Rhine Water Hits New Lows, Freight Transferred to Land Transport
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The low level of the levels in the Rhine and Danube hit industrial regions hard. The shift of freight transport to rail and road hardly helps.
In the coming months, the company could make up to 500 more wagons available as a reserve in case of low water levels, but funds have yet to be found to finance them.
The historical low water in Germany's rivers will not end so quickly and the expansion of the waterways will not only solve problems but also solve them. There would still be free capacity for rail freight, but their use fails due to the organisation.
German railway ups cargo capacity as low water forces waterway cuts
Germany's national rail operator, Deutsche Bahn, is trying to help out with the cargo crunch produced by low water in rivers by offering more freight transports by rail, according to information obtained by dpa on Wednesday, reported dpa. DB Cargo, the group's freight subsidiary, could mobilize around 400 additional freight wagons at short notice, chief executive Bernhard Osburg said at a meeting at the Transport Ministry, according to the infor…
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