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INLAND NAVIGATION IN EUROPE. FACTS & FIGURES. 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
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INLAND NAVIGATION IN EUROPE FACTS &FIGURES
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 WATERWAYS IN EUROPE
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
No traffic jams • Slower but reliable • Rotterdam Duisburg 24 hours • Paris Le Havre 36 hours • Basel Antwerp 48 hours • Lyon Marseille 48 hours
Historic advantage • Plenty of waterborne trade opportunities • Most people in EU live near coast or in main river valleys.
Saving energy & carbon 0.25 MJ/tonne-km 30 co2 per tonne-km • Saving energy & carbon • CO2 emissions and fuel consumption by inland ships are just one third of those for road bound trucks. 0.8 MJ/tonne-km 150 co2 per tonne-km
river informationservices • 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
Direct jobs • A growing jobs market • Inland shipping creates 40,000 jobs onboard “and more to come” • Job opportunities on board and ashore 40,000 jobs
SEAMLESS EUROPEAN WATERWAY NETWORK • Realising the waterways’ potentialwith the EU Naiades Action Plan • Streamlining waterway transport • Removing barriers
Connecting Europe Congestion-free links betweenEurope’s ports and industrial centres Major economic centres willbeconncected by three new links: • Antwerp-Paris • (completion 2018) Rhine-Mediterranean (completion 2025) Adriatic-Milan (completion 2020)
good return • on investment • external and infrastructure costs in €/1,000tkm • Source: CE Delft
2020 inland shipping RIS or River Information Services: an intelligent transport system that connects ship to shore • Rivers: Arteries for development • Information technology • Fleet diversity • Versatile and innovative • Clean fuel • Good working conditions • Vessel design Water authority Warehouse 1 6 5 4 5 4 3 6 2
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 seaport Freight train City port Freight tram Water truck shop
Towards a 2020 landscape • Rivers: Arteries for development • Transport and logistics • Wildlife and biodiversity • Energy production • Water supply and management • Leisure and tourism 1 2 5 3 1 4 4 2 5 3 1 5
More information +32 2 5536270 – info@inlandnavigation.eu