FACTS & FIGURES INLAND NAVIGATION IN EUROPE

WATERWAYS IN EUROPE

EU Waterways 40,000 km ½ accessible to ≥ 1,000 tonne

vessels 18 out of 27 EU Member States

have navigable waterways

EU Roads 4,800,000 km

EU Railways 200,000 km

Waterways elsewhere USA 42,000 km Russia 85,000 km China 121,000 km

CONNECTING EUROPE

Congestion-free links between Europe’s ports and industrial centres Major economic centres will be conncected by three new links:

Adriatic-Milan (completion 2020)

Rhine-Mediterranean (completion 2025)

Antwerp-Paris (completion 2018)

Realising the waterways’ potential with the EU Naiades Action Plan Streamlining waterway transport Removing barriers

SEAMLESS EUROPEAN WATERWAY NETWORK

SAVING ENERGY & CARBON

Saving energy & carbon CO2 emissions and fuel consumption by

inland ships are just one third of those for road bound trucks.

0.25 MJ/TONNE-KM 30 CO2 PER TONNE-KM

0.8 MJ/TONNE-KM 150 CO2 PER TONNE-KM

HISTORIC ADVANTAGE

Plenty of waterborne trade opportunities Most people in EU live near coast or in main

river valleys.

NO TRAFFIC JAMS

Slower but reliable

Rotterdam Duisburg 24 hours Paris Le Havre 40 hours Basel Antwerp 48 hours Lyon Marseille 24 hours

RIVER INFORMATION SERVICES

Oldest means of transport using newest technology Modern traffic management systems Swift electronic data transfer between

water and shore In-advance and real-time exchange of

information

A VESSEL FOR EVERY LOAD

From containers to liquids to bulk goods, there is a ship to carry it An average ship can take 200 truck loads The inland shipping fleet in EU counts

around 12,850 vessels

DIRECT JOBS

40,000 JOBS

A growing jobs market Inland shipping creates 40,000 jobs onboard

“and more to come” Job opportunities on board and ashore

WATERWAY GEOGRAPHY

Strong in navigable regions Low transport share in EU27 BUT, up to 40% in hinterland of major

seaports

TRANSPORTED GOODS

All types of cargo Ca. XXX tonnes per year After bulk consumer goods go increasingly

by water Container market will double by 2020

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2020 SUPPLY CHAIN

Future supply chain Long haul shipping is done via inland

waterways and rail with clean vehicles doing the last mile

New logistics solutions share information, transport and warehousing to cut costs and emissions

SHARED INFORMATION

SEAPORT FACTORY

CITY PORT

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FREIGHT TRAIN

SEAPORT

TOWARDS A 2020 LANDSCAPE

Rivers: Arteries for development

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2020 INLAND SHIPPING

Rivers: Arteries for development

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RIS or River Information Services: an intelligent transport system that

connects ship to shore

WAREHOUSE WATER

AUTHORITY

FACTS & FIGURES NAVIGATION ON THE DANUBE

THE DANUBE BASIN

Fast Facts Second largest river in Europe (after the

Volga), flowing at more than 2,800 kms from Bavaria’s Black Forest in Southern Germany to its delta on the Black Sea in Romania

Directly linked to the Rhine and North Western Europe by the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal, opened in 1992

Drains an area of 800,000 kms2, 10% of the

entire European continent, covering all or part of 18 countries

Serves a region of 80 million people Spanned by 126 bridges Regulated by 18 locks

DANUBE NAVIGATION

Fast Facts Navigable length: 2,411 kms 3,916 working ships in 2009 Danube carried 49 million tonnes of

goods in 2007 Part of the Rhine-Main-Danube

Waterway, connecting 14 European countries from the Black Sea to the North Sea, a distance of 3,216 kms

IT ON THE DANUBE

RIS (River Information Services): Satellite tracking + IT = Efficient management

A real time picture of shipping positions, providing maximum efficiency in vessel movements and manoeuvring control

Instant ship to shore communication and data transfer

Automated border crossing procedures Automatic data collection Better safety management and control of

dangerous cargos