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Monday, July 11, 2022
Oil Barges Short Sea Ship Fuel To Berlin
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Oil Barges Short Sea Ship Fuel To Berlin

By Rachel Graham (Bloomberg) Eastern Germany is resorting to getting barge loads of fuel all the way from the North Sea oil port of Rotterdam as the nation

July 11, 2022
Total Views: 2670

Friday, July 8, 2022
a ship passes below a bridge on the Rhine River
Shipping News

Low River Levels May Deepen Europe’s Energy Crunch

By Todd Gillespie (Bloomberg) Water levels on Europe’s Rhine River are again dwindling — and this time it’s at the risk of the continent’s efforts

July 8, 2022
Total Views: 3272

Tuesday, September 8, 2020
a ship passes below a bridge on the Rhine River
Shipping News

How Germany is Re-Engineering the Rhine, Europe’s Most Important River

By Elisa Miebach (Bloomberg) –Two shipping brothers on Germany’s Rhine faced a dilemma that has become increasingly common on Europe’s most important

September 8, 2020
Total Views: 1073

Monday, June 8, 2020
a ship passes below a bridge on the Rhine River
Shipping News

Europe’s Rhine River Faces Low Water Heading into Dry Season

By Jack Wittels and William Wilkes (Bloomberg) –Germany’s Rhine River is entering dry summer months with water levels at their lowest in two decades,

June 8, 2020
Total Views: 183

Tuesday, July 23, 2019
rhine river drought
Shipping News

Rhine River Risks Repeat of Last Year’s Historic Shutdown

By William Wilkes, Bill Lehane and Vanessa Dezem (Bloomberg) –The bustling boat traffic on Europe’s Rhine river ground to a halt for the first time in

July 23, 2019
Total Views: 96

Wednesday, April 10, 2019
rhine river
Shipping News

Rhine River Could Run Too Low Again for Shipping in Germany

By William Wilkes (Bloomberg) — Go inside the global economy with Stephanie Flanders in her new podcast, Stephanomics. Subscribe via Pocket

April 10, 2019
Total Views: 52

Wednesday, February 27, 2019
a ship passes below a bridge on the Rhine River
Shipping News

Thyssenkrupp Improves Logistics After Rhine Low Water Crisis

By Tom Käckenhoff DUISBURG, Germany, Feb 27 (Reuters) – Thyssenkrupp will spend a mid double-digit million euro sum over five years to safeguard against

February 27, 2019
Total Views: 21

Wednesday, January 23, 2019
a ship passes below a bridge on the Rhine River
Shipping News

Germany’s Dried-Up Rivers Cut Growth But the Rebound Is Coming

By Paul Gordon (Bloomberg) — Sinking water levels on Germany’s industrial rivers probably shaved at least 0.7 percentage point off economic growth last

January 23, 2019
Total Views: 14

Monday, January 21, 2019
rhine river
Shipping News

Europe’s Most Important River Is Running Dry as Glaciers Shrink

By William Wilkes, Vanessa Dezem and Brian Parkin (Bloomberg) — Kevin Kilps’s car ferry churns the waters of Germany’s Rhine river as he steers

January 21, 2019
Total Views: 296

Monday, December 10, 2018
a ship passes below a bridge on the Rhine River
Shipping News

Rhine River Shipping Returns to Normal as Water Levels Rise

HAMBURG, Dec 10 (Reuters) – Freight shipping on the river Rhine in Germany has returned to normal after heavy rain in the past week raised water levels,

December 10, 2018
Total Views: 18

Wednesday, October 17, 2018
rhine river
Shipping News

Low Water on Rhine River Chokes Off Fuel Flows to Inland Europe

By Bill Lehane (Bloomberg) — The Rhine River’s water level has slumped to the lowest for the time of year in more than a decade, choking off fuel

October 17, 2018
Total Views: 56

Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Long Drought Puts Pressure on Dutch Inland Shipping Sector
Shipping News

Long Drought Puts Pressure on Dutch Inland Shipping Sector

By Bart H. Meijer AMSTERDAM, July 24 (Reuters) – The longest drought in decades is drying out rivers in the usually wet Netherlands, hitting cargo

July 24, 2018
Total Views: 39

Friday, June 29, 2018
barge on rhine river
News

Traders Rush to Move Diesel Up Rhine as Water Level Ebbs

By Bill Lehane (Bloomberg) — Traders are racing to move barges of diesel and gasoil up the Rhine River, one of Europe’s key shipping arteries, as

June 29, 2018
Total Views: 75

Monday, January 29, 2018
Rhine River Flooding Hamburg
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Rhine Reopens To River Shipping After Flood

HAMBURG (Reuters) – Germany’s Rhine river was reopened to shipping today after waters fell, following its closure for the past week as rain and melting

January 29, 2018
Total Views: 40

Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Rhine River shipping
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Low Water Hinders Shipping Rhine and Danube Rivers in Germany

HAMBURG, April 18 (Reuters) – Water levels on the Rhine and Danube in Germany remain low despite recent rain and freight vessels cannot sail fully loaded

April 18, 2017
Total Views: 22

Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Rhine and Danube Water Levels Rising Fast in Germany
Shipping News

Rhine and Danube Water Levels Rising Fast in Germany

HAMBURG, Feb 1 (Reuters) – Water levels on the Rhine and Danube in Germany were rising rapidly on Wednesday after recent rain and as warmer weather

February 1, 2017
Total Views: 106

Thursday, March 24, 2016
American Queen. Photo credit: Benroethig/Creative Commons
News

What Does the Rhine Have That the Mississippi Doesn’t? Passengers

By Justin Bachman (Bloomberg) — Take a European riverboat cruise and you get a 13th-century cathedral, vineyards lining the Douro, steaming mulled wine

March 24, 2016
Total Views: 24

Monday, September 7, 2015
Low Water Hampers Shipping on Rhine, Danube River
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Low Water Hampers Shipping on Rhine, Danube River

  HAMBURG, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Low water levels persist on the Rhine and Danube in Germany and cargo vessels cannot sail fully loaded on the German

September 7, 2015
Total Views: 42

Friday, February 11, 2011
News

Wreck Of The Waldorf – Salvage of sunken tanker shuts down section of German Rhine River

FRANKFURT -(Dow Jones)- Maritime traffic on the Rhine river has been blocked entirely between the German towns of St. Goar and Oberwesel since Wednesday

February 11, 2011
Total Views: 34

Thursday, January 13, 2011
Acid-carrying tanker capsizes on the Rhine River, crew missing
Marine Salvage

Acid-carrying tanker capsizes on the Rhine River, crew missing

Two crewmembers are still missing from an acid-laden tanker that capized on the Rhine River today.  This tanker was carrying 2400 tons of sulfuric acid

January 13, 2011
Total Views: 33
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