#Rhine
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Rhine at 6cm: Barge Loads Tumble to 400 Tonnes and Surcharges Pass €1,000
The historic low at the Kaub bottleneck is forcing barge operators to cut loads and charge steep low-water surcharges, w...
Rhine Drought Leaves Eastern French Service Stations Short of Petrol
Water at Kaub has fallen to 130cm, forcing barges to cut fuel cargoes by 80% and leaving up to half of Haut-Rhin and Bel...
Europe's Heatwave Curbs Nuclear Power and Leaves Gas Storage Dangerously Thin Before Winter
Extreme heat is forcing nuclear shutdowns in Romania, France and Hungary, while low rivers and a blocked Strait of Hormu...
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...
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...
Germany Lifts Sunday Truck Ban as Rhine Levels Drop; Industry Cheers, Green Groups Fume
Germany is suspending its Sunday and holiday truck driving ban in several states to offset barge shipping paralysis caus...
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...
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...
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...