A cruise ship suffered damage following a collision with another vessel on the Rhine River near the western German city of Wesel on Sunday, September 11. Viking Kvasir, a ..
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By Jack Wittels (Bloomberg) –The Rhine River’s water level at a key waypoint is set to decline in the coming days, curbing the amount of cargo that barges can carry. The…
https://gcaptain.com/rhine-water-level-set-to-fall-again-at-key-german-chokepoint/
By Jack Wittels and Brian Wingfield (Bloomberg) — Water levels on the Rhine are set to rise over the weekend, potentially providing some respite to a crisis that has upended the…
https://gcaptain.com/rhine-river-crisis-shows-signs-abating-as-water-levels-set-to-rise/
BERLIN, Aug 17 (Reuters) – Around 20 ships are stuck in traffic along Germany’s river Rhine, where low water levels have already impeded shipping this summer, after a vessel’s engine failure closed part of…
https://gcaptain.com/vessels-engine-failure-adds-to-rhine-river-disruption/
By Jack Wittels (Bloomberg) — A veteran Rhine shipping company said its business on the Upper Rhine is at risk as water levels drop. Of the roughly 150 tanker barges that…
https://gcaptain.com/veteran-barge-company-warns-upper-rhine-river-shipping-at-risk/
UK cruise company Saga Cruises recently commenced operational sailings of its two newest luxury river cruise ships, Spirit of the Danube and Spirit of the Rhine. The sist ..
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By Jack Wittels, Laura Malsch and Rachel Graham (Bloomberg) — The Rhine River’s water level at a key waypoint hit a new low, risking the transit of fuel and other goods…
https://gcaptain.com/rhine-river-shrinks-further-halting-some-barges/
By Brian Wingfield Aug 14, 2022 (Bloomberg) –The water level at a key waypoint on the Rhine River is poised to steady at an extremely low level this week, as a…
https://gcaptain.com/rhine-river-at-key-waypoint-set-to-steady-at-low-water-level/
BERLIN, Aug 14 (Reuters) – Germany plans to give the transportation of materials and equipment essential for energy production priority on the country’s rail networks should water levels on the Rhine fall…
https://gcaptain.com/germany-to-give-energy-essentials-priority-by-rail-if-rhine-disruption-worsens/
By Jack Wittels, Laura Malsch and Alex Longley (Bloomberg) — The Rhine River fell to a new low on Friday, further restricting the supply of vital commodities to parts of inland…
https://gcaptain.com/drought-hit-rhine-river-adds-to-europes-energy-crisis/