The European inland shipping industry has commissioned a Study on the Human Factors in Inland Shipping Accidents. The results and recommendations of the Phase 2a regarding the Human-machine interface and wheelhouse design have now been made published.
At the General Assembly on 15 September 2021, European Waterborne Technology Platform appointed Mr. Eero Lehtovaara as the association’s new Chair for a period of two years.
EBU, ESO and European Inland Waterway Transport Platform warmly congratulate the rapporteur, MEP Caroline Nagtegaal–van Doorn and welcome adoption of the Own-Initiative Report entitled “Towards future-proof Inland Waterway Transport” by the European Parliament, at the initiative of Renew Europe.
EU IWT Platform warmly welcomes the adoption of the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda on 7 September 2021 by the European Zero Emission Waterborne Transport Partnership.
Today, on 23rd of June 2021, the European Commission and the Waterborne Technology Platform signed a Memorandum of Understand (MoU) for a Co-Programmed Partnership under the framework of Horizon Europe.
The transport sector has a crucial role to play in the supply of goods, in particular medicines, medical devices, food and other essential commodities needed to overcome this crisis.
The Communication on the European Green Deal sets very ambitious objectives for the EU and
sends a strong message to the rest of the world regarding Europe’s ambition to reduce emissions.
