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: 07 September 2023

Pro Danube welcomes First-DDSG Logistics GmbH on board

Welcome on board to our newest member! We are thrilled to announce that First-DDSG Logistics Holding GmbH has decided to join the Pro Danube community.

First-DDSG Logistics Holding GmbH is a pioneering force in the logistics industry with a rich century-old history and remarkable experience in cargo transportation on European inland waterways. Founded in 1829 as the Erste Donau-Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft (First Danube Steamboat Shipping Company). Their core solutions and services encompass river shipping, bulk, general and oversized cargo transportation. Owning an extensive fleet, consisting of 220 floating units with a total carrying capacity of 300,000 ,mtons and a pushing capacity of 100,000 HP, sailing from the Black Sea to the North Sea. They possess a range of infrastructure assets, including shallow water fleet, a bunker station, repair stations at multiple points along the Danube for vessel maintenance, a floating dock for under-water repairs, and floating cranes for lightering of barges.

: 02 August 2023

Have Your Say! Survey on Implementation and Communication Strategies for the eFTI Regulation

We would like to raise your attention to our Survey on Implementation and Communication strategies for the eFTI Regulation, a 5-10-minute online survey.

The survey tackles different stakeholders and we are still lacking input from service developers and platform providers.

As eFTI is highly relying on service developers and platform providers, we appreciate your support by distributing the survey to relevant stakeholders that will be developing and operating eFTI platforms in the near future.

Why is a clear implementation and communication strategy important for service developers and platform providers?

Be ready in time;
Provide economic operators with sufficient choice for connection (platform solutions);
Ensure a smooth exchange between economic operators and platform developers from the start;
Have clarity on architectural requirements.

The inputs will support the DTLF in assisting the European Commission to establish an effective implementation and communication strategy for eFTI, targeting also service developers and platform providers.

Deadline: 15 August 2023

Participate

: 31 July 2023

Waterborne Awards: Deadline Extension

The deadline for the call for Submissions for the Waterborne Awards 2023 has been extended until 7 August!

Are you a researcher in a waterborne RD&I project? Submit your project as a success story of European RD&I in waterborne transport.

Nominated projects will have the opportunity to showcase their project as part of an exhibition during the Waterborne Days Conference taking place in Brussels on 26 September. 3 projects will be crowned winners during the awards ceremony!

Submit

: 06 July 2023

Important Information: Closure of the Serbian Navigation Lock Djerdap 2 (Iron Gate)

The Serbian navigation lock Djerdap 2 (Iron Gate 2) will not be open to traffic from July 18, 2023, through July 17, 2024, due to an overhaul, announced the Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure and the Port Authority of Prahovo. The entire transhipment of vessels, in its zone of competence, between rkm 858th to rkm 868th kilometer on the Danube will be taken over by the Romanian side of the Djerdap 2 navigation lock. The Djerdap 2 navigation lock is being overhauled in order to increase reliability and reduce the times of the raising and lowering cycles.

All participants in water traffic are warned to adapt their speed to the general navigation safety and to comply with the orders of the handlers of the navigation lock, the Navigation Safety Inspector, and the Port Authority of Prahovo – the announcement says.

Further information is available in the respective Notice to Skipper s and the Plovput website.

Pro Danube will monitor the progress and keep you updated.

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