Important channel water levels are urgent! The ship is limited to the ship, the voyage is suspended,
- Author:https://www.sofreight.com/
- Release Date:2022-08-17
It is reported that due to the extremely hot and dry weather, the water level of the Rhine of important European channels is very low. Many ships cannot be transported at full load, and some key river sections have been forced to suspend their sailing. This has increased the cost of freight and further exacerbated the congestion of the major European ports, while threatening the trade along the Rhine.
The Rhine is an important shipping channel in Europe. It flows into the North Sea from the German industrial center from the German industrial center of the Alps. It is the main transportation routes of various products such as grains, chemicals, and coal. Important bonds between global export docks.
Recently, the water level in some river sections has dropped to 32 cm, and the main barge operator Contargo said that for the sake of safety, it will largely stop sailing in the upstream and midstream of the Rhine.
The low water level of the Rhine has led to shipping delays and pushed some freight by more than five times. Last week, due to the decrease in the water level of the KAUB river section, the ship operator CONTARGO implemented a low water level of 589 euros ($ 601)/TEU and 775 euros ($ 792)/Feu.
In addition, in order to prevent stranding, the loading capacity of some cargo ships is forced to reduce to about a quarter of its normal capacity, which means that more ships need to be transported to a cargo that can usually be installed on a ship.
A captain said: "Under normal circumstances, there are more than two meters deep under the boat, but now there are only 40 cm in some places. For us, the challenge is to pass these without touching or damaging the boat. "Due to the low water level, the navigation route becomes narrower, and we actually start to line up like a train." And other ships that cannot adapt to shallow water have completely stopped sailing.
For the European supply chain, the shipping bottleneck of the Rhine is "not time to come" because Europe is dealing with severe port congestion. A spokesman for Duisburg, the largest inland port in Europe, said: "Ship can only load less goods, which further exacerbates the current supply chain problem."
It is reported that the shipping company predicts that this week may not stop sailing and turn the goods to the highway and the railway. However, because railways are prioritized for coal and mineral products, for other products, available transportation space is limited.
The Rhine is the most important transportation fuel and other industrial products in Western Europe. Its shipping bottleneck is another dragging for Germany, the largest economy in Europe. The country is trying to deal with the price of natural gas soared after high inflation, supply chain interruption and Russia and Ukraine.
For a liquid tanker refuting, the freight on the Rhine has risen from about 20 euros in June to 110 euros per ton. Credit rating agency Moody's said that the low water level of the Rhine will increase the cost of chemical companies, especially those companies that have production facilities upstream in the upstream of the Rhine, and may lead to production reduction.
Chemical Group Basf.DE said last week that the possibility of reducing production was not ruled out last week. Two coal -fired power plants reported that they were required to reduce the operating level because they could not transport sufficient fuel through the river. Coal -fired power plants have now become a substitute for Russia's natural gas supply.
The German Institute of Hydrology of Germany predicts that the glaciers melting and snowfall due to climate change may go through a long low water level in the future.
Some economists estimate that the interruption of the Rhine Shipping may reduce the overall economic growth rate of Germany this year by 0.5 percentage points.
It is reported that enterprises are transporting more goods through trucks or trains to make up for the shortage of supply in the Rhine. A draft decree released last Sunday shows that if the water level of the Rhine has further declined, Germany plans to use the transportation of materials and equipment required for energy production as a priority of the national railway network.
The Rhine is an important shipping channel in Europe. It flows into the North Sea from the German industrial center from the German industrial center of the Alps. It is the main transportation routes of various products such as grains, chemicals, and coal. Important bonds between global export docks.
Recently, the water level in some river sections has dropped to 32 cm, and the main barge operator Contargo said that for the sake of safety, it will largely stop sailing in the upstream and midstream of the Rhine.
The low water level of the Rhine has led to shipping delays and pushed some freight by more than five times. Last week, due to the decrease in the water level of the KAUB river section, the ship operator CONTARGO implemented a low water level of 589 euros ($ 601)/TEU and 775 euros ($ 792)/Feu.
In addition, in order to prevent stranding, the loading capacity of some cargo ships is forced to reduce to about a quarter of its normal capacity, which means that more ships need to be transported to a cargo that can usually be installed on a ship.
A captain said: "Under normal circumstances, there are more than two meters deep under the boat, but now there are only 40 cm in some places. For us, the challenge is to pass these without touching or damaging the boat. "Due to the low water level, the navigation route becomes narrower, and we actually start to line up like a train." And other ships that cannot adapt to shallow water have completely stopped sailing.
For the European supply chain, the shipping bottleneck of the Rhine is "not time to come" because Europe is dealing with severe port congestion. A spokesman for Duisburg, the largest inland port in Europe, said: "Ship can only load less goods, which further exacerbates the current supply chain problem."
It is reported that the shipping company predicts that this week may not stop sailing and turn the goods to the highway and the railway. However, because railways are prioritized for coal and mineral products, for other products, available transportation space is limited.
The Rhine is the most important transportation fuel and other industrial products in Western Europe. Its shipping bottleneck is another dragging for Germany, the largest economy in Europe. The country is trying to deal with the price of natural gas soared after high inflation, supply chain interruption and Russia and Ukraine.
For a liquid tanker refuting, the freight on the Rhine has risen from about 20 euros in June to 110 euros per ton. Credit rating agency Moody's said that the low water level of the Rhine will increase the cost of chemical companies, especially those companies that have production facilities upstream in the upstream of the Rhine, and may lead to production reduction.
Chemical Group Basf.DE said last week that the possibility of reducing production was not ruled out last week. Two coal -fired power plants reported that they were required to reduce the operating level because they could not transport sufficient fuel through the river. Coal -fired power plants have now become a substitute for Russia's natural gas supply.
The German Institute of Hydrology of Germany predicts that the glaciers melting and snowfall due to climate change may go through a long low water level in the future.
Some economists estimate that the interruption of the Rhine Shipping may reduce the overall economic growth rate of Germany this year by 0.5 percentage points.
It is reported that enterprises are transporting more goods through trucks or trains to make up for the shortage of supply in the Rhine. A draft decree released last Sunday shows that if the water level of the Rhine has further declined, Germany plans to use the transportation of materials and equipment required for energy production as a priority of the national railway network.