Bloomberg
The water level at a key German chokepoint on the Rhine River jumped, easing a crisis that’s hampered energy and industrial production this month.
The marker at Kaub — a narrow and shallow waypoint west of Frankfurt — jumped to 47 centimeters from 35 centimeters a day earlier, according to Federal Waterways and Shipping Authority. At that depth it’s once again economical for many barges to sail through the waypoint carrying cargo. The marker is set to rise sharply from here, to 150 centimeters by Tuesday.