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  • RIS COMEX results

    07 Oct 2022

    The RIS COMEX project came to a successful end in June 2022. On 29 September 2022, the Final Event was organised in Berlin to present two tangible results: EuRIS and CEERIS.

    Digitalisation - News

  • PLATINA3 – 5th Stage Event

    14 Sep 2022

    The newt PLATINA3 Stage Event will take place on 19 & 20 October in Budapest, hosted by the Danube Commission. Registrations are open.

    News - Transport by water

  • Danube Business Talks 2022

    09 Jun 2022

    Danube Business Talks, the business platform for Danube navigation, takes place on 12 and 13 October 2022 in Linz.

    News - Publications - Transport by water

  • Waterways and urban logistics workshop

    07 Jun 2022

    Workshop Waterways and urban logistics: How can regulations better interconnect the modes? Organised by POLIS on 4 July in Brussels.

    News - Transport by water

  • TEN-T regulation proposal

    24 May 2022

    INE welcomes the proposal for TEN-T regulation, and has recommendations to clarify and improve terminology and procedures.

    News - Waterway infrastructure

  • Connecting Europe days 2022

    28 Apr 2022

    The Connecting Europe Days (formerly known as the TEN-T Days) take place from 28-30 June 2022 in Lyon, under the French Presidency of the EU.

    News - Waterway infrastructure

  • Urban mobility days

    28 Apr 2022

    Save the date for the Urban Mobility Days 2022, to be held on 20-22 September in Brno, Czech Republic.

    News - Transport by water

  • PLATINA3 – 4th Stage Event

    22 Apr 2022

    The next Platina3 online Stage Event will be organised on 7 & 8 June 2022 by the CCNR. The programme is available and registration is open.

    News - Transport by water

  • PLATINA3 – 3rd Stage Event

    15 Feb 2022

    The presentations of the 3rd Platina3 stage event about climate change adaptation, decarbonisation and modal shift are available

    News - Transport by water

  • Joint position on alternative fuels infrastructure

    04 Jan 2022

    INE and the Inland Waterway Transport sector have formulated a joint position on the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation.

    Green energy - News

  • Naiades 3 action programme published

    24 Jun 2021

    Commision publishes long-awaited Naiades action plan for 2021-2027 as follow-up to 2nd action programme ending in 2020.

    News - Transport by water

  • PLATINA3 project kicks off

    08 Apr 2021

    EU-funded PLATINA3 project kicks off with targeted event on key challenges & opportunities in inland navigation. 6 stage events are scheduled in near future.

    Transport by water

  • Digitalisation at the service of the Green Deal

    21 Jan 2021

    INE, together with De Vlaamse Waterweg and EFIP, presents a Common Framework for multi-modal data sharing

    Digitalisation

  • More waterway transport on Finland Saimaa canal

    31 Dec 2020

    The Finnish government has decided to grant funds to lengthen locks in the Saimaa Canal

    Transport by water

  • Recommendations for EU climate change adaptation strategy

    02 Sep 2020

    INE and EFIP present their recommendations for the EU climate change adaptation strategy

    Climate change - News

  • Smart and sustainable mobility goes via water

    30 Jul 2020

    Commission prepares Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy to achieve the Green Deal in transport - publication is scheduled for December 2020.

    Digitalisation - Transport by water

  • Clean energy networks benefit transport corridors

    29 Jul 2020

    The European Green Deal in action is demonstrated by public-private partnerships that create synergies between new clean energy networks and transport corridors. The Rhine links up...

    Green energy - News

  • Core networks ready in 2030?

    18 Jun 2020

    The European Court of Auditors checks if core network corridors will be ready and operating by 2030, as planned by the EU in 2013.

    Waterway infrastructure

  • Sharing information for a digital future

    10 Jun 2020

    Information sharing workshop on ongoing digital developments important for inland waterways and multimodality, organised by INE and IWTP.

    Digitalisation - News

  • Emission-free sailing for inland navigation

    05 Jun 2020

    Zero Emissions Services (ZES) set up to lease exchangeable battery containers, charged with sustainable energy, to businesses in inland shipping.

    News

  • Naiades programme for post-COVID growth

    12 May 2020

    As an answer to the current COVID-19 crisis and another expected low-water period, Inland Navigation Europe, together with the European Barge Union, European Federation of Inl...

    News - Transport by water

  • Waterways transport is part of industry strategy

    29 Apr 2020

    Navigable waterways in Europe are dotted with important industries active in the chemical, building, recycling, agricultural and other sectors. They rely for competitive supplies o...

    News - Transport by water

  • COVID-19 | Transport keeps us going

    24 Mar 2020

    World Health Organization (WHO) declares COVID-19 a pandemic and wide-ranging measures are taken to contain the spread of the virus.

    News - Transport by water

  • One-stop-shop RIS

    12 Mar 2020

    VisuRIS brings together all RIS services. It calculates the sailing route taking into account water levels, tides, operating times and calamities, and makes shipping smoother and s...

    Digitalisation - News

  • PIANC launches climate change adaptation guidance

    09 Jan 2020

    PIANC, the World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure, launched its technical guidance on climate change adaptation planning. Ports and waterways around th...

    Climate change - News

  • Sustainable urban mobility and circular economy

    19 Dec 2019

    Inland waterway transport represents a responsible logistics solution serving the urban economy with much lower external costs (noise, congestion, pollution). In particular, it par...

    News

  • The EU Green Deal and inland waterways transport

    11 Dec 2019

    The European Green Deal resets the Commission’s commitment to tackling climate and environmental-related challenges that is this generation’s defining task. The Commission note...

    News - Transport by water

  • PIANC launches Climate Change Declaration

    10 Dec 2019

    Inland Navigation Europe is a supporter of the PIANC Navigating a Changing Climate Partnership, and as such is committed to: Helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and moving t...

    Climate change

  • Smart navigation & waterway monitoring

    04 Dec 2019

    Navigable waterways are equipped with aids to navigation (AToNs) to make navigation safer and more efficient. Today, they are increasingly equipped with sensors and AIS to become p...

    Digitalisation - News

  • Connected & automated shipping

    24 Nov 2019

    From vessel platooning to remotely controlled ships and infrastructure, inland waterway transport is automating. Test areas emerge allowing operational test cases to develop best p...

    Digitalisation - News

  • Power of water and wind

    20 Nov 2019

    Lock complexes are becoming hubs for renewable energy. Pump installations that ensure sufficient water supply work also as hydroelectric plants. Together with windmills, they produ...

    Green energy - News

  • Ecological strength of rivers

    18 Nov 2019

    Rivers and flood-plains are major connecting elements between existing protected biodiversity areas. The Alpine Carpathian River Corridor Project, co-financed by the INTERREG ...

    News - Waterway infrastructure

  • Innovative vessels showcased in Brussels

    16 Oct 2019

    Green inland shipping event on 16 october 2019 showed the most innovative solutions in inland navigation at the CO2 neutral port of Brussels 5 very innovative vessels called at the...

    News - Transport by water

  • Naiades 3 brainstorm workshop

    05 Jul 2019

    In its communication ‘A Clean Planet for All’, the Commission lays down a European strategic long-term vision for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate-neutral economy....

    News

  • Scheine-Scheldt project on course

    02 Jul 2019

    The European Commission adopted the Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1118 on the Seine – Scheldt cross-border project, part of the North Sea – Mediterranean and Atlantic Core Ne...

    News - Projects

  • Iron Gate on track for upgrade

    26 Jun 2019

    Two major public procurements within the project “The Upgrade of the Iron Gate I Navigational Lock” in Serbia, have been finalised. This marks a major milestone of the project ...

    News - Waterway infrastructure

  • Upgrade of Gabčíkovo lock

    20 Jun 2019

    The ceremonial laying of the foundation stone for the project Upgrade of Gabčíkovo locks in the Slovak Republic took place on 20 June 2019. At the same time the christening of a ...

    News - Waterway infrastructure

  • New equipment on Danube to increase performance

    12 Apr 2019

    Within the FAIRway Danube CEF Project, new equipment has been deployed to improve hydrological services, the basis for sound decision making while creating important synergies betw...

    News

  • FAIRway Danube milestone reached

    26 Mar 2019

    On 26 March 2019, a marking vessel has been launched in Giurgiu (Romania) by Romanian Transport Minister Razvan Cuc, European Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc, Rhine-Danube Core...

    Good navigation status - News

  • Renewable waterfront

    02 Mar 2019

    The production of renewable energies is imperative to reduce global warming and free space along waterways can be used to install renewable energy plants. A section of the public r...

    News - Waterway infrastructure

  • CEF co-financing rates at 50%!

    21 Feb 2019

    nland Navigation Europe welcomes the provisional agreement on the Connecting Europe Facility II (2021-2027). We strongly support the overall aim to invest in public goods infrastru...

    News

  • European Parliament calls for 3rd Naiades Action Plan

    14 Feb 2019

    Today the European Parliament adopts a motion for resolution on inland waterway transport. The resolution notes that, by 2050, 80 % of the EU’s population will live in urban area...

    News - Transport by water

  • Naiades expert group gathers on 18 February

    20 Jan 2019

    The European Commission, Member States representatives and stakeholders gather on 18 February to discuss the EU action programme for inland waterway transport and its measures. The...

    News

  • Ministers want a 3rd Naiades Action Plan

    04 Dec 2018

    The Council of EU Transport Ministers adopted conclusions on inland waterway transport. The conclusions acknowledge the significant contribution that this efficient, safe and sus...

    News

  • Breaking down silos in Horizon Europe

    20 Nov 2018

    The Waterborne sector applauds the Commission’s proposal to break down the silos between modes and sectors in future EU research. A cluster combining climate, energy and mobility...

    News

  • Join MoreEUBudget4Transport campaign

    29 Jun 2018

    The EU is currently discussing the priorities of the next EU budget 2021-2027. This requires unanimous agreement among Member States. Transport and transport infrastructure are key...

    News

  • Floating city warehouse

    25 Jun 2018

    The Ports of Paris work with partners on floating warehouses to ship parcels deep into the city which are then delivered by clean cargo bikes and vans, with the aim to reduce truck...

    News - Transport by water

  • Whole lifecycle management

    12 Jun 2018

    Between July 2015 and June 2020 the EU FAIRway Danube project significantly increases the knowledge on shallow sections of the Danube waterway. The EU FAIRway project takes a ...

    News

  • Smart and green water nodes

    31 May 2018

    Waterway managers turn waterside brownfields into new carbon neutral industrial zones for renewable energy, the bio-based and circular economy. Exploiting uncongested waterways bec...

    News

  • Clean public transport by water

    16 May 2018

    Most of our cities are crippled by congestion. The good news is that 50% of the EU population lives close to the sea and along rivers. That’s why water transport for passengers r...

    News

  • Promoting inland shipping in the Baltic

    14 May 2018

    The EMMA project enhances inland navigation in the Baltic Sea Region. Inland Navigation Europe is one of the associated organisations participating in the Interreg Baltic Sea Regio...

    News

  • Energy Barge project

    04 May 2018

    The EU Interreg Energy Barge project creates synergies between the bio-energy industry and Danube logistics with 23 project partners from all EU countries along the Danube and runs...

    News

  • Multi-Annual Financial Framework for 2021-2027 announced

    02 May 2018

    European Commissioner Günther Oettinger announced on Wednesday the Commission proposal for the EU budget 2021-2027, the so-called Multi-Annual Financial Framework (MFF).  Last Fr...

    News

  • Freight by water goes electric

    23 Apr 2018

    The European Commission and the Port of Antwerp allocated a grant to Dutch company Port-Liner to develop barges propelled by “e-Powerbox” battery driven electric motors which c...

    News

  • Good navigation status for inland waterways

    12 Apr 2018

    The Trans‐European Transport Network (TEN‐T) aims among others to ensure that European waterways are well integrated in the European transport system. The TEN‐T Guidelines...

    News

  • New lock on Po waterway

    25 Mar 2018

    Northern Italy’s navigable waterways network, open to the Mediterranean from Gibraltar and to Suez and the Black seas through the routes and the ports of the upper Adriatic, ...

    News

  • Working with nature

    18 Jan 2018

    Nature and transport benefit from Inland waterway projects which aim to improve navigability, connect rivers and renature river banks. Waterways are arteries of life. Inland waterw...

    News

  • RIS COMEX

    16 Nov 2017

    River Information Services (RIS) streamline the information exchange between public and private parties to improve the safety, sustainability and efficiency in inland waterway tran...

    News

  • More EU budget for transport

    20 Sep 2017

    Europe needs transportImagine a life without transport. It would be impossible to trade and move in and across regions. Transport is the backbone of our interna...

    News

  • Working together for more & better waterway transport

    30 Jun 2017

    Power of EU cooperation 75% of inland waterway transport is international. Rivers and waterways cross European cities, industrial centres and borders. That’s why, together wi...

    News

  • PPP reduces road congestion in Flanders

    05 Jun 2017

    To stimulate the use of the waterways, a sufficient number of modern, well-situated quay walls allowing the transhipment of goods need to be available. For an increasing number of ...

    News

  • Watertruck+ for small waterways

    30 May 2017

    Waterwegen en Zeekanaal and De Vlaamse Waterweg support the implementation of the Watertruck+ project. In collaboration with private partners Watertruck+ will, with European suppor...

    News

  • Zero-emission container ship under construction

    22 May 2017

    Many innovation initiatives take place in road transport. What could you do on the water? For the new ship Gouwenaar, Nedcargo considers remote control, sensors that help to sail m...

    News

  • Using sediments as a resource

    17 May 2017

    In Nord-Pas-de-Calais, total waterway traffic in 2015 was 12.3 million tonnes of freight, up 22% over 10 years for the network. Inland shipping replaces annually the equivalent of ...

    News

  • Rewarding innovation

    12 Apr 2017

    CLINSH is a European consortium led by province Zuid-Holland under the EU LIFE programme that promotes clean inland waterway transport . The main objective of CLINSH is to improve ...

    News

  • When robots turn into Roboats

    05 Feb 2017

    New logistics concepts crop up in in several countries. One example is Roboat, the fully automated urban boats for goods and people developed by the Amsterdam Institute for Ad...

    News

  • 2016 – 2017 in figures

    25 Jan 2017

    The Central Rhine Commission published the latest economic outlook on inland waterway transport. During the first half of 2016, inland navigation in Europe mirrored the g...

    News

  • European Inland Barging Innovation Platform

    06 Dec 2016

    Inland waterways are a sustainable transport mode, but its full potential to contribute to the sustainability and efficiency of the European transport and logistics is not fully ex...

    News

  • Call to approve Commission proposal on MFF

    20 Oct 2016

    30 European transport associations, representing infrastructure managers, operators, local authorities, users and equipment suppliers in the maritime, inland waterways, railways, r...

    News

  • New viadonau Danube Logistics Portal

    09 Sep 2016

    The new viadonau Danube Logistics Portal is available. Viadonau provides a new online portal on Danube logistics services. The new “Danube Logistics Portal” merges the existing...

    News

  • Numericanal, digitising smaller waterways

    25 Aug 2016

    Water tourism is booming, so user-friendly and safer boating for leisure boaters has become a high priority. Numericanal – which was led by the Canal & River Trust of the UK ...

    News

  • EU ministers agree to implement TEN-T

    24 Jun 2016

    During the TEN-T days in Rotterdam, EU ministers discussed the process of implementing the Trans-European Transport Network, including new challenges and opportunities, new technol...

    News

  • Danube ministers agree on action

    23 Jun 2016

    During the TEN-T days in Rotterdam, the ministers of the Danube riparian states discussed the process of implementing the Fairway Rehabilitation and Maintenance Master Plan for the...

    News

  • TEN-T Days opened with innovation power!

    20 Jun 2016

    High level representatives from the European Union and from the inland waterways transport sector joined the VIP-event ‘Inland navigation and ports in action’ in Rotter...

    News

  • Shaping policy for more and better waterway transport

    20 Jun 2016

    What main developments did 2015 bring in policy and industry and what long-term measures does INE advocate for 2016 amid the trends which are rapidly changing the face of transport...

    News

  • More EU budget for transport: the best investment plan for Europe

    09 Jun 2016

    The Commission is preparing a mid-term review of the Multi-Annual Financial Framework (MFF) or the EU budget 2014-2020. The Connecting Europe Facility which co-finances many transp...

    News

  • Easy-to-access financing required for vessel operators

    09 May 2016

    To modernise the inland shipping industry and optimize its full potential, there is a need for healthy credit provision. The Connecting Europe Facility and the Juncker Plan (EFSI) ...

    News

  • Are inland waterways ready for continental cargo?

    29 Mar 2016

    According to the PLATINA2 analysis, the lack of uptake of inland shipping is hampered by cost, the availability of an appropriate multimodal unit and business models. Cooperation b...

    News

  • Towards better maintenance and service on EU waterways

    21 Mar 2016

    The new TEN-T regulation contains the requirement of achieving ‘Good Navigation Status’ on all class ≥ IV waterways by 2030. Class ≥ IV waterways are major or international...

    News

  • Maintenance of inland waterways is key

    14 Mar 2016

    Continuous maintenance is key for competitive waterway infrastructure. In many countries, the small “everyday” maintenance work does not get the attention it needs. However, th...

    News

  • PLATINA 2 – what is next?

    11 Mar 2016

    PLATINA 2 ended on 29 February 2016. As a European Coordination Action, it supported the implementation of the NAIADES 2 policy package “Towards quality inland wate...

    News

  • Commission proposes harmonised professional qualifications across EU waterways

    18 Feb 2016

    The European Commission proposes to enhance the mobility of inland navigation crew members and provide new career prospects. Today, workers in the inland shipping sector face diffi...

    News

  • Without reliable data, no external cost calculation

    05 Feb 2016

    PLATINA 2 reviewed the quality of datasets used to calculate emissions and external costs for inland waterway transport at EU level. The analysis looked at what data are needed and...

    News

  • Hidden market potential of the Danube

    05 Feb 2016

    A Platina2 market analysis unveils the unused cargo potential for inland navigation in the Danube region. The analysis was checked with logistics players and includes supportive me...

    News

  • FAIRway project enables implementation Danube maintenance plan

    25 Jan 2016

    Economically viable transport services on the Danube are dependent on stable fairway conditions. Several bottlenecks hinder the navigation along the Danube section of the Rhine-Dan...

    News

  • FAIRway project enables implementation Danube maintenance plan

    25 Jan 2016

    Economically viable transport services on the Danube are dependent on stable fairway conditions. Several bottlenecks hinder the navigation along the Danube section of the Rhine-Dan...

    News

  • Digital corridor management for waterways

    18 Dec 2015

    With CoRISMa, a number of Member States joined forces to show the possibilities of cross-border information exchange. The implementation of corridor management through River Inform...

    Digitalisation

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