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INE contribution to upcoming EU Sustainable Tourism Strategy
29 Sep 2025
Europe’s inland waterways are a strategic asset in the tourism sector. Rivers and canals link cities,towns, and natural landscapes, providing opportunities for sustainable travel and regionaldevelopment. Incorporating waterways into the…
Climate change - News - Transport by water
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Inland Shipping and Ports Call for Ambitious Course for a Sustainable, Resilient, and Competitive Waterborne Future
21 May 2025
Sector contribution to EU Industrial Maritime and Port Strategies
Climate change - Digitalisation - Green energy - News - Transport by water
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Commission plans update state aid rules for multimodal transport
25 Jul 2024
New guidelines (LMTG) and a transport block exemption regulation (TBER) The new Land and multimodal transport guidelines (LMTG) will provide guidance on the assessment under Article 93 of the Treaty…
Transport by water
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A resilient waterborne ecosystem is key to EU Competitiveness
25 Mar 2025
Joint Statement Maritime and Port Strategies asking EU for enabling measures to strengthen competitiveness, sustainability and resilience in an ecosystem approach.
News - Transport by water
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MOMMA – Moselle for the Multimodal Mobility of the Army
03 Dec 2024
French MOMMA Project, co-financed by CEF, aims to upgrade the entire canalised Moselle, from Nancy to the Luxembourg border.
News - Transport by water
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Combined transport directive does not bring modal shift
04 Sep 2024
Joint statement of INE, EBU, EFIP, ESO and IWTP on the Commission proposal for the combined transport directive.
News - Transport by water
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Towards a single market for Smart Shipping
25 Apr 2024
Smart Shipping Conference - Towards a single market for Smart Shipping - on 15 and 16 May 2024 in Antwerp.
News - Transport by water
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Discovering innovative inland waterway vessels
02 Apr 2024
Green inland vessels open Connecting Europe Days on 2 April 2024.
News - Transport by water
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Inland waterway and port sector message to EU institutions
02 Apr 2024
Manifesto with key priorities for next Commission mandate.
News - Transport by water
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Connecting Europe Days 2024
23 Jan 2024
EU transport infrastructure event will take place in Brussels from 2-5 April 2024.
News - Transport by water
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Final stages of PLATINA3
11 Apr 2023
Presentations of the Stage Events and reports on deliverables available on the Platina3 website.
News - Projects - Transport by water
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Inland Navigation Week 2023
02 Mar 2023
The 2023 Inland Navigation Week (including the Platina3 Final Event) will take place from 20-24 March 2023 in Brussels and online.
News - Transport by water
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PLATINA3 – 5th Stage Event
14 Sep 2022
The new PLATINA3 Stage Event will take place on 19 & 20 October in Budapest, hosted by the Danube Commission. Registrations are open.
News - Projects - Transport by water
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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
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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
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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
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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 - Projects - Transport by water
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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 - Projects - Transport by water
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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
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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.
News - Projects - Transport by water
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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
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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
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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 Inland Ports, European Skippers Organisation, European Transport…
News - Transport by water
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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 on their waterfront location and create…
News - Transport by water
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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
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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 participates in the concept of circular economy…
News - Transport by water
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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 notes the planet is warming and the climate…
News - Transport by water
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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
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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 areas,…
News - Transport by water
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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…
News - Transport by water
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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 support, market an innovative barge concept, a…
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