It’s not often a river boat captain serenades his passengers. But on our recent Rhine River cruise, it was a poignant moment ...

Jostling through crowds of Germans and tourists in the Rhine River village of Bacharach, I climb to the sun deck of the ferry and grab a chair. With the last passenger barely aboard, the gangplank is ...

KAUB, Germany — Just after sunrise, Capt. Frank Sep turned to his ship’s radio for the defining news of his day: the water level in Kaub, the shallowest part of the middle section of the Rhine River, ...

The Rhine is so low, that this shipwreck emerged from the receding waters. If water levels continue to drop, shipping will be severely impacted. Photo: Arnulf Stoffel (AP) Less than a foot of water ...

HAMBURG, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Heavy rain has raised water on the river Rhine in Germany to levels allowing cargo vessels to sail fully loaded, data from German inland waterways agency WSA said on ...

HAMBURG, July 17 (Reuters) - Water levels on the river Rhine in Germany have risen sharply after heavy rain in southern regions but are still too shallow in northern areas for cargo vessels to sail ...