Reader: Inland Navigation in Europe

This reader was developed in course of the PROMINENT project which aims at addressing the key needs for technological development, innovation and greening in the European Inland Waterway Transport (IWT) sector. Within PROMINENT one of the educational aims is to develop a web-based Community of Practice (CoP) with learning modules including different learning materials such as case studies.

At the beginning of this reader, the European transport modes and transport strategies are presented. Then, the trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) including the main transport routes are discussed. Afterwards, the importance of inland navigation as well as its advantages and disadvantges are presented. In the last section of the reader, a comparison of inland navigation in Europe with inland navigiaton in China and Brazil is made. At the end links and sources for further information are provided.

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