Europe's Heat Wave Disrupts Key River Shipping Route
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Oliver Crook
— Главный европейский корреспондент, Bloomberg
Bloomberg's Oliver Crook reports from Kaub, Germany, where Rhine water levels have fallen to the lowest since records began in 1880. The drying waterway threatens operations for Rhine-dependent companies such as BASF and Thyssenkrupp and could cut German economic growth. Governments are suspending Sunday truck bans to help move goods, but the duration of the crisis remains the key question.
- Rhine water levels at Kaub are at 11 cm, below the prior record of 25 cm set in 2018.
- Low water can effectively bisect the Rhine and disrupt shipping for German industry.
- BASF may not rule out force majeure; Thyssenkrupp reports issues moving raw materials.
- ING estimates the disruption could reduce German growth by 0.3 percentage point, about half of expected growth.
- German states are allowing Sunday truck driving to compensate for reduced barge capacity.
- The crisis is occurring unusually early in August, raising the risk of prolonged impact.
Идеи
Rhine disruption hits BASF and Thyssenkrupp.
Record-low Rhine water levels at Kaub are disrupting raw-material and inventory movements for riverside German industrial companies; BASF says it may not rule out force majeure this year and Thyssenkrupp is already having trouble moving raw materials, creating operational and earnings risk.
Rhine crisis may cut German growth.
The Rhine water crisis could become a meaningful drag on the German economy; ING estimates it could cut German growth by 0.3 percentage point, roughly half of expected growth this year, though the reporter cautions the estimates are hard to calculate.
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