A recent accident at a lock on the Mosel River in western Germany has forced the closure of the waterway to inland shipping. The damaged lock, located near Mueden, is expected to take several months to repair, impacting the transportation of grains and rapeseed, reports Reuters.
Important Route
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.
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Source: Reuters
