Inland shipping: Rhine water levels are slowly increasing
From average gauges and a freight shipping with full load, however, the river is still far away, as a look at the gauge data of the
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However, the river is still a long way from average gauge levels and freight shipping with full load, as a look at the gauge data of the waterway and shipping administration shows. In Duisburg, the Rhine level was 1.49 meters on Friday noon – still below the previously registered lowest mark of 1.53 meters from 2018. August 2026, 15:12 o'clock Thanks to rain in southern Germany, the Rhine levels rise again slowly, but are far from average values. © Lea Winkler / dpa Heavy rains, especially in southern Germany, have brought the Rhine a little more water after its historical lows.
Furthermore, According to the operating company of the largest German inland port Duisburg, freight ships are currently on the road with only about 20 percent of the usual cargo due to the low water levels. At the particularly neuralgic point of Rhine shipping, Kaub in Rhineland-Palatinate, the level on Friday was 46 centimeters and thus far below the so-called equivalent water level of 77 centimeters, which is considered by experts as a guideline for shipping. Although one assumes an easy recovery, says the port group authorized inland shipping Joachim Holstein.
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However, the river is still a long way from average gauge levels and freight shipping with full load, as a look at the gauge data of the waterway and shipping administration shows.
reliability low1/5 sourcesIn Duisburg, the Rhine level was 1.49 meters on Friday noon – still below the previously registered lowest mark of 1.53 meters from 2018.
reliability low1/3 sourcesAugust 2026, 15:12 o'clock Thanks to rain in southern Germany, the Rhine levels rise again slowly, but are far from average values. © Lea Winkler / dpa Heavy rains, especially in southern Germany, have brought the Rhine a little more water after its historical lows.
reliability low1/3 sourcesAccording to the operating company of the largest German inland port Duisburg, freight ships are currently on the road with only about 20 percent of the usual cargo due to the low water levels.
reliability low1/3 sourcesAt the particularly neuralgic point of Rhine shipping, Kaub in Rhineland-Palatinate, the level on Friday was 46 centimeters and thus far below the so-called equivalent water level of 77 centimeters, which is considered by experts as a guideline for shipping.
reliability low1/3 sourcesAlthough one assumes an easy recovery, says the port group authorized inland shipping Joachim Holstein.
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