Faced with the prospect of considerably higher barge shipping costs due to sharply falling water levels on the Rhine, forwarders and shippers are mulling the…
Category: Rhine river
Will Switzerland fund the upgrade of the railway on the Rhine’s left bank?
The Swiss Federal Council proposed three measures to boost the modal shift from road to rail across the Alps. The main measure is the financing for the adaptation to the 4-metre profile of the railway between Basel, Strasbourg and Metz to create a viable alternative route on the left bank of the Rhine River. However,…