Shipping companies are preparing to halt the transport of goods on the Rhine as water levels in Germany’s biggest river near a critically low point.
has lowered rivers such as the Rhine, preventing large ships with heavy loads from passing key waypoints and forcing them to use smaller vessels or to split cargoes into multiple shipments.
While the depth of the shipping lane in Kaub was still about 150 centimeters , experts say passage becomes tricky even for light or specially adapted cargo ships if water levels fall below 35 centimeters at the gauge mark. A reading below 30 centimeters is considered unpassable.Shipping authorities predict that point could be reached early next week, though it is unclear whether water levels will reach the record low of 25 centimeters measured at the Kaub gauge in October 2018.
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