{
  "id": 9556231,
  "title": "Ships on IJssel restricted to one-way traffic as drought lingers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/ships-on-ijssel-restricted-to-one-way-traffic-as-drought-lingers",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-24T12:49:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "DutchNews",
    "slug": "dutchnews",
    "url": "https://www.dutchnews.nl/2026/09/ships-on-ijssel-restricted-to-one-way-traffic-as-drought-endures/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Dutch highways agency Rijkswaterstaat has implemented a one-way system on the IJssel river in the eastern part of the country due to dwindling river levels. Ships traveling from Arnhem to Zutphen will now have to take a detour of up to 300 kilometers on Friday morning. The shallow water channel in the river prevents ships from passing each other. The prolonged summer drought has caused major Dutch rivers, including the Rhine, to reach historically low levels. At the point where the Rhine enters the Netherlands from Germany, known as Lobith, the flow is a mere 600 cubic meters per second. This has dealt a significant blow to the inland waterway sector, which has already been forced to limit its operations. Andries de Weerd, a spokesman for Koninklijke Binnenvaart Nederland, the organization representing inland waterway users, expressed concern over the additional costs that will result from this measure, stating that they have already been operating on reduced loads.",
  "summary": "Highways agency Rijkswaterstaat has imposed a one-way system on the IJssel river in the east of the country because of...",
  "key_points": [],
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}