The closing conference of the ProDuna project (Establishment of the Hungarian IWT promotion centre) will take place on 11 December 2013, in Budapest. The event represents a good opportunity for the Manual on Danube Navigation to be officially launched. As a recognition of achievements, the National Association of Radio Distress - Signalling and Infocummunications (RDOE) as project leader was offered the opportunity to edit and publish the Manual in Hungarian, including special Hungarian content.
Organised by the Inland Navigation Development Centre (CRUP) in partnership with the Danube Commission and held on 12 December 2013 at the headquarters of the Danube Commission in Budapest, the workshop will explain the changes that will make the adoption of the EU Directive on concession contracts and its impact on the further development of the Danube ports.Read More
As of 13 November 2013, BRODOKOMERC NS d.o.o joined the PDI network, being the first Serbian member. BRODOKOMERC began its activity in 2002 and provides a full set of logistics services related to waterway transport. PDI currently supports BRODOKOMERC with regard to obvious discriminating administrative procedures stipulated by the local authorities of Novi Sad against the company.
Vice-President and Commissioner for Transport Siim Kallas signed the EC Decision for the LNG Masterplan for Rhine-Main-Danube in the framework of the TEN -T Days in Tallinn (October 16-18, 2013) and handed it over to Mr Seitz. The event brought together Ministers, Members of the European Parliament and key stakeholders, discussing the future development of the trans-European transport network, with a special focus on financing, innovation and on the implementation tools. The new funding instrument CEF- Connecting Europe Facility was introduced. It will offer manifold project opportunities for the Danube sector in the EU financial period 2014-2020 in particular with regard to investments in Danube ports. PDI will investigate these opportunities in detail and will initiate projects for the first program which is expected for June 2014.
For the LNG Masterplan, the TEN-T Days represented the first important dissemination event where the project initiator and coordinator, Mr Seitz explained the project in front of an audience of more than 500 people. The LNG Masterplan with its impressive investment of more than 120 million Euros in LNG fuelled and carrying vessels as well as in the first LNG small scale terminals received an EU funding commitment of 40.25 million Euros.
