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European Inland Waterway Transport Platform: Annual Report 2021
As every year, the IWT Platform would like to publicly share the Annual Report, 2021 edition. We prepared for you - inland navigation and waterborne sectors' communities and other interested stakeholders - a comprehensive Read More
IWT position on the Fit for 55 Package and the Energy Taxation Directive proposal – press release
The IWT sector warns that the ‘Fit for 55 package’ might undermine the objectives of the EU Green Deal as further elaborated in the Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy and in NAIADES III. Whereas Read More
Joint press release – Results from the study on organisational human factors aspects in relation to accidents in inland navigation
The European inland shipping industry has commissioned a Study on the Human Factors in Inland Shipping Accidents. The results and recommendations of the Phase 2b regarding the Organisational Aspects are now published. Download press-release Read More
IWT sector’s reaction to the Guidelines on State aid for climate, environmental protection and energy
Earlier in December 2021, the College of Commissioners has endorsed the new Guidelines on State aid for climate, environmental protection and energy (‘CEEAG'). The CEEAG were formally adopted at the end of January 2022, Read More
Joint position on the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation – press release
The Inland Waterway Transport sector - represented by EBU, ESO and the IWT Platform - together with the European Federation of Inland Ports (EFIP) and Inland Navigation Europe (INE), welcome the direction of the Read More
IWT sector welcomes the strengthening of inland waterways in the TEN-T revision – press release
The IWT sector - represented by EBU, ESO and the IWT Platform - welcomes the Commission proposal setting out the new guidelines for the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T), in particular the acknowledgement of the Read More