FACTS & FIGURESINLAND 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

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-KM30 CO2 PER TONNE-KM

0.8 MJ/TONNE-KM150 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 hoursParis Le Havre 40 hoursBasel Antwerp 48 hoursLyon 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. 500,000 tonnes per year After bulk consumer goods go increasingly

by water Container market will double by 2020

PROMINENT USERS

Realising the waterways’ potentialwith the EU Naiades Action Plan

Streamlining waterway transport Removing barriers

SEAMLESS EUROPEAN WATERWAY NETWORK

TRAFFIC DENSITY 2007

FORECAST 2025

NATURALLY MULTIMODAL

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)

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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

SEAPORTFACTORY

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SEAPORT

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Rivers: Arteries for development

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WAREHOUSEWATER

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TOWARDS A 2020 LANDSCAPE

Rivers: Arteries for development

1. Transport and logistics2. Wildlife and biodiversity3. Energy production4. Water supply and management5. Leisure and tourism

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