The British North Sea's biggest oil and gas producer Harbour Energy told its staff that it plans job cuts in the wake of a windfall tax imposed on the sector last year, the company said on Wednesday. HAMBURG, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Water levels on the river Rhine in Germany have risen after weekend rain, remaining well above crisis levels hit earlier in August, but could fall again this. For example, the Loreley Star: A ship of 11.20m width and 50.2m length with 600 people on board?? Economists estimate Rhine disruption could knock half a percentage point off Germany's economic growth this year. All in all, it has been a mild winter so far and while the river had a spell of high water levels at the beginning of the month, it has been uneventful as regards flooding so far. The MS Vivienne is the refurbished MS River Concerto By Grand Circle Cruise Line and she is 110m long. That is nice. The water level at Kaub, near Frankfurt, fell below 40cm on Friday afternoon. Levels in the 30-35 cm range are acceptable for shipping, provided cargoes are reduced. Looks like the perfect weather pattern Thursday into Friday over the Rhine catchment area. I hope the weather breaks soon so that the cruise lines can resume more normal operations. A fun trip. On Tuesday, the water level at Kaub fell to its lowest since 2018, a year that saw widespread disruption for key industrial users. Unconnected to Mary Rose, but named after a singer with the artist's name Mary Roos who was born in Bingen. A spokesperson for the transport ministry told a government news conference on Wednesday that "we do expect an intensification of the low water level" on the Rhine, but could not say if or when vessels might no longer be able to pass along the river. What else has been happening in the Rhine valley in the last five weeks? I am sure you will have a great time with Scenic in June. We left the ship at Strasbourg then bussed to Speyer for our included excursion then on to Cologne. Im interested to see how she looks after refurbishment. 2022-07-19T10:19:06Z A bookmark. Basel and the High Rhine area, things may look a bit better than in Germany as restrictions in Switzerland may well be lifted in time for the celebrations, at least partially. The Rhine valley is on storm warning, there has been quite a bit of damage, mainly fallen trees. It's now a little over 60 centimeters and is forecast to drop. Lynn, thanks for the tip. Credit rating agency Moody's said the low Rhine water levels will increase costs for chemicals companies, particularly those with production facilities on the upper Rhine, and could lead to production cuts. This is how it works: https://www.contargo.net/en/goodtoknow/lws/. Environmentalists are also raising the alarm as rising temperatures lead to a high concentration of pollutants which can be damaging to the flora, fauna and fish. She - the vessel - sails between Bingen and Rdesheim as a car ferry but is built in such a way that allows her to sail along the river as an excursion boat. A barge loading in the energy hub of Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (or ARA), which can haul 2.5k tons when fully laden, is restricted to taking on about 800 tons if sailing to destinations beyond Kaub. What a difference between the two years: https://www.gld.nl/nieuws/7749793/de-waal-vanuit-de-lucht-het-verschil-tussen-nu-en-vorig-jaar. According to Colognes city drainage operations, ships wanting to navigate the river have a total height allowance of 111 centimetres plus the water level of 103cm in other words, just 2.14 metres beneath their keel. If this should be the case, does this mean we get off at Speyer for excursion and get on another boat in Koblenz or is ship change actually just at the Gorge? Flowing from the Swiss Alps to the North Sea via German industrial heartlands, the Rhine is a major route for products ranging from grains, to chemicals to coal. This increases prices and reduces the speed with which goods can be transported. Barges on the Rhine which carry . Just caught on web camera coming upstream out of the Rhine Gorge and approaching Rdesheim, the MS Vivienne: Remember you can look at this yourself on: https://heimatzeithotels.panomax.com/bingen. In 2018, Germany entered a brief recession, sparked in part by low water levels on the Rhine. Were on the Rhine now from Basel to Amsterdam. That is a Canadian website, right? across much of Europe and the Northern Hemisphere at present. The danger is at bridges as a ship can get pushed towards pillars, i.e. The companies said their generation operations arent currently affected. The level may rise by 60cm in 24 hours it says. Throughout the year I will post those three gauging station figures, either together or individually, as they are very good indicators for the situation as regards unimpeded sailing. That is terribly short notice momofthre3 - I hope they have given you a full refund? LauraS There is a ferry called the "Mary Roos". That is then normally referring to what I have mentioned above. The hood on the raincoat should do the trick with the cold temperatures. Siebengebirge is the name of the mountain range upstream from Bonn. While you're here: Every Tuesday, DW editors round up what is happening in German politics and society. The alarming lack of water is contributing to oil product supply problems in Switzerland and preventing at least two power plants in Germany from getting all the coal they need, and whats more, the continents sizzling summer temperatures are forecast to climb even higher in the coming week, leading to even lower water levels. Through the year we will look at the river's levels and what else may be happening that could be of interest to river cruisers. Today we got a call that our August 21 Uniworld cruise was still on. The majority of nearly 200 million tons of cargo shipped on German rivers from coal to car parts, food to chemicals is transported on the Rhine. To the south, Switzerland is releasing 245,000 cubic metres of its oil reserves to plug supply constraints caused by the low Rhine levels. And passage is regulated with the help of traffic lights that warn before the bends about oncoming ships. More later. "Because of the lower water levels, only around 600 tons was possible of late. Meanwhile, Bloomberg reports that power plants at Mannheim and Karlsruhe in Germany, operated by Grosskraftwerk Mannheim and EnBW, have been struggling to source coal because of the shallow water just as the country frets that Russia wont restart flows on a key gas pipeline. Rhine River water levels plumb new depths, but rain forecast - DW - 08/15/2022 In focus Water levels on the Rhine River are well below usual, impacting freight and ferries on the. Loads are being transferred to larger numbers of smaller canal barges able to operate in the shallow water, increasing costs for cargo owners. I look forward to learning all I can about River cruising! This is where you can find it, at kilometre 258: http://fhren-rhein.de/faehren/faehre-rhenanus-kappel-grafenhausen-rheinau/. At one notorious shallow point at Kaub, between Mainz and Koblenz, the water level had dipped to 32 centimeters (12.5 inches) by late morning; 5 centimeters lower than the same time the previous day. You can sign up here for the weekly email newsletter Berlin Briefing. For wind you may find a scarf useful. Chemicals group BASF (BASFn.DE) said it could not rule out production cuts if low water disrupts logistics. Freight charges on the Rhine have risen to around 110 euros ($112) per tonne from around 20 euros in June for a liquid tanker barge. Perhaps we can tempt you to plan a trip to see the river another time, be it on water or on land. Typically a cargo ship carrying salt from Heilbronn would be carrying 2,100 tons on board, but on Monday this had to be reduced to just 900 tons due to the river level, he told German media. Rather than driving on the Eastern side of the river all the way through Germany, we chose to go through France and cross the river. According to police it is not clear yet who is at fault in this incident. The 800-mile (1,288-kilometer) Rhine river runs from Switzerland all the way to the North Sea and is used to transport tens of millions of tons of commodities through inland Europe. Water levels on the Rhine are set to rise over the weekend, potentially providing some respite to a crisis that has upended . "The signs have been solidifying in recent days and are now doing so more and more there will be rain in the week beginning today, which will be a cause for great joy in some regions," Martin Jonas of the German Weather Service (DWD) said on Monday. All quotes delayed a minimum of 15 minutes. Have a super cruise. New longship Egdir has a 1.6 meter draft. [1/5]The passenger ferry Rheinnixe stops its operation due to low water in the Rhine in Bonn, Germany, August 16, 2022. LauraS But I will get to that another time. If you would like to follow our weather warnings, here are the official pages of DWD (I think the map is not available with English captions): https://www.dwd.de/DE/wetter/warnungen_gemeinden/warnWetter_node.html, Talk to you soon. Through the year we will look at. Seeing that the Rhine is one of the busiest waterways in Europe - a river cruise ship captain in a conversation with me called it a "bl**dy motorway" (translated from German) - they statistically happen here more than elsewhere. Hunger stones, wrecks and bones: Europes drought brings past to surface, Historic monuments resurface as severe drought shrinks Spains reservoirs, Drought declared across eight areas of England, Its getting extremely hard: climate crisis forces China to ration electricity, Soil healing and olive growing: how UK farms are coping with looming drought, This is the future: the Oxfordshire village living without running water, The new normal: how Europe is being hit by a climate-driven drought crisis, Source of River Thames dries out for first time during drought, Vatican turns off historic fountains amid Rome drought, Romans threatened with water rationing as Italy's heatwave drags on. Barges on the Rhine which carry critical supplies for German industrial giants and coal for power plants are already being loaded at just one-quarter to one-half capacity, to keep them higher in the water. Thats terrible! Obviously hitting the German headlines and being a photo op par excellence, the zero appearing on the gauge at Emmerich has attracted attention beyond our borders. I'm glad you reminded me about the cooler nights. This is the B2B company that now has the Vivienne: https://navibelle.com/fleet/vivienne. Oh, about Emmerich. But energy major Shell(SHEL.L) said on Thursday it cut production at a German refinery due to low Rhine levels. Extended heat and low rainfall across Europe are causing major rivers to dry up. It depends on how quickly you feel cold. To take a snapshot of the situation in Germany, in Cologne, the largest city on the Rhine, areas of the river have been reduced to a mere trickle. All quotes delayed a minimum of 15 minutes. Helps if you are informed and educated (thanks to everyone on this forum) and go with the flow. From conversations with our captain on the Visionary, one of our group learned that it also makes a difference whether the ship is moving downstream or upstream, even between sister ships! Water levels are expected to keep dropping in the Rhine, a key shipping route for Germany, Drought disrupts river traffic on Germany's Rhine, Olaf Scholz at Davos: 2022 'challenged us as never before', World in 'sorry state' UN chief Guterres, Davos: Social entrepreneurs eye real change, Egyptian activists: We need to talk about abortion, Japan nuclear plant execs acquitted over Fukushima disaster, 'When you see antisemitism, act immediately'. All joking aside Scenic redid almost their whole fleet. Normally not a place that is of much interest beyond those that deal with the Rhine or go there for a specific reason, but now the town on the Lower Rhine is in the international news. Good. You can sign up here for the weekly email newsletter Berlin Briefing. The small town of Rhinau is the place where the ferry takes you to Germany on the other bank. The shipping industry and commerce have their own and very specific websites where you may read as headline something like "river still low in the Upper valley" or similar. She is definitely a different ship. For example, low water levels in the Weser, in Germanys northwest, have led to the cancellation of tourist ferries. Water levels fall to below 40cm on parts of key route for transporting fuel, wheat and other commodities. The phenomenon facing the Rhine is common across much of Europe and the Northern Hemisphere at present, after an unusually hot and dry summer that has caused water shortages and wildfires from Hawaii to Hungary. Stefan Schneider, an economist at Deutsche Bank, expects the German economy will fall into a mild recession from the third quarter and that overall growth in 2022 would be 1.2%. And if you are not coming to the area this year, well, join us anyway! The company has done that and much cargo is going by rail and road instead. Indoor lower deck was packed with people eating and if you were stuck there you could only see the river bank. Economists estimate the disruption could knock as much as half a percentage point off Germany's overall economic growth this year. In drought, the Lower Rhine is usually fine even when the situation is not so good in the Middle Rhine valley. 12 Dec 2022. Started June 21, 2021, By The low water levels are adding to Europe's energy crisis, sparked by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Or an official boat that travels across the river and sails along it. There are lots of variables in play that we who are not in the industry could easily overlook! We also received an email prior to our trip informing of same. . The S4 class (WaterLevelDataFrame) structures the computation and visualisation "At the beginning of March, the ships could be loaded with roughly 2,200 [metric] tons," Lorenz said. Water levels on the Rhine River are well below usual, impacting freight and ferries on the giant freshwater artery, Shipping on Rhine has slowed to a trickle: DW's Ashutosh Pandey, Rivers across Europe are too dry, too low and too warm, Olaf Scholz at Davos: 2022 'challenged us as never before', World in 'sorry state' UN chief Guterres, Davos: Social entrepreneurs eye real change, Egyptian activists: We need to talk about abortion, Japan nuclear plant execs acquitted over Fukushima disaster, 'When you see antisemitism, act immediately'. A Dutch online newspaper (?) Meanwhile, in the UK the source of the River Thames was reported on Thursday to have dried up for the first time since records began due to a lack of rainfall. Everything was handled with super efficiency. Signs warning people about dangerously high waters stuck out of the riverbed, and rocks lay exposed. ", Lorenz said the low-point was a practical capacity of just 300 tons in 2018, and"we're approaching that once again.". Local water related websites. Oil prices steadied on Friday, but fell for the week on a stronger U.S. dollar and fears that an economic slowdown would weaken crude demand. It started around the coastal areas on Saturday, but has moved away from there further inland. It has happened from time to time in the past that temporarily not enough mineral oil products could be transported to Switzerland and therefore the compulsory stocks had to be tapped. Biland recommends private households fill their heating oil tanks early. A bigger deal and in a good context has been a find in Switzerland when the ground was prepared for the foundations of a new boat house. According to Riverlake, further decreases in loading volumes for barges hauling middle distillates from ARA to inland destinations beyond Kaub are expected in coming days. Hope it is not too much in one place. New COP28 head also boss of one of biggest oil companies, Canada says no alcohol is the only risk-free option, Africa bets on Brazils new President Lula da Silva, Water levels on the River Rhine in Germany continue to sink, The low water levels on the key shipping artery for Germany's main industrial areas have already affected freight. We had to taken an excursion boat in the Wachau Valley when our river cruise ship wasn't able to make it. We also received a $25 pp credit for lunch for the day we were off the ship in Speyer. Hello to you and thanks for joining. Top 10 Midwest Insurance Journal Stories of 2022 ; Insurance Jobs. . Will NEVER do one of those excursion boats again. The extent of the drop in Rhine water level is monitored at a chokepoint at Kaub in southwestern Germany, where it reached 48 cm on Wednesday compared with the 1.5 metres needed to carry fully loaded vessels. Carnival is late this year, late February, but that does not help. "Normally you have more than two meters under the ship but now you only have 40 centimetres in some places," the Servia's captain Peter Claereboets told Reuters. Here is the one that operates, among others, the Loreley Star: https://loreley-linie.com/. This week, the French energy supplier EDF said it was temporarily reducing output at its nuclear power stations on the rivers Rhne and Garonne as heatwaves restricted its ability to use river water to cool the plants. Anxiously excited! Oil prices steadied on Friday, but fell for the week on a stronger U.S. dollar and fears that an economic slowdown would weaken crude demand. The PO river is dried up too. Working in the tourism industry I have experienced negative things with the company and I find it hard to shake that off. But rain is forecast this week. To replace one barge, up to 40 trucks are required to carry the same load of grain.And the trucking industry has long complained of a shortage of drivers, a situation only exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. Other boats, unable to cope with shallower waters, have stopped sailing altogether. I agree, "the death of river cruising" was clickbait, and it will take more than 1 year of low water to do so. Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the worlds largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions of people worldwide every day. Plans are under way for the construction of low-lying barges and ships as well as for the deepening of the Rhine, and better forecasting of water levels as a result of the 2018 crisis, but these measures are slow in being realised. And it is looking good for Christmas markets. The most comprehensive solution to manage all your complex and ever-expanding tax and compliance needs. read more. Theres currently no shortage of gasoline or diesel in the country, according to Herbert Rabl, spokesman for Tankstellen-Interessenverband e.V., which represents fuel station leaseholders and owners in Germany. Not only size matters of course. But the gauge actually fell further into minus. Web Design by Media Proper, facing the biggest crisis the country has every had, Another European Urethane Supplier Gives Warning. Reduced temperatures and rainfall is forecast most days this week, with the first drops falling in western Germany (home to the Rhine) on Monday. Coal power plants now back in fashion as an alternative to Russian gas supplies face supply shortages with boats unable to take on enough coal. The ship switch hasnt affected our enjoyment at all. "We are running over the gravel with the ferry and running the risk of breaking the drivetrain," operator Cornelia Dries said on Sunday. The Rhine, which runs about 760 miles from the Swiss Alps to the North Sea, is the second largest river in central and western Europe after the Danube. . In some places the Rhine was so shallow that other vessels were moored far below the quays where people walk. The levels of the Rhine River fell to a new low on Friday due to the ongoing drought in Germany and elsewhere in Europe, further restricting the distribution of coal, petrol, wheat and other commodities amid a looming energy crisis. No surprise with what all Ive read over the last month tracking the situation. Tastes change and so do our expectations so we get a sparkling new ship to cruise in and the companies can flaunt it without the cost of a complete new vessel. Fingers crossed. The running traffic has right of way and the ferry always needs to wait for ships to pass. For that you need to be in the right place of course. The much reduced load can result in a financial loss and therefore, to prevent that, one logistics company stopped operating on that section of the Rhine. Suite 302 Of course they sit very high in the water now with some of them only having 1/4 of normal load. Any ship deeper than that was likely to get stuck, they warned, adding that captains carry the sole responsibility for the safe manoeuvre of their vessels. The Kaub gauge is located around 50 kilometers downstream from the city of Mainz. Trimodal transport is standard anyway, so a lot of goods are now on trains and lorries, but capacity is partly reaching its limits there. You will be able to leave a comment after signing in, By When the river become narrow it makes for slower and tight bends. by Tyler DurdenMonday, Jul 18, 2022 06:55 AM. Oh good. That compares with a current level of . This being a low lying area, there are no villages near the river and it is a landscape still dominated by the former meanders of the Rhine (it was put in an "artificial" bed during the 19th century) and small streams that are still present. So for those interested in river traffic, here is what happens. But no low water normally. has compiled photos of the situation on the Waal in Summer 2021 and now. What has already been a year from hell for Germany, which is suffering energy hyperinflation as a result of Europes sanctions on Russia, and which is facing the biggest crisis the country has every had according to the president of the German employers association, is about to get even worse as the declining water level of the Rhine river, which has historically been a key infrastructure transit artery across Germany, continues to fall and as it does, the flow of commodities to inland Europe is starting to buckle threatening to make an already historic crisis even worse. Do you recall the name of the excursion boat? The long term forecast still suggests we may see the 78cm at Kaub again next week. Rhine cargo shipping continues, but with vessels sometimes forced to sail three-quarters empty with cargo owners often needing to pay for four vessels to transport their loads instead of one. And sturdy shoes that faithfully take you over cobblestones and do not mind splashes of water. These last items depend on whether you're acclimated to weather in FL or NH! Yes, folks, I have already got some day trip travel reports waiting to be posted. Water stress will become the new normal: River levels will fall to new lows, and two-thirds of companies globally will face substantial water risks to their operations or supply chains. Currently, I feel safer indoors than out in the wild or even in urban areas. Copyright 19952022 The Independent Traveler, Inc. Amazing, Funny & Totally Awesome Cruise Photos. BERLIN, Aug 19 (Reuters) - 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 one of the country's main commercial routes. I started in Passau with grey weather and remnants of snow and returned after a gloriously warm day in Budapest to find Passau a week later had Spring finally in the air. Build the strongest argument relying on authoritative content, attorney-editor expertise, and industry defining technology. Apart from one but that was a school party with "intrinsic hazard". Browse an unrivalled portfolio of real-time and historical market data and insights from worldwide sources and experts. So much better than scrap and replace very eco friendly. Just replied to the Danube thread. Economists blamed the Rhine shipping stoppage for a significant . Now I need to do a search. Getting towards the rain and the weather forecast getting more reliable, Kaub gauge forecast now says the river will rise more slowly and we will see figures of 40cm and above from Saturday. As Western Europe battles through the ongoing drought, water levels in Germany's most important waterway, the Rhine River, could drop even further next week. We are sooo excited. To make up for the reduced capacity, companies are facing the more expensive options of either using more ships or reloading on to lorries or goods trains but both are currently in short supply. Almost no water in places. But now, back to ferries and an amateur video better than I can take. It looks pretty heavy in the forecast symbols. "It's having huge impacts on the Rhine waterway," Christian Lorenz, spokesman for a company coordinating harbors and goods transport businesses in Cologne, told Reuters, giving the specific example of ships transporting rock salt from nearby Heilbronn. 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