Inland water transport, including rivers and canals, represents an important, alternative and environmentally friendly way of transporting goods. Inland water vessels can carry the equivalent of between 14 and 500 truckloads and the total external cost of transport amounts to only EUR 10 per 1,000 tonne kilometres.
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) works for smooth and efficient inland water transport across the region, as well as for further expansion of networks to take ultimate advantage of this safe and sustainable mode of transport
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23 November 2011
UNECE Working Party on the Standardization of Technical and Safety Requirements in Inland Navigation (SC.3/WP.3) - 40th session, 15-17 February 2012
The next session of the Working Party on the Standardization of Technical and Safety Requirements in Inland Navigation (SC.3/WP.3) will take place from 15 to 17 February 2012. In accordance with the decision of the 39th session of SC.3/WP.3, the next meeting will include a special discussion on modernization of the existing international instruments dealing with the mutual recognition of boatmasters' certificates and the professional requirements in inland navigation, in general. The provisional agenda (ECE/TRANS/SC.3/WP.3/79) is available here.
17 October 2011
Presentations and informal documents from the 55th session of the Working Party on Inland Water Transport (SC.3)
Presentations made at the occasion of the last SC.3 session and the informal documents for the session are available here.
17 August 2011
UNECE Working Party on Inland Water Transport (SC.3) - 55th session, 12-14 October 2011
The next session of the Working Party on Inland Water Transport (SC.3) will take place from 12 to 14 October 2011. The provisional agenda (ECE/TRANS/SC.3/190) is available here.
4 July 2011
Presentations from the 39th session of the Working Party on Standardization of Technical and Safety Requirements in Inland Navigation (SC.3/WP.3)
The presentations made during the SC.3/WP.3 thirty-ninth session are available here.
24 May 2011
The next session of the Working Party on the Standardization of Technical and Safety Requirements in Inland Navigation (SC.3/WP.3) will take place from 15 to 17 June 2011. During the session, the Working Party will finalize the proposals to update several UNECE Resolutions on inland water transport issues, such as European Code for Inland Waterways; Harmonized Europe-Wide Technical Requirements for Inland Navigation Vessels and Guidelines and Recommendations for River Information Services. In addition, a special expert discussion inland waterway infrastructure development will take place in the morning of the second day of the session (16 June).
29 April 2011
The UNECE White Paper on efficient and sustainable inland water transport in Europe, as finalized at the SC.3/WP.3 38th session, and incorporating the final comments from the UNECE Inland Transport Committee is available in English, French, Russian. Readmore
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