“There’s no rush like diving into the Rhine at first light—Basel waking up behind you, the current pulling you forward, your body alive with motion and clarity,” Ben Strauss-Malcolm, a New York-based ...

A hot, dry summer has made parts of one of Europe's most important waterways, the Rhine River, too shallow for fully laden ships to pass. A hot, dry summer in Europe has made parts of the Rhine ...

Jostling through crowds of Germans and tourists in the Rhine River village of Bacharach, I climb to the sun deck of the ferry and grab a chair. With the last passenger barely aboard, the gangplank ...

Due to the lack of water, ships bringing salt down the Rhine River from Heilbronn to Cologne that would normally carry 2,200 metric tons (2,425 US tons) of cargo are only able to transport about ...

Most river ships on the Rhine have three accommodation decks and hold between 130 and 200 passengers. On the lowest level, rooms have high fixed windows. Moving up, cabins and suites have French ...

Rain in past few days has raised Rhine river water levels in Germany, with vessels able to carry more cargo although most are still sailing around half full, commodity traders said on Thursday.

Learn more. COLOGNE, Germany — Water levels on the Rhine River could reach a critically low point in the coming days, German officials said Wednesday, making it increasingly difficult to ...