{"id":12070,"date":"2026-05-11T13:03:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/12070\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T13:03:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:03:23","slug":"water-levels-on-rhine-river-in-germany-rising-after-rain-may-normalise-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/12070\/","title":{"rendered":"Water Levels on Rhine River in Germany Rising After Rain, May Normalise This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HAMBURG, May 11 (Reuters) &#8211; Rain has \u2060increased \u2060water levels on the \u2060river Rhine in Germany enabling cargo vessels to \u200bsail with more freight after shallow water hindered shipping last \u200cweek, although full loads \u200care largely still not possible, traders said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Dry \u2060weather \u2060in April meant the river became too shallow for \u200bvessels to sail fully loaded, with some sailing half full. Shallow water means vessel operators impose surcharges on freight rates to \u200bcompensate for vessels not sailing fully loaded, increasing costs for \u2060cargo \u2060owners. It also means \u2060loads \u200bmust be spread among several vessels sailing part loaded, also increasing \u200bcosts.<\/p>\n<p>Rain in the \u2060last week means water levels have risen and vessels are generally able to sail about 70% to 90% full against only half full early last week, traders said.<\/p>\n<p>Operations \u2060are close to normal in some northern river sections including \u2060around Duisburg and Cologne but at the chokepoint of Kaub vessels can only sail about 70% full.<\/p>\n<p>But water at Kaub could return to levels allowing full loads later this week as recent rain drains into the river, they said.<\/p>\n<p>The Rhine is an important shipping route for commodities such as grains, minerals, ores, \u2060chemicals, coal and oil products, including heating oil.<\/p>\n<p>German companies faced supply bottlenecks and production problems in summer 2022 after a drought led to unusually low water \u200blevels on the river.<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by Michael Hogan in \u200bHamburg, Editing by Louise Heavens)<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>Photos You Should See \u2013 April 2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778504603_985_april-28-pyss-w01.jpg\" alt=\"Dancers rehearse before an audition for the Radio City Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall in New York, on Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (AP Photo\/Yuki Iwamura)\" class=\"Image__PictureImage-sc-412cjc-1 bBgODV Image-sc-412cjc-2 SlideshowEmbed__Picture-fkpjfn-0 kQDDcT bUlaJL\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HAMBURG, May 11 (Reuters) &#8211; Rain has \u2060increased \u2060water levels on the \u2060river Rhine in Germany enabling cargo&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12071,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2788,982,151,5,4416,11869,46],"class_list":{"0":"post-12070","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-coal","9":"tag-collections-world","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-germany","12":"tag-reuters","13":"tag-water","14":"tag-world-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}