inland navigation

• 15 February 17 More delays for Hamburg channel deepening Following lengthy discussions, the Federal Administrative Court has finally ruled that Hamburg can deepen the Elbe River, but only once it addresses environmental flaws in the plan. The port city wants to deepen the... Read more ›
• 11 July 14 PLA invests for the future River operators are investing to meet the growing demand for freight by water, says the Port of London Authority. In the past 18 months, Bennett’s Barges, GPS Marine, S Walsh and Thames Shipping have... Read more ›
• 17 September 13 EU Commission adopts NAIADES II 10 Sep 2013 The NAIADES II programme will facilitate long-term structural changes in the inland waterway transport sector. (photo: Port de Liège) The European Commission has adopted a programme of measures called Naiades II... Read more ›
• 22 July 13 The role of inland ports in urban logistics: back to basics We all learned in our history lessons that medieval towns were set up on the river banks or at the crossing of two waterways. This is not without any reasons, at that time, water... Read more ›
• 22 February 13 Navigation study of the upper Rhine river receives EU support The European Union will support with €850,000 from the TEN-T Programme a study aimed at conducting an assessment of the existing and future needs regarding transport infrastructure on the upper Rhine river. The study... Read more ›
• 14 February 13 New container terminal in the Port of Rotterdam The European Union will co-finance to the tune of €5 million from the TEN-T Programme a project to build a state-of-the-art multimodal container terminal at the Port of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The future Rotterdam... Read more ›
• 29 October 12 New Commission guidelines for inland navigation and Natura 2000 The European Commission published new guidelines on inland navigation and nature protection to assist the sector in applying EU environmental legislation. The guidelines “Inland waterway transport and Natura 2000 – sustainable inland waterway development... Read more ›
• 20 August 12 Vision needed for water Vision and political will is needed to reach the green and cost-effective goal of seamless, pan-European inland waterway transport, but it means going beyond the vicissitudes of changes of government or economic challenges. Isabelle... Read more ›
• 11 May 12 IRIS III to improve River Navigation in Europe The European Union will co-finance with over €5 million a project to assess and develop River Information Services (RIS) applications within Europe. It will develop and test certain key RIS applications which will render... Read more ›
• 10 May 12 Waterways to gain LNG-propelled ship A new, almost totally LNG-powered dry cargo inland waterway vessel will be operating on inland waterways in the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and France. This will be the first ever medium speed, dual-fuel, mechanically... Read more ›