National project (RO) The ongoing project will focus on safe maritime port access in the form of navigational aids (upgrading the signalling system in the port basin and the fairway), extension of basic infrastructure in the form of quays, constructing a new state of the art on-shore waste collection and treatment facility, and purchasing a technical vessel.
Constanta Green Port
National project (RO) The project idea comprises of the development of an Environmental Management System (EMS) for Constanta Port, obtaining the EMAS & PERS certification for the port, increased cooperation between stakeholders active within the port, the improvement of the social climate, health, safety and training of port workers, etc.
PAN-LNG-4-DANUBE
National project (HU) The project's overall objective is to foster the use of LNG in the inland navigation sector across the Danube, therefore contributing to the European alternative fuels implementation strategy. The project includes a study and a real-life pilot deployment and is implemented in the core port of Csepel-Freeport.
DBS Gateway Region – Regional and Transport Development in the Danube-Black Seas (DBS) Region towards a Transnational Multi-port Gateway Region
Transnational project (DE, AT, SK, HU, HR, RS, RO, BG MD, UA) DBS Gateway Region project aimed at supporting the Danube-Black Sea region to become an attractive gateway region for maritime and inland waterway transport between Central Europe and the Black Sea, the Caspian region and the Far East by facilitating increased intensity and quality of cooperation between ports, regions and other key actors.
LNG Masterplan for Rhine-Main-Danube
Transnational project (NL, CZ, FR, CY, LU, IT, DE, AT, SK, BG, RO) The LNG Masterplan created a platform for cooperation between authorities and industry stakeholders with the purpose to facilitate the elaboration of a harmonised European regulatory framework for LNG as fuel and cargo in inland navigation and to promote the introduction of LNG as a fuel and cargo for inland shipping. A comprehensive strategy with a detailed roadmap was elaborated and pilot components were tested and monitored.
New Port East – Reconstruction of the port of Vukovar
National project (HR) The port of Vukovar is strategically important, as it is the only Croatian port on the Danube River. The project encompasses the acquisition and construction of infrastructural port facilities, port loading and unloading Equipment and terminal-related equipment.
Complex solution for the Danube stretch downstream of Bratislava – Water Structure Gabčíkovo–Nagymaros (SVD G-N)
Transnational project (SK, SI) Only part of the project was finished in Slovakia: the Gabčíkovo Water Structure. Further project activities depend on an agreement between the authorities of the Slovak Republic and Hungary.
SEE MARINER – South Eastern Europe Marine and River Integrated System for monitoring the transportation of dangerous goods
Transnational project (GR, IT, SI, AT, HU, BG, RO, ME, AL) The South East Europe area is a sea and river transit area of vessels carrying hazardous freight which constitute many potential environmental risks for coasts and inland waterways. The overall aim was to develop and implement a transnational, innovative, transferable and replicable system and to lay the foundation for the SEE MARINER Network, offering tools and services to improve the interoperability of monitoring activities and increase the effectiveness of operations for the joint prevention of environmental risks arising in cases of emergency.
Rehabilitation and upgrade of the Iron Gate I navigational lock
National project (RS) The navigation lock at the Serbian side of the dam at Đerdap 1 (river-km 943) has been in operation for about 40 years and the lock at the Serbian side of the dam at Đerdap 2 (river-km 863) for about 25 years. The structural, mechanical and electric installations which are necessary for locks operation are in poor condition. The Iron Gate I navigational lock (Đerdap 1) will be rehabilitated and upgraded within the next years.
GREEN DANUBE – Integrated transnational policies and practical solutions for an environmentally-friendly Inland Water Transport system in the Danube region
Transnational project (DE, AT, HU, HR, RS, RO) GREEN DANUBE acted as a policy driver for a stronger multilevel cooperation to advance the modernisation of the Danube fleet.