Ships on the shrinking Danube are “scraping the bottom of the barrel”

Port News & Information Mediterranean, Black & Caspian Seas Budapest, Hungary (Ports Europe) August 6, 2026 – In several stretches of the Danube River water levels fell below previous records, causing serious difficulties in shipping. In Hungary, the water level near Budapest reached about 10 centimeters, below the previous low of 33 centimetres, measured in 2018. Even in Austria, cargo and cruise vessel traffic… Subscribe or log in to continue reading PortSEurope offers an English-language daily coverage from over 200 ports in the Mediterranean, Black and Caspian Seas as well as a fully indexed and easily searchable database with more than 15,000 articles. Subscribe