DB Cargo Plans to Reactivate Retired Freight Wagons as Rhine Low Water Cuts Shipping
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DB Cargo Plans to Reactivate Retired Freight Wagons as Rhine Low Water Cuts Shipping

Germany's rail freight operator says up to 900 parked wagons could be brought back — 300 immediately — to help replace R...

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Low Water Forces Berlin, Brandenburg and Thuringia to Lift Sunday Truck Bans
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Low Water Forces Berlin, Brandenburg and Thuringia to Lift Sunday Truck Bans

Berlin, Brandenburg and Thuringia temporarily allow Sunday truck shipments until 31 August as Rhine, Elbe and Danube low...

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Rhine Hits Record Low at Kaub, Forcing Europe's Industrial Freight Reroute
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Rhine Hits Record Low at Kaub, Forcing Europe's Industrial Freight Reroute

Europe's key industrial waterway has effectively stalled at Kaub after hitting a record low, pushing chemicals, steel an...

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Germany Lifts Sunday Truck Ban for Key States to Counter Rhine Shipping Crisis
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Germany Lifts Sunday Truck Ban for Key States to Counter Rhine Shipping Crisis

Rhineland-Palatinate, NRW, Saarland and Lower Saxony are temporarily exempting certain haulage from Sunday and holiday d...

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Cargo Crisis on the Rhine: German States Lift Sunday Truck Ban as Water Levels Plunge
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Cargo Crisis on the Rhine: German States Lift Sunday Truck Ban as Water Levels Plunge

As record low water chokes inland shipping, several German states temporarily waive the Sunday driving ban for trucks to...

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Germany’s Rhine River at Record Low: Berlin Readies Emergency Road Freight as Economic Toll Mounts
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Germany’s Rhine River at Record Low: Berlin Readies Emergency Road Freight as Economic Toll Mounts

Water levels on Germany’s vital Rhine artery have plunged below historic lows, threatening chemical and steel giants. Ne...

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Industry Urges Rhine Deepening as Low Water Cripples German Shipping
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Industry Urges Rhine Deepening as Low Water Cripples German Shipping

German industry and barge operators demand immediate action on Rhine low water, with a high-level summit in Bonn amid wa...

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