All the physics. Will today be the last day of heat and no rain, a return to more pleasant temperatures and better sailing? Minus 4 in the hills at night to plus 10 in the valley in the afternoons where it is sunny. Rhine, Germany Author #679 Posted August 17, 2022 On 8/17/2022 at 2:21 PM, travellovervic said: We are getting off at Zons, and get bused to Cologne for our excursions. Everything was handled with super efficiency. The authorities expect full traffic to resume later today. *The colour green is the one we wish to see throughout as this means no flooding. Siebengebirge is the name of the mountain range upstream from Bonn. Colognes Waterway and Shipping Authority has said the unusually low levels for this time of year meansbarges have had to reduce their cargo in order to be able to navigate the river. Today we got a call that our August 21 Uniworld cruise was still on. a persistent lack of rain and high temperatures have led to low water levels. A "Spring awakening" cruise. That is fascinating about the sister ships. Anxiously excited! The Black Forest will see some dangerous snow drifts, while we here just have unpleasant driving rain. New longship Egdir has a 1.6 meter draft. I was on the Danube in the first week in April for a Passau return trip. BERLIN/LOBITH, Netherlands, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Already bracing for recession and winter energy shortages, German businesses are grappling with the lack of another precious commodity: rain. 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. But the trend is for falling levels as we have little rain forecast. 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. On the Rhine so far 135m barges are still managing round the bends at the Lorelei rock. Life is still restricted so some things have not happened that normally would at this time of year. Differentiating between 110m and 135m river cruise ships can only be an approximation. That is a Canadian website, right? Build the strongest argument relying on authoritative content, attorney-editor expertise, and industry defining technology. Actually Binnenschifferforum lists Egdir as having a draft of 2.0 m. The draft can be a bit variable, although not much on a passenger vessel. praying for rain!! The Seine? Two coal power plants have already been affected, unable to run at maximum because barges cannot bring in full loads. Due to the lack of water, ships bringing salt down . The reference waterline level at the chokepoint of Kaub near Koblenz was at 42 centimetres on Friday, down about 5 centimetres on the day and down from 51 centimetres on Monday. By Water levels on the river Rhine in Germany have fallen again in dry weather on Friday, with some vessels no longer able to sail, shipping operators and brokers said. We will have a look at Rhine ferries of which there are quite a few, seeing that the Rhine is quite a long river. Spot prices for a liquid tanker barge from Rotterdam to Karlsruhe south of Kaub were unchanged on the day at about 110 euros a tonne on Friday, but up 16 euros this week and up from only around 20 euros a tonne in June, brokers said. According to Christian Lorenz, of Ports and Freight Traffic Cologne, a lot of freight traffic had already reduced its cargo by half in order to be light enough to travel safely. Water levels at the chokepoint of . For example, the Loreley Star: A ship of 11.20m width and 50.2m length with 600 people on board?? But the gauge actually fell further into minus. The ships I have been on were busy but pleasant. Not good news nowthe Rhine is closing to barge traffic. 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So happy to hear this! https://www.dwd.de/DE/wetter/warnungen_gemeinden/warnWetter_node.html, https://www.contargo.net/en/goodtoknow/lws/, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-may-be-the-last-gladiator-arena-ever-built-discovered-in-switzerland-180979497/, https://www.visit.alsace/en/261000884-rhinau-island-a-small-jungle-in-the-rhine-forest/, http://fhren-rhein.de/faehren/faehre-rhenanus-kappel-grafenhausen-rheinau/, https://www.basel.com/en/attractions/ferries-1c2b0d1624, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Roos_(Schiff), https://www.bingen-ruedesheimer.de/schiffsmiete/flotte/schiff/af-mary-roos, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg0D3JHRYPY, Click here to reload the page in order to enable certain features, Policy regarding COVID related Discussions. Will see what happens to the street celebrations. 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. That sounds a good idea. But we will get to that another time. Economists blamed the Rhine shipping stoppage for a significant . As demand for coal has increased, Germanys economy minister, Robert Habeck, has decided to recommission coal-fired power plants, which had previously been mothballed but are now seen as a temporary solution to help Germany wean itself off Russian gas. When the river become narrow it makes for slower and tight bends. . This is bad news for a country whose biggest energy utilities are starting to drain natgas reserves as a result of the halt in Nord Stream 1 shipments, jeopardising millions of Germans with freezing should the country fail to restock fully ahead of the winter. So for those interested in river traffic, here is what happens. For a figure: 0. This will give more room for rain and snow melt when it happens. Shell which owns the Wesseling and Godorf refineries along the Rhine is monitoring the situation, according to a spokesperson. "At the beginning of March, the ships could be loaded with roughly 2,200 [metric] tons," Lorenz said. 1400 N Providence Rd
Rising water levels on the Rhine River have been pressuring freight rates to their lowest. Bring a smallish (lightweight) day-pack to hold the unneeded layers ( & the gloves, hats, scarves needed early in the day or late at night). However on the task of finding some replacement. notamermaid, January 31, 2022 in River Cruising. One can feel safer on the river, the ripples are there, with a bit of foam, but not a big deal. 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. This is how it works: https://www.contargo.net/en/goodtoknow/lws/. Wow! LowRhinewater level combined with capacity problems on German railways are the reasons, managing director Roland Bilang told Bloomberg, adding that supply problems mainly concern diesel/heating oil. Which is fine. The bends of the shallow river are a problem. Lots of rain, no rain, winds, no winds, normal water levels, flooding. 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". I am glad we let them book the flights for us. Not sure how/where the ship swapping happens. I am not familiar with the structures and reading the gauges in the Netherlands, so do not really mention them. And gloves. "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. I have a hood on the raincoat but I'm bringing a wool knit cap in case it's really chilly. But that is only of concern for the commercial shipping industry as it affects the loading capacity of vessels. It happened in Autumn last year to a river cruise ship at Koblenz. Make Sure Your Voice Is Heard! All sides are working flat out to find the reasons for this mass die-out and minimise potential further damage., Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. So much better than scrap and replace very eco friendly. This is where you can find it, at kilometre 258: http://fhren-rhein.de/faehren/faehre-rhenanus-kappel-grafenhausen-rheinau/. 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. 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. Reuters provides business, financial, national and international news to professionals via desktop terminals, the world's media organizations, industry events and directly to consumers. Because of the tight coal market and low Rhine levels making it hard to deliver the fuel, only 65% of Germanys coal capacity will be available in coming months, according to S&P Global Commodity Insights analyst Sabrina Kernbichler. It depends on how quickly you feel cold. 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. Further down the river after Emmerich we soon hit the Dutch border and the first gauge there is Lobith. 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. The state of North Rhine-Westphalia was established by the British military administration's "Operation Marriage" on 23 August 1946, by merging the province of Westphalia and the northern parts of the Rhine Province, both being political divisions of the former state of Prussia within the German Reich. Emmerich. We add and shed layers as the temperatures fluctuate throughout the day. The water level doesn't indicate the literal depth, but rather how far above an extremely shallow benchmark it is at any given time. Both sides have said they believe a toxic substance is to blame but have yet to identify it. CC Help Jenn Water levels on the River Rhine in Germany continue to sink, forcing companies to seek alternatives for the freight they send up and down the enormous waterway. As is the case with several cities and towns and their districts along the Rhine, Koblenz and Cologne spring to mind, Basel is also a city on both banks of the river. Reports from Brandenburg said several tons of dead fish washed up on the banks of the river in Brandenburg. The industry leader for online information for tax, accounting and finance professionals. Copyright 19952022 The Independent Traveler, Inc. Amazing, Funny & Totally Awesome Cruise Photos. I am prepared for temps around 50F and rain. 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 MS Vivienne is the refurbished MS River Concerto By Grand Circle Cruise Line and she is 110m long. The variables are very important to me. "If water. 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. I hope it is widespread. And the clear answer was that the draft has nothing to do with the size of the ship. Beginning of April can bring anything really. 2022. 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. Not only size matters of course. Economists estimate the disruption could knock as much as half a percentage point off Germany's overall economic growth this year. When water levels drop, cargo vessels need to sail with reduced load, so they don't run aground. Low Rhine water will hit output at two German coal-fired power stations. Top deck was standing room only, no shade anywhere, just standing for 45 minutes was terrible. 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. Trimodal transport is standard anyway, so a lot of goods are now on trains and lorries, but capacity is partly reaching its limits there. 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