After the drought of the past few weeks, the Rhine and the Danube run low tide, resulting in that cargo vessels to pass not more with full charge.
The cargo shipping on the Rhine is disabled between Duisburg, Cologne and Mainz, the entire course of the Danube to the German area also.
The Rhine is an important shipping route for commodities such as grain, minerals, coal and oil products such as heating oil for Europe. The Danube is the major corridor for grain exports such as corn from Eastern Europe to Western Europe.
