MSC steps up with viable alternatives to drought-hit European barge traffic
The Loadstar · Aug 3, 2026
MSC appears to have got ahead of the competition along North Europe’s beleaguered inland waterways, informing customers that it has implemented a series of measures to ensure continuity of operations amid continuing drought. The carrier’s intervention comes with water levels along the Rhine showing no sign of increasing in the near future, with limited prospects of rainfall over the next seven days and indications that on some gauges the conditions may ...
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