15.11.2011 - danube.news, via donau
Marco Polo II: Call for proposals 2011
With Marco Polo II, the EU will fund companies presenting viable international transport projects in the maritime, inland waterway and railways sector in order to reduce road congestion. Companies with viable projects to shift...
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15.11.2011 - danube.news
Enns and Vienna gearing up South
Last October, the ports of Vienna and Ennshafen presented their common plan to reinforce their cooperation with the Slovenian seaport of Koper. Since the end of October, two container trains are being operated on a weekly basis...
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07.11.2011 - danube.news, via donau
Danube Region Strategy: Kick-off of Working Groups on Inland Navigation
On 27/28 October 2011, the kick-off of the five thematic Working Groups and the second session of the Steering Group for Priority Area 1a – To improve mobility and multimodality: inland waterways – of the EU's Danube Region...
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21.10.2011 - via donau, danube.news
Austrian rent-a-transponder service for inland AIS transponders runs out end of 2011
Since 1 July 2008, commercial vessels navigating on the Austrian stretch of the Danube must be equipped with an AIS inland transponder. Skippers whose vessel is not equipped with a fully functional inland AIS transponder can...
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05.10.2011 - danube.news, via donau
Smart rivers 2011 in New Orleans: the Danube meets the Mississippi
From 13-16 September 2011 Inland Navigation was in the spotlight in New Orleans. Over 300 participants, top professionals from private sector, government as well as academics met to discuss and exchange expertise on a broad range...
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12.10.2011 - danube.news, via donau
Vienna signs EU Charter to strengthen the role of Inland Ports
The Port of Vienna along with the ports of Paris, Berlin, Budapest and Brussels are among the pioneers in the filed of environmentally-friendly transport policy. The signing of the charter “Connecting with waterways: a Capital...
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01.09.2011 - via donau, danube.news
Obligation for the use of AIS transponder in Hungary came into force
The Ministry of National Development in Hungary imposed an obligation on vessels navigating on the Hungarian river stretches to carry and operate automatic identification equipment (so called AIS transponder). This decree came...
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25.08.2011 - danube.news, via donau
Deployment of River Information Services in Poland
Poland will receive a contribution of €1.6 million from the European Union for a project implementing River Information Services (RIS) on a section of its inland waterway network.
The project will ensure Poland’s compliance...
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24.08.2011 - via donau, danube.news
River Information Services implemented on Northern Italian Waterway System
A study to assess the feasibility of equipping north Italian waterways with River Information Services (RIS) is to receive over €2.5 million in EU co-funding from the 2010 TEN-T Multi-Annual Call. Once completed, the study will...
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14.08.2011 - via donau, danube.news
Smart Rivers 2011
The upcoming conference has been organized to bring together the world‘s top professionals in all aspects of inland / river transportation, including more than 250 private sector, government, and academic participants from...
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