News / European barge services stymied by low water and poor infrastructure

06/12/2021

Handling times may have halved in a week, but this masks a deteriorating situation along North Europe’s inland waterways.

Low water levels mean barges are less likely to be able to carry full loads.

Contargo is reporting wait times of just 36 hours, the lowest this year, ...

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Michel van Dijk
December 07, 2021 at 8:31 am
Old news, Kaub is already at 242 again this morning so no worries about transport capacities. It is not the size of the terminals in the ports it is the split between deepsea, transshipment and barges on the quay that influences the productivity of the terminal. If the terminals would have more space there would be far more transshipment in order to regain better rotations for the Ultra Large Vessels. This would make things even worse. Only measurement to make impact is keeping the productivity high. The way to do is not only in the descission of the Carrier but also in the contracts for carriage and all specific regulations who impact behaviour of the individual cargo.

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