据美国油价网2022年8月12日报道，未来几天，由于驳船运输的关键航道莱茵河水位预计将降至通航水平以下，欧洲煤炭和石油等燃料的供应将面临进一步中断。
莱茵河从瑞士向西北流经德国、法国和荷兰，注入北海，是欧洲重要的石油产品运输航道。由于今年夏天欧洲的热浪和干旱，河流的水位很低，现在已经变得太浅，以至于许多运送石油产品的驳船无法通过。驳船没有满载，以减轻它们在水面上的重量，这提高了运输成本，推迟了煤炭和燃料的运输，影响了德国在热浪期间的发电。
彭博新闻社周五援引德国政府公布的数据报道称，德国考普航路点的水位现在将下降到40厘米（15.75英寸）以下的适航门槛。预计未来几天莱茵河水位还将进一步下降。
部分货物运输必须改道通过铁路运输，这可能会给欧洲采购煤炭和燃料带来进一步的困难。莱茵河的低水位已经影响了煤炭供应，并导致德国今年的电力价格创下历史新高。
这个欧洲最大的经济体已开始运营更多的燃煤发电厂以节约天然气，但公用事业公司上周警告称，由于低水位的莱茵河的煤炭供应有限，在9月的第一周之前，德国两家燃煤发电厂的发电量可能会下降。
今年夏天，莱茵河的低水位已经造成了德国煤炭的物流问题。由于莱茵河水位下降加剧了供应挑战，德国发电厂发现，在能源危机日益失控之际，越来越难以获得煤炭。
李峻 编译自 美国油价网
原文如下：
Major Petroleum Corridor At Risk Of Closure Due To Low Water Levels
Europe’s supply of fuels such as coal and petroleum products faces further disruptions in the coming days as the water levels on the Rhine River—a key waterway for barge transportation – are expected to sink below the level of navigability.
The Rhine River, which runs northwest from Switzerland through Germany, France, and the Netherlands into the North Sea, is a major petroleum product transportation corridor in Europe. Due to heat waves and drought this summer in Europe, the levels on the river are low and have now become too shallow for many barges shipping petroleum products to pass. Barges are not being fully loaded to keep them lighter on the water, which lifts shipping costs and delays shipments of coal and fuels, affecting power generation in Germany during the heat wave.
The water level at the Kaub waypoint in Germany is now set to drop below the 40 centimeters (15.75 inches) threshold of navigability, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing German government data. The water level is expected to drop further in the next few days.
Some of the goods transportation has to be rerouted through rail transport, which could create further difficulties for Europe to procure coal and fuels. The low water levels on the Rhine have already affected coal supply and contributed to record-high year-ahead power prices in Germany.
Europe’s biggest economy, which has started to run more coal-fired power plants to conserve gas, could see reduced generation from two of its coal plants until the first week of September due to limited coal supply via the Rhine, utilities warned last week.
This summer, the low water levels on the Rhine have already caused logistics issues with coal in Germany. Power plants in Germany are finding it increasingly difficult to source coal amid an energy crisis that is spiraling out of control as falling water levels on the Rhine River add to supply challenges.
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