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Without an Inland Waterway Transport Agenda for Europe, there is the risk of returning to fragmented and uncoordinated actions- hampering the EU single market- to little silos that result in more redundancies and barriers, deteriorating cross-border traffic, widening the digital divide and
Boosting future-proof European inland waterway transport. 1. INTRODUCTION. The fundamental transformation of our transport systems towards zero-emission mobility requires an integrated multimodal approach explicitly aimed at boosting the uptake of more sustainable and less congested transport modes.
The EU network of inland waterways extends for around 41 000 kilometres and connects 25 EU Member States, hundreds of European cities, as well as important industrial regions. About 15 000 kilometres of inland waterways are included in the trans-European transport network (TEN-T) of key EU transport connections.
Dec 5, 2022 · Underlines the need to tackle all the remaining administrative and infrastructure bottlenecks in the short, medium and long term, while respecting environmental law, in order to increase the efficiency and the capacity of inland waterway transport and ensure safe navigation in general.
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The Naiades action programme for the period 2021-2027, released in June 2021, builds upon the European Smart and Sustainable Mobility Strategy and the ‘Strategic Inland Waterway Transport agenda for Europe’ recommendations of the Naiades expert implementation group, initiated by INE and the European Green Deal. It sets out the lines for more freigh...
The EU-funded PLATINA projects provide coordination and support activities to prepare policies. Their main objective is to provide the knowledge base. The current Platina4 projectworks on the following topics: • supporting and coordinating research and innovation activities focussing on green and connected IWT to find synergies between parallel dev...
The priorities for INE are the actions and tools that assist waterway authorities with carrying out their mission, such as: 1. instruments for modal shift by changing the Combined Transport Directive and State aid Guidelines into tools that support and enhance inland waterway transport, as well as measures that support the transition towards zero-e...
The European Commission tabled in June 2021 a 35-point action plan to boost the role of inland waterway transport in our mobility and logistics systems. The core objectives are to shift more cargo over Europe's rivers and canals, and facilitate the transition to zero-emission barges by 2050.
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Jan 14, 2022 · Highlights the untapped potential of inland waterways in urban areas, as illustrated in the Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy; stresses that urban areas are becoming more and more congested and that building new road infrastructure is not always cost efficient; calls on the Commission to include waterborne transport in the Sustainable and ...
