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Lockage


4.14. Lockage - a set of technological operations involving vertical movement of vessels from one lock chamber level to another lock chamber level, associated with operation of lock mechanisms (maneuvering gates and valves) and filling or emptying the chamber. In multi-stage locks, lockage process additionally includes operations for vessel transition from one chamber to another

Source: Order of the Ministry of Transport of Russia dated 24.07.2002 No. 100 "On Approval of Rules for Vessel and Train Passage Through Locks of Inland Waterways of the Russian Federation" (Registered by the Ministry of Justice of Russia on 31.07.2002 No. 3643)

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