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Low Rhine water level pushes barge cargo onto capacity-strained road and rail
Unseasonably low water on the Rhine is restricting container barge movements, shifting cargo toward already constrained rail and road networks while terminals in Antwerp and Rotterdam come under growing pressure.
Terminals at Antwerp and Rotterdam are coming under growing pressure as unseasonably low water along the Rhine continues to restrict container barge movements on the river. Cargo is being pushed towards rail and road networks that are already capacity-constrained.
According to Gunther Ginckels of SeasC4U, speaking to The Loadstar, barges around Duisburg-Ruhrort were operating at roughly two-thirds of normal capacity, while vessels further upstream were carrying substantially smaller loads.
He also noted that some services were suspended further upstream on the Kaub gauge. Further details on the extent of those suspensions were not given in the available extract.
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