Projects

Within the framework of the Black Sea region Bulgaria was the first country which established a system for monitoring ships with dangerous cargo and to protect the marine environment from pollution. The National Vessel Traffic Management and Information Systems (VTMIS) was established for that purpose in stages in the time period 2002-2015.

Transnational project (DE, AT, SK, HU, HR, RS, RO, BG) DANTE aimed at identifying and eliminating administrative barriers for inland waterway transport (IWT) on the Danube and its navigable tributaries as a joint initiative of the private sector and the national public authorities responsible for these barriers.

Transnational project (AT, SK, HU, HR, BG, RO) Within this action national investments in state-of-the-art pilot equipment are coordinated. The new monitoring and marking equipment, along with new and harmonised services for waterway users, is used to improve the waterway administrations’ operative maintenance tasks and to elaborate further measures for Danube rehabilitation and maintenance

National project (RO) The project aimed to increase the quality of the ship-generated waste collection and processing services and the response in cases of pollution in the maritime Danube ports Braila, Galati and Tulcea.

Transnational project (BG, RO) The proposed project concerns the Romanian – Bulgarian common section of the Danube, where some of the most critical bottlenecks of the Danube are located. The overall objective of this Feasibility Study is to identify technical solutions to be implemented in order to ensure at least minimum fairway parameters for the…

National project (RO) The project aimed to increase the quality of the ship-generated waste collection and processing services and the response in cases of pollution in the Danube ports Moldova Veche, Orşova, Drobeta Turnu Severin, Giurgiu, Călăraşi and Cernavodă.

Transnational project (RO, BG) Over the last two decades, the reliability and cost-effectiveness of Danube transportation deteriorated tremendously. The severest restrictions to navigation occurred on the Lower Danube, in the common Romanian – Bulgarian Danube sector. Three locations are especially critical: Calafat, Bechet and Corabia. Capital dredging measures are planned for each of these sections.

Transnational project (CZ, AT, SK, HU, HR, RS, RO, BG, UA) The project DREAM provides the umbrella for a set of research topics. The objective is to establish adequate hydraulic laboratories, improve computer-based simulations and establish commonly agreed field study sites along the Danube for the research of hydrodynamics, sediment transport, morphodynamics and ecological processes…

National project (RO) The development of railways in the river–maritime area of Constanta Port increased the accessibility of the port, decreased travel time for cargo and sustained the development of efficient multimodal terminals.

Transnational project (NL, BE, DE, AT, RO) PROMINENT was aimed at providing solutions which make inland navigation as competitive as road transport – in terms of air pollutant emissions – by 2020 and beyond. In parallel, PROMINENT aimed to further decrease the energy consumption and carbon footprint of IWT.