Boat Blocks the Rhine as Water Level Starts Creeping Higher
- Incident further restricts flow of goods along key waterway
- Energy prices have soared amid crisis on key European river
Two cargo ships help salvage the vessel ‘Arctic Circle’, which broke down on the Rhine River near Oberwesel, Germany, on Aug. 17.
Photographer: Thomas Frey/picture alliance/Getty Images
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A vessel blocked the Rhine River after suffering a technical fault, yet another glitch for the key waterway that has become difficult to navigate because of drought.
A section of the river between St. Goar and Oberwesel was closed, a spokesman for the WSA water authority said on Wednesday morning. That’s on a narrow part of the river near the closely watched Kaub chokepoint.