ton-kilometer by inland waterways | tonne-kilometre by inland waterways

inland waterways passenger-kilometer | inland waterways passenger-kilometre

management of inland waterways

categorisation of european inland waterways | classes of european inland waterways | CEMT classification of inland waterways | european classification of inland waterways

apply inland waterway traffic regulations | ensure compliance with inland waterway traffic regulations | adhere to inland waterway traffic regulations | adhere to traffic regulations on inland waterways

Division for Shipping, Ports and Inland Waterways

inland waterway legal regulations | legal codes enforced by police in inland waterways | inland waterway police regulations | legal regulations for inland waterways

European Agreement of 26 May 2000 concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways [ ADN ]

The Inland Waterway Transport sector is small in relative terms but makes nevertheless with 140 billion tonne kilometres a considerable contribution to the EU’s transport system.

Waterborne transport- direct employment: around 200,000, roughly 80% of which in maritime transport and 20% in inland waterway transport- share in total freight transport: 42% (intra-EU maritime 39%, inland waterways 3%; both more or less stable)-share in total passenger transport: below 1% in intra-EU passenger transport, slightly decreasing- growth between 1995 and 2004: + 29% in freight transport (+ 31% in intra-EU maritime transport, + 9% on inland waterways)- average yearly growth of worldwide con-tainer traffic between 2001 and 2004: 13.5%- share (of inland navigation) in total energy consumption: 0.5%- vehicle efficiency (of inland navigation) in toe/Mtkm: 17.5 | Airborne transport- direct employment: around 400,000- share in total ...[+++]freight transport: 0.1% in terms of tkm in intra-EU traffic -share in total passenger transport: 8% (only intra-EU flights included; increasing strongly)- growth between 1995 and 2004: + 55% in intra-EU passenger transport- market share of low-cost carriers in scheduled intra-EU traffic (in terms of available seats): 25% in 2005- growth in number of intra-EU routes: +100% between 1992 and 2004- share in total energy consumption: 4.0% |

More than 36 000 kilometres of waterways and hundreds of inland ports connect many important economic areas in Europe.

Specific actions until 2016 Integration of inland waterway transport into the multimodal corridors: – 2013: Launch the corridor implementation through the TEN-T Corridor Communication, subject to the adoption by the co-legislators of the TEN-T guidelines, including guidance on integrating the various modes of transport, including inland waterways, into the TEN-T multimodal corridors (lead actor: Commission) – 2014-2015: Adopt multimodal corridor work plans and proceed with corridor implementation (to be done by key stakeholders, including sea and inland ports, inland waterways transport infrastructure managers, River Commissions, represe ...[+++]ntatives of ship operators, workers’ representatives and the transport user community, under the auspices of European coordinators[15] working closely with the Member States and in consultation with the corridor platforms to be set up) Orientation for 2017-2020 Full implementation of the TEN-T corridors, where necessary strengthening the tools and processes for the integration of inland navigation in the TEN-T core network with regard to data provision or analytical capabilities Step up action and investments to overcome key infrastructure bottlenecks in inland waterway transport (Member States with EU support)