Final Conference NEWS Project, August 27th, 2015, Vienna

Increase the inland cargo transport for the benefit of the economic sectors of the Danube countries

Vienna University of Technology (as project coordinator) together with its partners will organise on August 27, 2015 The Final Conference of NEWS Project. The event will take place at Palais Schoenburg, str.Rainergasse 11, Vienna, from 12:00 o'clock.

The objective of this project is to modernize the European river transport by developing a new type of container ship, with alternative power train diesel and electric, for freight transport by inland waterways from Rotterdam to Constanta, and to create a customized integrated logistics system concept.

Improvement of the infrastructure and economic performance of the inland waterways navigation is a major objective, which the European Commission is aiming for by supporting the EU Strategy for the Danube Region. Thus, Vienna University of Technology initiated the project Development of a Next generation European inland Waterway Ship and logistics system (NEWS), which West RDA joined at the beginning of 2013.

The event will be attended by key stakeholders and there will be presented examples of innovative technical and logistics for inland waterways. It was necessary to create NEWS project because the cargo transport on inland waters is not used to its full potential, the transport on the Danube is only 10-20% of the Rhine. Thus, NEWS will support the goal of EU Strategy for the Danube Region to increase inland cargo transport by 20% in 2020 compared to 2010 making transport more efficient in terms of cost and resources.

From West Region Romania representatives of West Regional Development Agency and Caraş-Severin County Council will attend the event.

Please consult the agenda of the event here...