GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2 JUNE 2017 WÜRZBURG Secretary General Theresia Hacksteiner
Institutional frame of IWT 60 years Roman Treaties / EU 202 years CCNR 149 years Mannheim Act 69 years Belgrade Convention
3 different regimes Rhine EU Danube
Foundation of IVR 1874 by German and Swiss insurance companies in Frankfurt am Main as “Rheinschiffsregisterverband” to inspect – in addition to the statutory inspection based on the Mannheim Act – all insurable inland navigation vessels in respect of their fitness and to enter the vessels that were found fit into a register the first IVR-Register was published in 1879
IVR Inland navigation Insurance Refoundation 1947 as “International Association the Rhine Ships Register”, today named “IVR” Insurance Inland navigation IVR Related sectors Ship survey
Main tasks of IVR Damage Prevention Legal harmonisation/ unification private law aspects and promotion of application international conventions IVR-Vessel database
Damage Prevention tools Damage Prevention Inspection Stearing Gear inspection ERS engine registration database Foundation NBKB: public authority’s inspections
Legal harmonisation/ unification International conventions applicable in inland navigation (CMNI/CLNI) General Average Rules IVR International conditions Transport documents
IVR-Vessel database Online information on the inland navigation fleet Statistical information supporting decision makers
IVR-Vessel database
IWT 75% cross border 550 million t/year
NEW STRATEGY STRENGTHEN MAIN TASKS INCREASE FORUMROLE MODERNISE THE IMAGE
FORUMROLE WORKSHOPS Participation at 2 exhibitions NRMM, Rotterdam december 2016 CLNI Participation at 2 exhibitions Eurowaterways Paris, Feb 2017 Maritime Gorinchem, May 2017
MANY THANKS TO THE BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND TO ALL MEMBERS OF IVR FOR YOUR SUPPORT! www.ivr-eu.com