Drought: Danube low levels limit shipping in Hungary
River at 93 cm in Budapest, problems also in Germany
15 August, 13:08Currently, the Danube is at 93 centimeters in Budapest, still 42 higher than the lowest level measured in 2003, at 51 centimeters.
The president of the Association of Hungarian Inland Waterway Carriers, Attila Bencsik, said that shipping companies are waiting with their freight for higher water or loading goods onto smaller vessels, but losses are nonetheless increasing. (ANSA).