While the Rhine is over 800 miles long, the 36-mile stretch from Mainz to Koblenz is by far the most interesting. This is the Romantic Rhine, a powerful stretch of the river slashing a deep and ...

The Rhine is the most important river in Western Europe. It runs through a German industrial region, among other places, and more than 300 million tons of goods are supposed to move on its waters ...

The Rhine, a major European shipping route, has been drying up, following a heatwave. Water levels dropped to around 12 inches at its bottleneck, affecting freight firms and their cargo.

The Rhine is a key shipping route for Germany and Europe - so what happens if it's too shallow to use? ... Drought hits Germany's Rhine River: 'We have 30cm of water left' 12 August 2022.

Water levels on Germany's Rhine river are so low that some vessels cannot sail even when empty, a shipping cooperative said on Friday, although long-awaited rain has begun to ease bottlenecks on ...

Tauck says river cruise sales are up 13%, and Amadeus River Cruises has a robust waitlist. Rhine and Douro sailings are hot this summer: Travel Weekly Toggle navigation ...

KARLSRUHE, Germany — It is one of the tightest and fastest bends in the Rhine River, a nearly 90-degree curve where a small rocky island dotted by trees further narrows the shipping channel.

While an Army band played on Saturday, soldiers in vintage World War II uniforms boarded an amphibious boat from the 1940s named “Tugboat Annie” and sailed down the Rhine, in honor of the ...

Rhine river levels have risen after rain in Germany this week, allowing vessels to carry more cargo and normal sailings with full loads in northern parts of the river, commodity traders said on ...

The River Rhine Gets Shallow Again in Fresh Climate Blow Low water levels at Kaub chokepoint curb barges’ load capacity Heat, dryness and ebbing glacier flows may have lowered river ...