Good investigation by BBC Radio 4 File on 4 about breaking and recycling ships in the Indian subcontinent - includes references to the Basel Convention The Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0… #maritimebasel

The #Rhine at #Basel is sediment-laden with fines in #suspension. Extreme #CurrentVelocity and >3500 m3/s #discharge (normal: ~1500 m3/s). Large trunks float by. #Flood #Starkregen #Rhein #Rhy

Still in flood #maritimebasel

TRIPOLIS eastbound at Schifflände early this morning #maritimebasel

The Roche Tower Light Projection was superb and showed the Rhine at its best too - on again the next three evenings youtu.be/xe1Oh5X2-DM #Roche125 #maritimebasel Broken link POC ro0od

Basel may be a long way from the sea but we’re still Switzerland’s busiest port and celebrating #WorldMaritimeDay International Maritime Organization

Inland freighter WILHELMINA-ARINA eastbound at Schifflände this morning #maritimebasel #shipping

BERN westbound today #maritimebasel #shipping

Rhine water levels fall to new low as Germany’s drought hits shipping Guardian news theguardian.com/world/2022/aug…

Flying the Red Ensign on Merchant Navy Day for friends and shipmates in the UK, Australia and New Zealand #MerchantNavyDay #MerchantNavy #maritimebasel

The Mirabaud AM BaselHead Regatta takes place this weekend - a must-see event on the Rhine in Nordwestschweiz #maritimebasel #rowing

New restaurant and nightclub by the Rhine at Novartis Campus bzbasel.ch/basel/basel-st… bzBasel #maritimebasel #gastronomy #nightlife

Bold proposal from Kanton Basel-Stadt for developing Kybeckquai and Westquai which includes moving the existing rail freight line (in German language) bs.ch/nm/2023-stadte… #maritimebasel

Inland tanker MARIE eastbound at Mittlere Brücke #maritimebasel

Tug WILD MAA alongside in Kleinhüningen #maritimebasel

Im Ozean mit Mitgliedern des Sinfonieorchesters Basel, Irena Müller-Brozovic, Norbert Steinwarz, Madeline Engelsman und Jeroen Engelsman - Scala Basel, 3rd June 2023 16:00 sinfonieorchesterbasel.ch/de/konzerte/im… #maritimebasel #music

Französische Rheinschleusen nördlich von Basel von Streik bedroht baseljetzt.ch/franzoesische-… #maritimebasel

Swiss Boat Show this weekend Palexpo in Geneva #SwissBoatShow #maritimebasel boat-show.ch/en/

RIP Richard Serra - his work Dirk’s Pod at Novartis Campus arrived from Germany via the Rhine novartis.com/art-collection… #maritimebasel #art