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

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 million tonnes per year  After bulk, consumer goods go increasingly by water  Container market will double by 2020

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

NATURALLY MULTIMODAL

NO TRAFFIC JAMS Slower but reliable Rotterdam  Duisburg24 hours Paris  Le Havre36 hours Basel  Antwerp48 hours Lyon  Marseille48 hours

HISTORIC ADVANTAGE Plenty of waterborne trade opportunities  Most people in EU live near coast or in main river valleys.

SAVING ENERGY & CARBON Saving energy & carbon  CO 2 emissions and fuel consumption by inland ships are just one third of those for road bound trucks MJ/TONNE-KM 30 CO 2 PER TONNE-KM 0.8 MJ/TONNE-KM 150 CO 2 PER TONNE-KM

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 RIVER INFORMATION SERVICES

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

PROMINENT USERS

Realising the waterways’ potential with the EU Naiades Action Plan  Streamlining waterway transport  Removing barriers SEAMLESS EUROPEAN WATERWAY NETWORK

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)

GOOD RETURN ON INVESTMENT external and infrastructure costs in €/1,000tkm Source: CE Delft

2020 INLAND SHIPPING Rivers: Arteries for development 1. Information technology 2. Fleet diversity 3. Versatile and innovative 4. Clean fuel 5. Good working conditions 6. Vessel design RIS or River Information Services: an intelligent transport system that connects ship to shore WAREHOUSE WATER AUTHORITY

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 FREIGHT TRAM SHOP WATER TRUCK FREIGHT TRAIN SEAPORT

TOWARDS A 2020 LANDSCAPE Rivers: Arteries for development 1. Transport and logistics 2. Wildlife and biodiversity 3. Energy production 4. Water supply and management 5. Leisure and tourism

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