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Resolution No. 80, International Standards For Notices To
Skippers (NtS).
European inland waterway network of international importance
spans more than 29,000 km and includes over 400 important ports
and terminals. Inland water transport is a safe, multifunctional,
reliable, economical and environmentally friendly mode of transport
with still untapped capacities and potential for growth.
Since 1956, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
(UNECE), through its various technical and policy bodies, has been
working towards sustainable and efficient inland water transport
across the UNECE region.
Today, 6% of all goods transported in the European Union are
carried by inland waterways; road and rail transport carry 76% and
18%, respectively. In the Russian Federation, due to winter periods,
inland waterways account for around 2% of total goods transport,
however, totalling 70 to 80 billion t-km. Countries with efficient
navigable waterways and year-round access, have considerably
higher shares of freight transport by inland waterway, particularly
along the Rhine and Danube corridors: the Netherlands (39%),
Belgium (21.1%), Romania (20%), Bulgaria (13.5%) and
Germany (11.4%).
Under the authority of the UNECE Inland Transport Committee
(ITC), the Working Party on Inland Water Transport (SC.3) meets
once a year to discuss measures to promote the development of
inland waterway infrastructure, monitor the implementation of the
legal instruments, regularly update resolutions, guidelines and
recommendations pertinent to inland water transport and the
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