Rain has raised water levels on the river Rhine in Germany, with much of the river around normal levels, allowing cargo vessels to sail with full loads, commodity traders said on Monday.

In March 1945 the Rhine River was the last great barrier to the heart of Germany. General George S. Patton of US 3rd Army and Field Marshall Bernard L. Montgomery were both desperate to cross the ...

Rhine shipping beyond France is being affected, the WSA spokesperson said, including traffic to German ports on the river such as Breisach or Weil am Rhein near the French border, as well as Basel ...