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INE’s contribution on upcoming EU Port Strategy
23 Apr 2025
Inland waterways play a vital role in the ecoystem of ports, but barriers still exist.
News - Waterway infrastructure
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Decarbonisation is within reach for waterway transport
07 Apr 2025
IWT and ports sector calls on Commission and Member States to seize opportunity of upcoming Sustainable Transport Investment Plan to create the enabling EU framework.
Climate change - Green energy - News
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Water is a strategic asset
10 Mar 2025
Waterway authorities call for EU Water Resilience Strategy supporting water co-benefit solutions in a changing climate.
Climate change - News - Publications
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A well-connected transport infrastructure strengthens Europe’s competitiveness
05 Feb 2025
45 European transport organisations appeal Member States and Commission for a predictable stable EU budget line for EU transport infrastructure funding.
News - Waterway infrastructure
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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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Predictable EU budget required for high-quality waterway network
17 Dec 2024
Creating a high-quality waterway network requires a predictable EU budget. The Inland Waterway Transport and Ports sector urges policy makers to recognise the value of IWT.
News - Waterway infrastructure
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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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Dynamic river management enables navigation under low water conditions
27 Nov 2024
FAIRway Danube II aims to increase the fairway conditions on the Danube and make inland navigation more climate resilient, sustainable and attractive.
Good navigation status - News
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Finetuning the new RIS directive
27 Sep 2024
INE and EFIP propose amendments to the draft RIS directive which are mainly technical in nature to ensure a better implementation.
Digitalisation - News
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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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More EU budget for transport
04 Apr 2024
The best investment plan for Europe. Transport sector pleads for strong transport infrastructure fund in new long-term EU budget.
News - Waterway infrastructure
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Resilient inland waterways
03 Apr 2024
At Connecting Europe Days, Karin De Schepper moderated a debate on inland waterways & sustainable management.
Climate change - Good navigation status - News - Waterway infrastructure
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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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Towards a single market for Smart Shipping
08 Feb 2024
Inland shipping has struggled with a lack of skippers for some time. Automation of vessels can help, to be discussed at the Smart Shipping Conference in Antwerp on 16 May…
Digitalisation
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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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RIS and eFTI – building blocks for digitalisation of inland shipping
15 Jun 2023
With the implementation of the eFTI regulation, applicable from end 2025, complementarity between RIS and eFTI is key.
Digitalisation
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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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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…
Digitalisation - News - Projects
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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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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
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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
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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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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
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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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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
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Green infrastructure & circular economy at work
03 Jan 2021
Examples of Urban logistics and Eco-industrial parks on water.
News - Publications
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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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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
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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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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 the chemical industry and…
Green energy - News
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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
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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
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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
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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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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 safer on connected waterways.…
Digitalisation - News
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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 the world are already experiencing air and water temperature increases, rising…
Climate change - News
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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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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: Inland waterways are vulnerable to climate change because river navigation…
Climate change - News
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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 part of the…
Digitalisation - News
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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 practices and identify gaps in law…
Digitalisation - News
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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 produce enough power to operate the…
Green energy - News
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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 V-A Slovakia-Austria cooperation programme which focuses on smart and sustainable…
News - Waterway infrastructure
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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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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. There is no doubt that…
News
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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 Network Corridors in June…
News - Projects
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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 which…
News - Waterway infrastructure
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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…
News - Projects - Waterway infrastructure
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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 between the waterway administrations and…
News - Projects
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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 Network Corridor European Coordinator…
Good navigation status - News - Projects
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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 river…
News - Waterway infrastructure
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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 infrastructure of EU added value…
News
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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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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 Naiades expert group covers…
News
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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 sustainable mode of transport can make towards mitigating the negative…
News
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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 is the right…
News
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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 pillars of the EU…
News - Waterway infrastructure
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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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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 corridor approach so…
News
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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 becomes an increasingly important factor in spatial planning.…
News
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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…
News
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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 Region project EMMA. The…
News
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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 until 2019.…
Green energy - News - Projects
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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 Friday in Ljubljana, the transport coalition of over…
News
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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 can be placed in…
News
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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 stipulate that navigable waterways of European interest have to achieve…
News
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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, leads to…
News - Projects
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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 waterway projects develop ‘win-win’ solutions…
News
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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 transport. RIS are the waterway transport equivalent…
Digitalisation - News - Projects
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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 internal market and our link to the world. 1 out…
News
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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 with our partners in inland waterway…
News
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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 companies…
News - Projects - Waterway infrastructure
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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…
News - Projects - Transport by water
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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 more…
News
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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 610,000 trucks:…
News
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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 air…
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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 Advanced Metropolitan Solutions…
News
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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 general context of European economic growth, boosted…
News
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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 exploited. There is…
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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, road, cycling, aviation and intermodal sectors, call on the European…
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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 “Blue Pages” and “Danube…
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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…
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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 technologies, passenger mobility patterns and the digitalisation…
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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 Danube and its…
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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 Rotterdam at the TEN-T days in…
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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.…
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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 transport infrastructure and innovation projects…
News
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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) cover the…
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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 between logistics players…
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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 waterways which…
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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, there is a lot of potential…
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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 waterway transport”, by bringing together all the…
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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 difficulties having their qualifications…
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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…
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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 measures that can increase…
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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-Danube core network corridor. The waterway…
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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 Information Services (RIS) aims to improve…
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