Rivers Reach New Lows Due to Low Water
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The river which crosses Germany from north to south reaches extremely low levels in the midst of drought in Central Europe. On this strategic river axis, barges are obliged to reduce their cargoes to 25% of their capacity.
The water levels of the rivers continue to fall, partly to new lows. The situation threatens to deteriorate further. In the long term, less water outflow could bring relief. Especially for agriculture the consequences would be.[more]]>
Low water in the Rhine turns out to be a problem for the transport of crude oil and important precursors. This is reflected in the pumping stations: According to the Cartel Office, fuel prices between northern and southern Germany drift clearly apart.
Last month consumers had to pay up to eleven cents per litre of petrol more in the north than in the south. According to the Federal Cartel Office, this is also due to the low levels of the Rhine.
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Low water levels on the Rhine have the potential to further increase the price of gasoline and diesel. "If the low water levels persist, fuels are likely to become scarcer in some regions. Then prices will rise," Thilo Schaefer, head of the "Digitalization and Climate Change" department at the German Economic Institute (IW) in Cologne, told Der Spiegel. The reason is the near-complete unavailability of the Rhine as a transport route for large ca…
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