Drought disrupts Rhine shipping route: Low water levels threaten Europe's supply chains

The Rhine River is one of the world's busiest inland waterways. But drought in Europe has made a crucial bottleneck impassable for cargo ships. That's causing serious supply problems—and driving up prices.

Al Jazeera's Step Vaessen reports from Kaub in Germany.

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