INLAND WATERWAY TRANSPORT IN ECMT COUNTRIES TO THE YEAR 2000: A NEW DIMENSION
This report describes the current state of the infrastructure of the inland waterways in Europe. Statistics of traffic along them are also provided. Chapter 2 puts forward some explanations for the declining interest in the sector and attempts to highlight those features which need to be studied in order to ensure a safe future for inland waterway transport. Chapter 3 is concerned with infrastructural constraints, such as bottlenecks, and possibilities for improvement. Chapter 4 addresses the key problems associated with the waterway transport market as a whole. Chapter 5 and 6 focus on a number of important problems which are specific and relevant to certain traffic arteries, especially the Rhine-Maine-Danube link and the North-South markets. Tables are provided for each ECMT (European Conference of Ministers of Transport) country of: a) freight transport statistics by transport mode; b) road, rail and waterway network lengths; c) vessel capacities and fleet composition; d) numbers of scrapped vehicles; e) inland waterways good transport for 1977; f) trends in traffic flows; g) investment in transport infrastructure; and h) lengths of inland waterways. (TRRL)
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Corporate Authors:
European Conference of Ministers of Transport
19, rue de Franqueville
75775 Paris Cedex 16, France - Publication Date: 1990
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 123 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Freight transportation; Infrastructure; Inland waterways; Water transportation
- ITRD Terms: 8302: ECMT; 8034: Europe; 741: Goods traffic; 1088: Inland waterway; 227: Investment; 6488: Length; 1054: Network (traffic); 6555: Statistics; 671: Traffic flow
- Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Freight Transportation; Highways; Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00609606
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
- ISBN: 92-821-1148-2
- Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
- Created Date: Jun 30 1991 12:00AM