FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin Water levels on the Rhine have fallen to critically low levels, threatening to severely disrupt barge transport along one of Europe’s most important fuel supply routes and increasing pressure on already stretched alternative logistics networks. At Kaub, one of the shallowest points on the Middle Rhine and a key reference point for commercial navigation, water levels stood at just 20 centimetres on September 18, down from around 30 cm earlier in the week. German waterway authority WSV forecasts indicate levels could fall to around zero by September 28 and remain there for at least several days. RelatedNews Germany launches low- and zero-emission inland shipping funding programme ETF: Drying rivers should motivate the EU to boost inland shipping var jnews_module_21382546_0_6ab124fe0ab10 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21382546","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"447,3152,3702,3535","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_posi