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 Austria
 Potshot for Integrated River Engineering Project?
This project, aimed at promoting Danube navigation and protecting the Donau-Auen National Park, has returned to the environmental NGO watchlist. This time, critics are targeting the AGN Agreement  [more...]



 Inland Navigation Is Still Lacking the 'Sexy Factor'
The international Smart Rivers ’21 conference has again highlighted the many benefits of inland vessels. Yet they still have some way to catch up on trucks  [more...]



 Smart Rivers ’21 Adds New Spark to Danube Navigation
This international congress to be held at Vienna City Hall shall establish river navigation as an integral and sustainable transport system in politics and economy  [more...]



 Witzelsdorf: Test Lab for Integrated River Restoration Project
The aim of via donau’s Integrated River Restoration Project (IRRP) is to improve the conditions for inland navigation between Vienna and the Slovakian border and to enhance the water supply to the Donauauen National Park.  [more...]



 Favourable Winds for Inland Navigation through PLATINA
After winning the contract, it is now up to via donau and its partners to implement the EU’s navigational goals without neglecting environmental needs  [more...]



 Danube Navigation Shall Ease Transit Burden
Austria intends to pursue the NAP also in 2008. Its integrated river restoration project was again fiercely criticised by environmentalists around the year-turn  [more...]



 Innovation Sought
The Austrian Danube shipping company DDSG-Cargo has had two of its ships adapted for bulk cargo. A new strategy is being elaborated for container transport. With new ideas, shipping companies in Europe are trying to re-route more commodities to the waterways.  [more...]



 Heavy Traffic on the Danube Corridor
The Danube waterway plays an important role in the political and economic integration of the CEE-countries.   [more...]



 River Information Services for the Danube Waterway
With DoRIS (Donau – River Information Services) new techniques will be implemented for inland navigation that have already been standardized in the field of aviation.   [more...]



 Channel Discussion in Depth
By the beginning of 2001, those facts should be available that will decisively contribute to the decision on the controversial issue of a Danube development in the east of Vienna.  [more...]



 A Fleet between Tradition and Progress
The Austrian traditional shipowners Österreichischer Lloyd (OL) is planning to strengthen its position in the European container-feeder traffic.   [more...]



 Strong Partner in Water Transport
Austria is staking on the Danube to cope with constantly increasing cargo traffic. The technology and assistance organisation via donau is an integral part of this strategy.   [more...]



 Partner of ALSO Danube
The Austrian Institute of Regional Planning (ÖIR) has extended its business field inland waterway transport so far as to allow a parti-cipation in the EU project ALSO Danube (Advanced Logistic Solutions for the Danube Waterway).   [more...]



 Marriage between Rail and Waterway
Three important European traffic corridors are being coordinated from Vienna starting 2001. And, in addition, the city manages Corridor VII – the Danube.   [more...]



 Danube Blockage Worsens Crisis in Eastern Countries
The Romanian and Bulgarian heads of state have urged the EU to restore navigation on the Danube.  [more...]




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