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Mosel river in Germany closed to shipping after lock accident
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on December 10, 2024
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on December 10, 2024
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026
Mosel river in Germany is closed to shipping after a lock accident. Repairs will last until March 2025, affecting grain and steel shipments.
HAMBURG (Reuters) - The river Mosel in western Germany, an important route for grains and rapeseed shipments, has been closed to inland waterways shipping after an accident that damaged a lock, navigation authorities said.
A lock at Mueden south of Koblenz has been damaged after a vessel collision and repairs are likely to last until spring 2025, possibly around late March, the WSA agency said. The river will be closed to cargo shipping during this period.
Traders estimated that about 70 ships are blocked because of the damage, possibly causing delivery disruption.
The Mosel is an important route for grain and rapeseed shipments including to and from the French port of Metz, they said. It is also an important route for supplies to the steel industry.
"Some traders are seeking to transfer loads to road and rail transport but I fear some delivery disruption," one grain trader said.
(Reporting by Michael Hogan and Gus Trompiz. Editing by Mark Potter)
The main topic is the closure of the Mosel river in Germany to shipping due to a lock accident.
The Mosel river is expected to be closed until spring 2025, possibly around late March.
The closure affects grain and rapeseed shipments and may cause delivery disruptions.
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