Flooding Closes Rhine River to Barges Upstream of Koblenz
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The Rhine River, Europe’s busiest inland waterway, was shut to barges upstream of Koblenz in Germany as water levels along some parts of the river rose to the highest in at least seven years after heavy rain.
The level at Kaub, Germany, is about 200 kilometers (125 miles) south of Dusseldorf, rose to 6.61 meters (22 feet) as of 7:30 a.m. Berlin time, the highest since at least 2006, data from the German Federal Institute of Hydrology show. As a result, the Upper Rhine is inaccessible to smaller tankers and boats that ply the route to cities such as Cologne, Frankfurt and Karlsruhe in Germany and Basel in Switzerland, according to energy researcher PJK International BV.