Multi-modal waterway transport works differently than uni-modal road transport. Discover an alternative way of shipping a broad mix of commodities while avoiding traffic jams and increasing the sustainability of your operations.

Market ABCs

Multi-modal transport involves more partners, but does not undermine the reliability of the transport operations, on the contrary.

Contact points

National and regional promotion offices are your first contact point to provide up-to-date information, to answer questions, to help you with waterway project ideas. Sharing your ideas with them helps to develop yours.

Network and maps

While the EU waterway network of 35,000 km does not cover the whole of Europe in the same way road and railways do, most major cities, centres of commerce and industry and ports are connected by rivers and canals, ideal to carry goods from producer to customer.

Fleet

While large ships carry a great deal of large-scale inland freight, small and modern dedicated vessels are used on smaller waterways and for city distribution opening up road-water transport to a growing number of customers.

Type of goods

Dry and liquid bulk, FMCG and fresh produce, hazardous goods and abnormal indivisible loads, all are possible.