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Barge surcharges skyrocket as Europe’s inland waterways struggle

Surcharges for Rhine barge transport have skyrocketed in the past few days as water levels continue to plummet, with forecasts only showing further falls as Northern Europe waits f...

Inland waterway congestion grows as river levels fall and barge costs rise

North Europe’s inland transport sector could grind to a halt after water levels along the Rhine sink to a point at which navigation is all but impossible, forcing volumes onto an a...

Dutch Designers Promote Electric-Powered Vessel for Short-Sea Shipping

Dutch firm Conoship International is pushing to expand the scope of its short-sea shipping offering. After having pioneered a series of standardized v...

Europe’s inland transport: higher rates, longer journeys, and pressure on raw materials

Record-low Rhine water levels, restricted rail capacity and limited road alternatives are increasing operational pressures on overland freight networks across Germany, the Netherla...

MSC steps up with viable alternatives to drought-hit European barge traffic

MSC appears to have got ahead of the competition along North Europe’s beleaguered inland waterways, informing customers that it has implemented a series of measures to ensure conti...

Schippers vrezen dat ook de rivier op slot gaat: ‘Het water begint te laag te komen’

Het wordt voor binnenvaartschepen steeds moeilijker om op de grote rivieren te varen. Verschillende vrachtschepen liepen afgelopen weekeinde vast op zowel de Waal als de Rijn. Inmi...

Schippers vrezen dat ook de rivier op slot gaat: ‘Het water begint te laag te komen’

Het wordt voor binnenvaartschepen steeds moeilijker om op de grote rivieren te varen. Verschillende vrachtschepen liepen afgelopen weekeinde vast op zowel de Waal als de Rijn. Inmi...

Low Rhine water forces cargo shift from barges to rail

Low water levels on the Rhine are pushing more freight onto rail as inland shipping capacity comes under growing pressure. RheinCargo has added trains between Rotterdam and Duisbu....

Congestion fear as ‘unnavigable’ Rhine means cargo shift to road and rail

Water levels along the Rhine are continuing to fall, as repeated heatwaves across Europe prolong drought, with shipping bosses now warning the river could effectively be being “spl...

Duitse scheepvaart ploetert door lage Rijn, tegen hoge prijs: ‘We hebben vier keer zoveel schepen nodig’

Shippers warn Rhine could be 'split in two' by low water

Low water levels risk halting cargo traffic on a key stretch of the Rhine this week, effectively splitting the critical waterway into two separate zones, the federal association of...

Danube cargo capacity squeezed by low water

Low water levels on the Danube are squeezing cargo capacity across Central and Eastern Europe, forcing inland vessels to reduce their loads and making river shipments slower and mo...

Inland Tank-Barge Safety Guide Updated

OCIMF and the Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine (CCNR) published the second edition, updated July 2026, of the International Safety Guide for Inland Navigation Tan...

China Inches Closer to Opening of Inland Canal

The Pinglu Canal will reportedly shorten inland waterway transportation by nearly 350 miles, reduce transportation costs by as much as $735 million annually.

Riviercruises kunnen niet verder door het lage waterpeil. ‘Misschien kunnen we straks alleen nog in de winter varen’

Rhine could be split in 2 for shipping amid record low water levels

German inland waterway operators are sounding the alarm due to the persistently low water levels on the Rhine, which are threatening to divide the river into two navigable regions,...

Braen Stone Turns to Barges for New York, New Jersey Freight

Braen Stone has acquired six barges to move aggregates around New York and New Jersey, with each vessel carrying as much as 80 truckloads.

Thyssenkrupp Steel Suspend Barges Due to Low Rhine Levels

Thyssenkrupp Steel has suspended shipping of raw materials to the western German city of Duisburg with its own vessels due to low water levels on the Rhine river, the company said...

Veerpont uit de vaart gehaald om historisch lage waterstand: ‘Varen alles kapot’

‎De veerpont tussen Pannerden en Doornenburg (Gelderland) vaart voorlopig niet. Volgens veerbaas Jos Mathijssen is de waterstand in de Rijn zó laag dat het onverantwoord is om t...

Niedrigwasser: Diese Schiffe sollen unsere Industrie am Laufen halten

Speziell konstruierte Niedrigwasserschiffe ermöglichen Transport auch bei extrem niedrigen Wasserständen wie aktuell im Rhein. Wie die Technik funktioniert – und wo ihre Grenzen li...

Rhine water levels near record lows threaten inland cargo movement

With Europe gripped by a blistering heatwave, operators on the crucial waterway warn the river may soon be impassable for cargo-laden barges.

Deventer closes harbour indefinitely due to low river levels

Deventer is closing its harbour to ships from this weekend after the summer drought caused the water level in the...

Europe’s Rivers Are Becoming Variable-Capacity Supply Chains

Low water on the Rhine and Danube is once again disrupting European freight. But companies are no longer treating drought as an exceptional event. From shallow-draught vessels to b...