A key water marker at Kaub -- where the river is narrow and shallow -- fell below 40 centimetres on Friday and will probably dwindle further over the coming days, according to German government data. At that depth, it’s not economical for a lot of barges to transit the chokepoint.
Companies have been taking steps to prepare. Chemicals maker BASF SE is using more rail to transport goods and has ordered shallow-water barges. Steelmaker Thyssenkrupp AG is using ships with lower drafts to keep its mill in the town of Duisburg supplied. If the disruption continues into September, there could be an increase in demand for trucks to move goods across Germany, according to Simonas Bartkus, head of marketing and communication at Girteka Logistics, the owner of Europe’s largest fleet of the vehicles. The company isn’t seeing any immediate impact on demand stemming from the Rhine.
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