Rotterdam to Berlin: Germany turns to river barges to cut need for Russian oil 

The shipments may get trickier as the Rhine river has the lowest water clearance levels at the key navigation point of Kaub since at least 2007

The Rhine river connects Amsterdam, Rotterdam (pictured) and Antwerp, the beating heart of Europe’s oil trading known as ARA, with swathes of Germany and beyond.

Germany is resorting to getting barge loads of fuel all the way from the North Sea oil port of Rotterdam to Berlin as the country attempts to cut its dependence on Russian supplies.

Fuels used to help make gasoline are being sent from the Dutch trading hub up the Rhine river and then into Germany’s sprawling network of canals as far as Berlin.