Germany Eases Trucking Rules as Low Rivers Halt Shipping
Part of composite article Europe’s Rivers Are Drying Up: Heat Shatters Records, Nazi Shipwrecks Surface, and Nuclear Plants Cut Power View full article →
Several German states are allowing trucks to use motorways on Sundays and public holidays, a move to keep freight moving as record-low river levels disrupt cargo shipping. The relaxation comes as a separate incident unfolds: the body of a German sailor, missing for days, has been found in the southern Aegean Sea.