Tag: Inland shipping
Rhine level in Emmerich falls to a record low of four centimeters
North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf: A cargo ship travels on the Rhine Because of the persistent drought, the Rhine level has reached a low. (Photo: dpa) Berlin On the Rhine, Germany’s most…
The low water in the Rhine is also a political failure
Low water in the Rhine In 2018, the company and the Ministry of Transport agreed on a plan against low water. The policy has done little. (Photo: Reuters) The annual…
SPD and Greens want more money for the waterways
According to the draft budget, the funds for replacement, expansion and new construction measures on the federal waterways should actually fall by a third in the coming year. If it…
Low Rhine water level jeopardizes industrial business
Dusseldorf The heat wave has its first consequences for goods transport on the Rhine. Its water levels have fallen in the past few days. In Cologne, the river currently only…
How Germany wants to arm itself against extreme weather
Berlin Heat waves and droughts are increasing, as are heavy rains, floods and storms. At the now traditional Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin, named after the first dialogue in 2010…
How Germany wants to arm itself against extreme weather
Berlin Heat waves and droughts are increasing, as are heavy rains, floods and storms. At the now traditional Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin, named after the first dialogue in 2010…
How Germany wants to arm itself against extreme weather
Berlin Heat waves and droughts are increasing, as are heavy rains, floods and storms. At the now traditional Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin, named after the first dialogue in 2010…
How Germany wants to arm itself against extreme weather
Berlin Heat waves and droughts are increasing, as are heavy rains, floods and storms. At the now traditional Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin, named after the first dialogue in 2010…
How Germany wants to arm itself against extreme weather
Berlin Heat waves and droughts are increasing, as are heavy rains, floods and storms. At the now traditional Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin, named after the first dialogue in 2010…
Industry expects damage in the billions
Dusseldorf A train passenger usually needs less than five hours from the Dutch border in Venlo to Kehl am Rhein, despite having to change trains three times. Rail transport companies…
Wissing no longer wants to expand waterways
Berlin Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) opposes a central project of the traffic light coalition: the renovation and expansion of the locks on the inland waterways. In a letter…
Turkey wants to advance a waterway – but this creates problems
Warship on Bosphorus Warships from non-riparian countries are only allowed to cross the Bosphorus up to a certain size and stay only briefly in the Black Sea. (Photo: dpa) Istanbul…
Container port that nobody wants to go to: Shipping companies ignore Oakland
San Francisco The slump comes as a surprise: While container shipping in the USA experienced a great boom in the run-up to Christmas and there was a shortage of goods…
US corporations take logistics into their own hands
New York, San Francisco The ride over the new, glistening white Bay Bridge from San Francisco to Oakland is an unusual sight these days. Between six and 15 ships, large…
The federal government purchases thousands of tons of road salt – by truck
Berlin The winter can come: the motorway maintenance depots from Flensburg to Rosenheim are storing a good 400,000 tons of road salt these days in order to be prepared for…
The federal government purchases thousands of tons of road salt – by truck
Berlin The winter can come: the motorway maintenance depots from Flensburg to Rosenheim are storing a good 400,000 tons of road salt these days in order to be prepared for…
The containers are stuck in the EU
Containers at the port of Hamburg After the temporary partial stop, the freighters are now arriving in bulk – and the containers are piling up on the coast. (Photo: dpa)…