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Low Rhine water levels threaten German inland shipping and recovery

Around five per cent of Germany’s freight moves by inland vessels, but severe low water on the Rhine is slowing key supply chains and jeopardising the economy’s fragile rebound.

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Inland waterways carry roughly five per cent of Germany’s total goods, but severe low water levels on the Rhine are now slowing important supply chains, a development that threatens the country’s economic recovery at a vulnerable stage.