Caption

Extreme low water in the Rhine, the du-Ruhrort level was 130 cm at the time of recording, the lowest water level so far in 2018 was 153 cm, container loading in the container handling center, gateway west terminal, logport 2, RRT Rhine-Ruhr terminal, cargo ships on the Rhine only travel with a significantly reduced load, view from Rheinhausen du-Friemersheim to Duisburg-Wanheim, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date

Aug 16, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Jochen Tack

Reference

BRK26I98_393

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NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

136.3Mb (45.4Mb) / 28.2in x 18.8in / 8452 x 5635 (300dpi)

Keywords

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