Low Water Makes Fuel on the Rhine Expensive – Fuel Prices
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Low water, the Middle East crisis and an ADAC suspicion of an extra margin drive fuel towards record high. Anyone who fills up in NRW, Hesse or Rhineland-Palatinate is paying the price for a logistics problem that nobody solves.
Refuelling is again more expensive: the prices for petrol and diesel have recently increased by several cents at German filling stations. This is also due to historically low levels of the Rhine.
The kidney has reached a record minimum level, and the drought is starting to hit Europe's economy directly. In Kaub, Germany, water measures only 6 centimeters, well below the negative record recorded in 2018. Under these conditions, the transport of goods on the river has become impossible. Chemicals, fuels, raw materials and other goods are redirected to trucks and trains, which means higher costs and delays.
The low levels of the Rhine hinder fuel transport. This can be seen on the price tables of the petrol stations in the western federal states.
In the face of the numerous logistical constraints of fuel import, Jean-Marc Zahlen, secretary general of the oil group in the Grand Duchy, wants to be reassuring and avoids any risk of shortage. Between the exceptional low waters of the Rhine that reduce river transport, the work of the CFLs on the bridge of Mertert that prevent rail freight and the ...
Due to the past heat wave, the water level of the Rhine reached a historical low. In addition to production chains that are disrupted by this, the costs of fuel prices, among other things, increase again.
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