tuesday 17 June 2025, Luxembourg’s Minister for Mobility and Public Works, Yuriko Backes, and Minister for Internal Affairs, Léon Gloden, inaugurated a new docking platform for the Grand Ducal Police and the Grand Ducal Fire and Rescue Corps (CGDIS), in Grevenmacher.

As reported by Luxembourg’s Ministry of Mobility and Public Works, Ministry for Internal Affairs and the Roads and Bridges Administration, the ministers, along with the Mayor of Grevenmacher, Monique Hermes, and officials from the Grand Ducal Police, the CGDIS and the Roads and Bridges Administration, gathered in Deisermillen to officially unveil the OA2513 docking platform, which will be used to facilitate operations on the Moselle river.

According to the ministries, the CGDIS regularly intervenes in emergency and assistance missions on the Moselle, as well as any type of river navigation accident. The Grand Ducal Police also undertakes various river missions, including the enforcement of traffic and police regulations on the Moselle, the search for missing persons and other support missions, often in consultation with the German authorities.

The Ministry for Mobility and Public Works reported that the structure was designed to meet the operational needs of the Grevenmacher Regional Traffic Police Service (SRPR) and the Grand Ducal Fire and Rescue Service (CGDIS). The new 74 m quay will allow boats from both emergency services to dock directly and securely on the Moselle. It includes two cranes for launching boats, each capable of lifting a maximum of eight tonnes. An additional ramp has been installed for launching small boats using a trailer. A technical building completes the site, housing surveillance equipment and serving as a storage area for materials. Drinking water and electricity points have also been installed, as well as a sanitation system with an oil separator to comply with environmental standards.

The ministry stated that the construction of the facilities, which began in October 2023 and were overseen by the project management department of the French Highways Administration, cost €3.5 million.

The ministries said: “With this new quay, the emergency and security services are strengthening their capacity for rapid and effective action on the Moselle, while relying on modern and sustainable infrastructure in the heart of the east of the country”.