Germany has largely lifted its ban on trucks driving on the roads over the weekend to compensate for the limited movement of watercraft as water levels in the Rhine and other rivers continue to decline. ,
,The weekend road transport permit was the most urgent practical measure proposed last week during a crisis meeting between German Transport Minister Steffen Bilger and representatives of industries and interest groups. On Wednesday, Berlin and Brandenburg were among the last of the 16 German states to give the green light to freight transport on Sundays.
However, "large volumes of cargo cannot be easily transported by trucks or trains because the seats are not available as quickly and the costs are much higher than when transported by water," one Frankfurt valve distributor wrote in a note to customers. "It remains to be seen how this will affect steel prices in the coming weeks."
AL Although this has not been explicitly mentioned yet, it may affect, in particular, the Badische Stahlwerke company, since it carries out most of the supplies of scrap entering the market and ships it by waterway along the Rhine.
At the same time, Tata Steel Nederland (TSN) informs Kallanish that it has stopped regular transportation along the Danube River. "We have stopped using it as a regular transport route until the water level recovers and river transportation becomes an acceptable option again," the spokesperson said in a statement. The company has developed railway transport routes for supplies to Central and Eastern Europe.
"Over the past few years, we have made significant efforts to increase the sustainability of TSN's transportation network," he says. TSN has developed alternative transportation routes and ensured the transition to rail transport along with the existing waterway network. "As a result, the extreme drought has so far had only a limited impact on TSN's transportation network. However, given that the dry conditions are expected to persist in the coming weeks, it is expected that they will eventually begin to worsen. This will affect the operation of the transport network," he concludes.
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, ,, Author: Christian Kel Germany
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