# Europe’s Heat Wave Disrupts Key Rhine Shipping Route

https://mins.news/en/video/20887

- Bloomberg Television, 2026-08-13 06:16 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZUym75gcCQ

> Water levels on the Rhine at Kaub, Germany, have reached their lowest point since records began in 1880 and may fall further during another heat wave this week. Companies including Thyssenkrupp, BASF and Lanxess are rapidly adapting to keep goods moving along the waterway.

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