Amsterdam

A port of call on 270 of the river cruise sailings we watch. Below: the water those ships travel when they call here, measured this morning, and one story from it.

The water here

Dutch & Belgian waterways

Notice-governed · Amsterdam-Rhine Canal, IJsselmeer, Waal/Merwede/Lek, Nieuwe Maas, Scheldt, Albert Canal, Meuse/Maas, Brussels canal

90 of the 270 sailings that call at Amsterdam travel this stretch of river.

This water does not have a measured level. There is no reading for today and no line to measure one against. Governed by the waterway authority's notices. Lock availability, dredging, agreed channel depths and temporary restrictions decide this stretch, not a drought reading.

Lower Rhine (Emmerich–Cologne)

Free-flowing · Emmerich (Rhine-km 852) – Cologne (Rhine-km 688)

47 of the 270 sailings that call at Amsterdam travel this stretch of river.

The gauge that governs this stretch of river is at Cologne.

Cologne Rhine

76 cm falling 16 centimetres over 72 hours falling 16 cm over 72 hours

low on mean low/high water (MNW/MHW) · normal on navigational reference levels (NSW/HSW) — the publisher's own classification of its own reading.

63 cm below the 139 cm published low-water reference. Published low-water reference for this stretch. The waterway authority's own published figure for this stretch, not Waterlogged's arithmetic and not a requirement set by any cruise line.

3 hours ago · source: PEGELONLINE (WSV)

Every reading we hold on the Rhine today

Every reading here is a measurement somebody has already taken, never a forecast. The writing beside it is history and geography: it tells you nothing about today's water and nothing about whether a ship sails. Your cruise line decides what your ship does.

One story from this water

IJmuiden, 1876: William III's boat passing the new locks where the canal cuts the dunes.

William III opens Amsterdam's route to the sea

King William III inaugurated the North Sea Canal on 1 November 1876 with a boat journey from the IJmuiden locks. The direct cut through the dunes ended the port's dependence on longer, silting approaches. It helped trigger a second period of commercial expansion.

1 November 1876 · amsterdam.nl

Every story here says where it was read. A link opens the publisher's own page; a title names a published work we read.

Sailings that call at Amsterdam

And 258 more. Find your own sailing to see the water on the days you are on it.

Every port we watch

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