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Cargo ship at sea in the Black Sea
Incident

Romania Rescues 12 Crew from Cargo Ship Suspected of Being Attacked

Romanian rescue services took 12 seafarers off the 7,298-dwt Progress IV after a fire that the country's president said appeared to have followed an attack.

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Cargo ship passing a city on a narrow strait
Incident

Strikes On Danube Ports Push Black Sea Grain Trade Further Into The Firing Line

Russian strikes on Ukraine's largest Danube port have damaged infrastructure and pushed the Black Sea grain trade deeper into the conflict.

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A loaded barge seen head-on on a river
Incident

Romania Sinks Barges In The Danube To Keep A Nuclear Reactor Running

Romania has been sinking four barges loaded with rock into the Danube to redirect water towards a nuclear power station whose second reactor is at risk of shutting down.

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An officer at the controls of a vessel on a river
Incident

Record Danube Lows Expose Wartime Wrecks And Halve Barge Cargoes

Water levels on the Danube have hit record lows across ten countries, cutting barge loadings, threatening power generation and exposing scuttled wartime wrecks near Prahovo.

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A cruise ship alongside a jetty
Incident

Low Water Strands Viking River Cruise Ship In The Danube

A Viking river cruise vessel has run aground in the Danube after coming into contact with a sandbank in extremely low water, and efforts to refloat her are reported to have been unsuccessful.

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Barge on an inland waterway
Industry

Low water on Europe's great rivers disrupts shipping

Exceptionally low water on the Rhine and Danube is disrupting shipping and pushing up freight costs.

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