After the accident of two ships near Karlsruhe, there is still a standstill on the Rhine.
The river is still closed to shipping in the area, the situation is unchanged, said a spokesman for the waterways and shipping office in Mannheim on Thursday morning.
"All available forces" are in action, an external company is expected in the course of the day.
Hagenbach - According to the spokesman, more than 20 ships are currently waiting to continue.
An excursion ship and a tanker got stuck at the beginning of the week, among other things because of the low water level near Hagenbach - located on the Rhineland-Palatinate side across from Karlsruhe.
It is true that they could be freed.
According to the information, however, the ship's propellers created piles of gravel up to 60 centimeters high, which would now have to be dredged to prevent other ships from getting stuck.
dpa