presentation of the republic of serbia

Directorate for Inland Waterways Republic of Serbia

- How the Danube within Serbia is being integrated into a major sustainable waterway and to deal with issues

of reconciliation following the Balkans conflict -

Presentationof the Republic of Serbia

Istanbul, March 2009

Inland Waterways in Serbia

Zaneta Ostojic BarjaktarevicDirector General of Directorate for Inland Waterways Plovput


Content

Did you know?

Role of Serbian Directorate for Inland Waterways Plovput

Role of Danube Commission

Balkans Conflict and the NATO Bombing of Serbia

Danube Revival

Facts on the Danube River

Challenges for the Future


The second largest river in Europe – 2,845 km

Drainage area of almost 801,500 km2

The second largest river in Europe – 2,845 km

Drainage area of almost 801,500 km2




Navigable for 85% of its length (from City of Kelheim in Germany to Sulina in Romania)


Linked to the River Rhine through Rhine-Main-Danube Canal, connecting the North Sea with the Black Sea

The Danube River is known as Corridor VII – the only waterway among ten Pan-European corridors

Linked to the River Rhine through Rhine-Main-Danube Canal, connecting the North Sea with the Black Sea

The Danube River is known as Corridor VII – the only waterway among ten Pan-European corridors




The only river in the world connecting four capitals: Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest and Belgrade

European Commission recognizes the Danube River as a “single most important non-oceanic body of water in Europe”, and a “future central axes for the European Union”


Did you know?

Archeological site Lepenski Vir is located on the Danube River in Serbia

It originates from 5,300 years B.C.


Did you know?

Archeological site Viminacium is located on the Danube River in Serbia

It is a Roman fortress that originates from 1st century B.C.


Did you know?

Tabula Traiana is a living proof of an old Roman road


Did you know?

Iron Gate gorge is the deepest part of the Danube River - over 100m


Did you know?

Kalemegdan fortress in Belgrade originating from 3rd century B.C.


The Role of Danube Commission

• Convention regarding the regime of navigation on the Danube River signed in Belgrade in 1948

• Belgrade Convention is providing free navigation on the Danube River

• Danube Commission is a governing body of the countries that are located on the Danube River banks, in the field of navigation

• Countries are required to maintain their sections of the river and to provide navigable conditions


The Role of Serbian Directorate for Inland Waterways Plovput

• established in 1963

• in charge of international inland waterways in Serbia

• performing hydrographic survey, waterway design, waterway marking, river training works and river information services


Balkans Conflict in 1990s

• during the 1990’s navigation on the Danube River was influenced by the Balkans conflict

• Serbia was under the embargo of UN (1992-1995)

• During that time transport was drastically reduced

• After sanctions were lifted, waterborne transport began to increase for a new several years

•And then the 1999 came


NATO Bombing of Serbia (1999)


Bridges on the Danube River destroyed during NATO bombing of Serbia



Bridges in the City of Novi Sad before 1999


All three of them destroyed


• immediate solution was a pontoon bridge (1999) which is removed in 2005, when one of the destroyed bridges was reconstructed

Danube Revival


• first temporary road-railroad bridge in Novi Sad built in 2000 and is still in use

• after the clearance of bridges’ debris and the removal of the pontoon bridge in 2005, the waterborne transport on the Danube River is beginning to recover

Danube Revival


•Master plan for inland waterways in Serbia was prepared in 2006 (funded by European Agency for Reconstruction)

• prioritized projects defined:

• Construction of a New Zezelj bridge in Novi Sad

• Removal of UXOs from NATO bombing

• Removal of sunken German fleet from WW2

• Implementation of River information services

• Rehabilitation of navigation locks on the Iron Gate

• River training works on critical sections on the Danube River

Danube Revival


Danube Revival

Project 1:Construction of a New Zezelj bridge in Novi Sad


Danube Revival

Project 2:Removal of UXOs from NATO bombing


Danube Revival

Project 3:Removal of sunken German fleet from WW2


Danube Revival

Project 4:Implementation of River Information Services (RIS)

2008 2011


EU has recognized results of Serbia and supported them

Full Scale Implementation of RIS in Serbia, worth 11 Million Euro, among prioritized projects

Financial agreement between EU and Serbia signed in April 2008

To be implemented from 2009 to 2011

Danube Revival


Danube Revival

Project 5:Rehabilitation of navigation locks on the Iron Gate


Danube Revival

Project 6:River training works on the critical sections on the Danube River


The goal is to achieve standardized level of navigation safety and harmonized services on the Danube River and to become fully integrated part of European IWW network


Challenges for the Future

Improvingcross-border cooperation in the region

ApplyingEuropean standards in IWT

Promotinginland waterway transportation


Thank Youfor Your Attention

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