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I really depends on when they are scheduled to be in Passau and how high the ship is, i.e. the headroom under the bridge. This is the 31 day graph of Pfelling: Passau is at 689cm. notamermaid

Maxau gauge is at 749cm. And the ships are on the move! That is the tailback at Iffezheim, a report just before the ships could sail again: https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/karlsruhe/hochwasser-am-rhein-verursacht-schleusenstau-in-iffezheim-100.html That looks better: The problem at Iffezheim: one lock is broken, the second lock is in maintenance status, the kind that slows the locking process. The German report says that locking can take up to 40 minutes.. On normal days, four locking processes can take place in that time. River traffic on the move again, confirmed: https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/karlsruhe/hochwasser-pegel-maxau-schifffahrt-karlsruhe-100.html notamermaid

Lovely. Enjoy. notamermaid

I guess this is what the authorities mean, lots of dots at Germersheim: notamermaid

Maxau gauge at 754cm. Per newspaper report yesterday 30 ships were already waiting at Iffezheim lock. notamermaid

So, for the record. The Viking Gymir is on the return journey along the Rhine without getting to Budapest. The itinerary from Amsterdam to Budapest the passengers needed to complete on another ship. Here is the log data as of a few minutes ago, a bit confusing what they have written: Sailing with passengers? Going to Niehl harbour for the winter? In October, the bridge was hit by a barge by the way, but the damage to the vessel was minor. A lady from on board has uploaded a video. Search for Viking Gymir and the upload within last week, but be aware that she says little about the ship. The swapped onto the Egdir. notamermaid

Both Kelheim and Regensburg have peaked. The wave is now in the stretch where we saw the low water last month. The graph at Pfelling has gone up strongly: Passau is currently at 672cm. It is getting colder, so snow will now fall in areas above 600m (before it was above 800m to 1000m). But overall the weather will improve, meaning more sunshine and far less precipitation. To give you an idea: Regensburg lies at 337m above sea level. notamermaid

Maxau gauge at 762cm. Only 12cm to go... All gauges up to and including Cologne have peaked. The down slope is very slow, so not much of a slope to speak off. Another grey day in the valley, but the weather is supposed to improve. notamermaid

Maxau gauge is at 773cm. As predicted, there was a slight rise during the day. During the night and tomorrow we will see a slow decline, possibly too slowly to see figures below 750cm before the evening. So where is Maxau? This is the area, near Karlsruhe: When sailing you find the gauge at Rhine kilometre 362.3. notamermaid

Passau is at 679cm. This is better than this morning of course, but the river is still high and carrying a high volume of water upstream. All that water needs to go through Passau so we will continue to see high levels, it is just not clear how high. To give you an idea in colours: Yellow is level 1, orange is level 2 and red is level 3. That one is Kelheim. Passau is below a flooding level now, so back on green. Again, the problem at Passau is that bridge. notamermaid

You are right, it looks nicer in Austria. We had that warmer day here, looks as if it is in Vienna now. Tomorrow they will get rain in Austria but Vienna looks drier than Innsbruck: https://wetter.orf.at/oes/prognose notamermaid

Maxau gauge stands at 772cm. So the better forecast has proven to be right. If this continues the level at Maxau should fall below 750cm midday tomorrow. Remember: we have got that bottleneck Iffezheim lock. This is the lock, with the German website being just a little but more extensive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iffezheim_Lock notamermaid

That was probably a close call on the Moselle. The river peaked at Trier at 696cm. I did not read about a river traffic ban so it may not have happened for those two hours that the river was high enough to announce it. The levels are falling again but there is new rain forecast in the Upper basin of the Moselle. It is still unpredictable what this will do to the river in Germany. notamermaid

Passau gauge is at 717cm. The rain in Bavaria is continuing today with tomorrow equally rainy. Wednesday should see a brighter sky again. I have had a look at the river levels in Hungary. There is certainly a big rise in all the graphs but, without being able to relate this to river cruising, the levels do not look critical to me. None that I looked at where reaching a flooding level marking line. notamermaid

I am not sure about the Danube, here on the Rhine I can say that tourism is reduced now, seeing that it is getting cold and rainy. Far fewer people go into nature. But fewer river cruise ships are on docking lists as well, November is just not that attractive. Christmas markets are a big draw everywhere. River cruise ships will be more visible again on the river but I dare say not as many as in summer. People always want to sail the rivers, the season really only ends just after New Year. But the last few years have seen the sailings starting earlier again and some companies even decide to sail in January and February due to demand, just a few itineraries but those dates are out there now if one is interested in sailing then. notamermaid

Yes, quite a change to your - unfortunate - situation then. Pfelling has peaked, Passau is now at 746cm and on flood level 2. The graph: Forecast suggest a further rise and peak just after midnight. notamermaid

Slight change in forecast for the better. If trend continues at Maxau gauge we could see shipping resume a few hours earlier than anticipated last night. Fingers crossed. notamermaid

I myself would not have any details on river traffic beyond Passau. But a lot of water is coming down their way so they will need to "sail through the wave". The particular problem on their route is the low bridge at Passau which would stop them from getting into Passau to dock and sail onto Regensburg. We currently have the situation that the gauges this morning are showing high figures, putting some areas onto official flooding, either level 1 or 2. Passau has also risen a lot again, current level is 683cm. A further rise is expected. Difficult to judge right now how long the situation will last, i.e. when the peak at Passau will be. notamermaid

Pfelling has seen a steady rise during today. Passau has temporarily gone down and is now at 630cm. notamermaid

Basel gauge remains high, as expected. Maxau gauge went down to 762cm yesterday but has gone up again since and is now on 790cm. The level is expected to fall tomorrow but stay above 750cm. After another rise the situation should ease during the course of Tuesday. notamermaid

My pleasure. Unfortunately your attachment is not available. Rhine and Main sounds great. Which company is it? We can then probably look it up on their website. Sorry, I am busy. Short update on the river later. notamermaid

I do not want to go on about it, but I think we can all agree that the incident is major and more than a bit annoying... Deutsche Welle finds it noteworthy and important enough to write an English article. Helmsman (woman), not captain, when the accident happened: https://www.dw.com/en/germany-drunk-rhine-ship-pilot-causes-major-gate-damage/a-67460489 There was talk in the police report of this potentially having an impact on the licence to steer a ship. notamermaid

Passau has peaked and is now at 640cm. This may only be temporary. Tomorrow could look a bit better, but the situation does not appear to ease much soon. Gauges upstream from Passau are rising. Kelheim is on flooding level one. notamermaid

Good question. All speculation at this point but one is allowed to speculate... Most likely the situation will ease, the river hardly ever stays high for a prolonged period. Three days of no rain will bring the river right down again, that is to a high but comfortable level. And the long-term forecast suggests the easing of the situation within five days. This does not mean it will not rain but overall the weather will be more favourable. notamermaid

Yup, as I said, it was bad. This was 2013 at Passau: I have not come across such a graph for Kaub on the internet. Data is collected for Maxau though. Most graphs are for discharge, not level. notamermaid