Via donau business and a service company. Together with national and international partners the company implements innovative projects to increase the use of the waterway. via donau is making an important contribution to securing the location of Austrian enterprises and simultaneously supporting the environmentally-friendly management of future transport volumes in the Danube corridor. via donau has about 270 employees based at five locations, one main office, two field offices and nine locks on the Danube. Field office: Locks on the Danube: Infrastructure management via donau provides a modern and living infrastructure for shipping. via donau's tasks are the maintenance of riverbanks and
SS Donau (1929) SS Donau (1929) SS "Donau" was a Norddeutscher Lloyd refrigerated cargo ship. In the Second World War the Kriegsmarine used it as a transport ship between Germany and Norway. She became known as the "slave ship" after the SS and Gestapo transported 540 Jews from Norway to Stettin, from where they were taken by train to Auschwitz. Only nine of those deported on the "Donau" survived. "Donau" was built in Hamburg for Norddeutscher Lloyd of Bremen and completed in 1929. At gross she was large for her time, and she was unusual amongst cargo ships for being powered by both