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Jan Lichota becomes the new General Manager of the European IWT Platform
On 15 April 2026, the European Inland Waterway Transport Platform entered a new chapter with the appointment of Jan Lichota as its General Manager. Jan joins the Platform at a...
Annual Report 2025 | European IWT Platform
Annual Report 2025 The European Inland Waterway Transport (IWT) Platform’s 2025 Annual Report provides an overview of the Platform’s activities and key developments shaping the inland waterway transport sector over...
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Jan Lichota becomes the new General Manager of the European IWT Platform
On 15 April 2026, the European Inland Waterway Transport Platform entered a new chapter with the appointment of Jan Lichota as its General Manager. Jan joins the Platform at a...
Annual Report 2025 | European IWT Platform
Annual Report 2025 The European Inland Waterway Transport (IWT) Platform’s 2025 Annual Report provides an overview of the Platform’s activities and key developments shaping the inland waterway transport sector over...
Launch of the DiVINE project website
The European Inland Waterway Transport Platform is pleased to announce the launch of the official DiVINE project website — a new digital hub supporting the implementation of the Digitalisation Vision...
Why and how STIP Matters for IWT – European IWT Platform Editorial
The European Commission on 05 November 2025 launched the Sustainable Transport Investment Plan (STIP). The IWT sector welcomes the STIP and the acknowledgement of the sector’s needs in terms of...
Innovation and Greening
Annual Report 2025 | European IWT Platform
Annual Report 2025 The European Inland Waterway Transport (IWT) Platform’s 2025 Annual Report provides an overview of the Platform’s activities and key developments shaping the inland waterway transport sector over...
Launch of the DiVINE project website
The European Inland Waterway Transport Platform is pleased to announce the launch of the official DiVINE project website — a new digital hub supporting the implementation of the Digitalisation Vision...
DiVINE holds its First Co-Creation Workshop to Advance Stakeholder Mapping for the IWT Digitalisation Vision
On 25 November, the DiVINE consortium hosted its first Co-Creation Workshop, bringing together project partners and members of the Advisory Board to support the development of a comprehensive stakeholder mapping...
PRESS RELEASE – DiVINE Project kicks off: implementing the digitalisation vision for inland waterway transport in Europe
PRESS RELEASE Brussels, 5 November 2025 The DiVINE (Digitalisation Vision Inland Navigation Europe) project officially kicked off on 3rd October 2025, representing a new step forward in the European Commission’s...
Social and Education
Annual Report 2025 | European IWT Platform
Annual Report 2025 The European Inland Waterway Transport (IWT) Platform’s 2025 Annual Report provides an overview of the Platform’s activities and key developments shaping the inland waterway transport sector over...
CESNI meetings February 2026: updates on qualifications, crewing and e-tools
The European IWT Platform took part in the CESNI meetings held between 2 and 5 February 2026, represented by EBU and the ESO Secretaries of the EU IWTP Social and...
European IWT Platform Participates at the CESNI/QP Week in Strasbourg (3–6 November)
From 3 to 6 November, the CESNI/QP week took place in Strasbourg, with the Social and Education Committee of the European IWT Platform represented by Henriëtte Schreuders and Gerit Fietze....
Social & Education Committee – DG MOVE Conference: ‘’Young people and transport jobs: making transport careers more attractive’’
On 15 October 2025, DG MOVE organised a conference in Brussels on “Young people and transport jobs: making transport careers more attractive”. The event brought together young people from across...
Nautical and Technical Aspects
Feedback from CESNI/PT Working Group meeting – 22-23 February 2022
Our Secretary of the Nautical and Technical Committee, Ms Lijdia Pater – de Groot, prepared a lengthy debrief from a recent meeting of the Working Group on Technical requirements (CESNI-PT)...
Experience with the use of shore power connections – a presentation from the “Shore power at berths” Workshop
Earlier in February 2022, the CCNR organised a full-day workshop on “Shore power at berths”. Leny van Toorenburg, our Secretary of the Nautical/Technical and Infrastructure Committees, has outlined the experience...
CCNR and viadonau Workshop on Shore Power at Berths – 3 February 2022
Please register via the following link by using the password: CCNR2022workshop – click HERE! View the full agenda – click HERE! Zero-emissions inland navigation sector by 2050: this target for...
FAQ on the application of the ES-TRIN and the NRMM Regulation
Frequently Asked Questions – FAQ on ES-TRIN and the NRMM Regulation to engines fitted to Inland Navigation Vessels CESNI and EUROMOT have developed a FAQ document – click here! –...
Policy and Regulation
Annual Report 2025 | European IWT Platform
Annual Report 2025 The European Inland Waterway Transport (IWT) Platform’s 2025 Annual Report provides an overview of the Platform’s activities and key developments shaping the inland waterway transport sector over...
A competitive and resilient Europe requires a stronger EU transport budget
Europe’s transport sector joins forces in an open letter to the EU Member States: A competitive and resilient Europe requires a stronger EU transport budget The IWT sector together with...
EU IWTP Editorial: Fitness Check on Market Access in Inland Waterway Transport
On 29 January 2026, the European Commission released its Staff Working Document (SWD) regarding the fitness check of the IWT market access legislation. The SWD is based on a supporting...
Combined Transport Directive Withdrawn: Implications for IWT
The College of Commissioners recently adopted its work programme for 2026, indicating the intention to withdraw the proposed amendment of the Combined Transport Directive (CTD), which was tabled as part of...