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SRVB Subsidy Scheme: Supporting Sustainable Vessel Upgrades
The Dutch government has reaffirmed its commitment to greener inland navigation through the SRVB Subsidy Scheme for Sustainability of Inland Vessels. This programme offers financial support to vessel owners investing in low-emission and zero-emission Read More
Modal Shift Scheme 2025: €4.8 Million Available for ‘Road to Water’ Freight Transition
The Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management has allocated €4.833 million under the Modal Shift Scheme 2025, aimed at facilitating the transition of freight transport from road to inland waterways. This initiative seeks Read More
A Call to Reassess Responsibilities for Safety and Accountability
The inland shipping industry operates as a service-oriented sector, ensuring the seamless transport of goods from point A to point B under all weather conditions, around the clock, and in strict adherence to agreed Read More
Commissioner-Designate Apostolos Tzitzikostas Outlines Vision for Sustainable Transport and Tourism
On 4 November 2024, Commissioner-designate for Sustainable Transport and Tourism, Apostolos Tzitzikostas, addressed the European Parliament's TRAN Committee, presenting his roadmap for the future of European transport and tourism. His priorities reflect a commitment Read More
eFTI4EU Conference: Digital Solutions for Inland Waterway Transport
On 17 October 2024, the eFTI4EU project hosted its inaugural Yearly Conference at the Permanent Representation of Finland to the EU in Brussels. The event, titled “Freight Transport in the Digital Age,” brought together Read More
27th ICPDR Ordinary Meeting held in Vienna on 10-11 December 2024
On 10 and 11 December 2024, the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR) convened in Vienna for its 27th Ordinary Meeting, bringing together stakeholders to discuss key developments in the Read More
General Interest
Successful completion of the FAIRway Danube project
FAIRway Danube, the first CEF-funded Danube-wide investment programme, was successfully completed in December 2021! Between July 2015 and December 2021 – for the duration of 6 years, FAIRway Danube has been significantly increasing the Read More
PIONEERS project quick SURVEY on current state-of-the-art solutions and innovations
As part of the PIONEERS Ports project, the ports of Antwerp, Barcelona, Venlo and Constanca will implement green port innovation demonstrations across four main pillars: 1. Clean energy production and supply, 2. Sustainable port design, 3. Modal shift Read More
20 January 2022 – Online Workshop: Constanta Port Administration- looking for efficient ecological practices!
On the 20th of January 2022, the Constanta Port Administration will organize - within the PIONEERS Project - an online workshop dedicated to waterborne stakeholders, in order to identify together with representatives of the port Read More
Launch of the Task Force on ”Accelerating Innovation Uptake for Sustainable Transport” – by seven HORIZON 2020 projects
Motivation and objectives The transport sector not only represents almost a quarter of Europe’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but is also the main cause of air pollution in cities. Although emissions from the sector Read More
ENTRANCE project – Announcement of the winners of the 1st Open Competition
As published earlier in autumn, H2020 ENTRANCE project has launched its 1st Open Competition in search of innovative solutions with a potential to revolutionize the European transport and mobility sectors. Read More
Platina3 project – 3rd Stage Event: Brussels sessions 10-11 February 2022 – registration is OPEN!
The 3rd PLATINA3 Stage Event - the Brussels sessions - will take place on the 10th and 11th of February 2022 (online). Project consortium is inviting IWT policy makers of different horizons, professionals from Read More
Innovation and Greening
Social and Education
High quality education and training for the Inland Navigation professionals
One of the most important legislative frameworks for Inland Navigation is Directive (EU) 2017/2397 on the recognition of professional qualifications in inland navigation. EBU and ESO, founders of the EU-IWT-Platform, have been intensively involved Read More
Social and Education Committee: meeting on 22 April 2020
A working group prepared 2 documents: A European model for examinations on management level. A draft of the standards Read More
Nautical and Technical Aspects
Policy and Regulation
Stay safe, especially with dangerous cargo!
Nothing stands in the way of validity of a next edition of the dangerous goods regulations for inland navigation, the ADN, which is planned for 1st of January 2021. Under normal circumstances, the UNECE Read More
Further development of the ADN for the 2021 edition
The 36th meeting of the UNECE ADN Security Committee took place in Geneva at the end of January 2020, with some Read More
International event ‘Binnenschifffahrtsgefahrguttage’
Since the early 90’s, the international event “Binnenschiffahrtsgefahrguttage” is held annually. In 2019 on 9 and Read More
Global Logistics Emission Council (GLEC) Framework
If we want to reach the Paris Climate Agreement Target all transportmodes need to take action to reduce CO2, companies Read More
Further developments of the ADN – European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways
At the end of August, the 35th session of the UNECE ADN Safety Committee took place in Geneva. It was important for the Read More
Towards the Digital Inland Waterway Area
TNO, after a study on the future digitalization of inland waterway transport, prepared a Read More