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The Port of Timișoara is located on the Bega Canal, and is the only one of Romania's 30 inland ports not located on the Danube.
In Timișoara, enter the Bega Canal Hydropower System-Bega Timișoara. Before leaving the city, on the left side of the channel, there is a large bay where the ships back. The bay is clogged during the day.
History
Documentary attestation dates back to 1860. port port was Iosefin district headquarters, on the left bank of Bega, on the section located between Bridge walkway Labour and Gelu. The length of the shore where they could moor barges was 450 meters. On the right, the middle of this section, the water tower was located in Iosefin. The building captains ranks where now stands the Palace Ancher.
Harbour Master was founded in 1928. It Timișoara manage the harbor city and port have subordinated Otelec where, by channel, achieve connection between Bega and Tisa, and Regensburg, and then, via transhipment Rhine to North Sea, facilitating the transport of agricultural products from Banat to Vienna, but also on the Adriatic coast.
After the Second World War, navigation on Bega was significantly reduced and gradually was abandoned freight transport channel. In 1960 it was completely stopped and seven years later was withdrawn from circulation and passenger ships.