GRENDEL Green and efficient Danube Fleet

Developing innovative financial instruments to actively support the challenging modernisation process of the Danube fleet is a project that has to go beyond borders. The proposed State Aid Scheme in the framework of GRENDEL, expected to be...

Regulations on ship emission limits as well as recurrent media reports on the pollution of oceans and inland waterways exert pressure on the maritime sector to significantly reduce the emissions of new and existing ships. At the same time,...

Co-organized by EIBIP with the support of Pro Danube International, the high-level event brought together European and national policy makers, as well as representatives of the sector, to present the most innovative solutions inland waterway...

From 26 to 27 September 2019 the very first “Sustainable Shipping Technologies Forum” took place in Graz, Austria. The forum provided an overview of the current developments in the field of emission-free shipping and pointed out potentials...

As one of the main objectives of the GRENDEL project is to raise the environmental performance of Danube inland vessels and to fully integrate them in the transnational transport and logistics chains, several factsheets providing basic...

The General Secretary of Pro Danube International, Mr. Róbert Rafael, was invited to participate at the 10th Workshop on the follow-up of the Joint Statement on Guiding Principles on the Development of Inland Navigation and Environmental...

Pro Danube International was invited to participate at the discussions held on the current status of the Draft Recommendations for the Development of Common, Harmonized Guidelines/Standards for Good Navigation Status. In order to efficiently...

The European Parliament adopted earlier this year a Motion for a Resolution to urge the European Commission to update and renew the NAIADES action programme by 2020 in order to ensure that the potential of inland waterway transport (IWT) as...

On 25th-26th September 2019 the 3rd GRENDEL Consortium Meeting was organised together with the 3rd Work Package & Activity Leaders Meeting and with the 3rd Steering Committee Meeting in Ruse, Bulgaria. The Bulgarian-Romanian Chamber of...

The EU plans to go climate-neutral by 2050. So does inland shipping! Come and discover the innovative inland vessels which have embarked on that journey and test solutions that bring pollution down too.  The European Inland Waterways...

The 8th edition of the EUSDR Annual Forum took place on 27th and 28th of June 2019 in Bucharest, Romania. This event was organized by the Romanian Presidency of the EUSDR – Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania together with the DG...

On 19th June 2019, a workshop about the realization of a modern fleet, enhancing navigation safety and fostering innovations was organised in the framework of the 55th session of the Working Party on the Standardization of Technical and...

Danubia Kreuzfahrten operates river cruise vessels on the European waterways and is a partner in our GRENDEL project. Within Activity 4.1, Danubia Kreuzfahrten is tasked with exploring possibilities for improving the environmental performance of...

As the GRENDEL project advances also Activity 4.1 – Individual advanced vessel concepts & energy efficient navigation – is stepping up the pace. Our partners involved in this Activity are: Danubia Kreuzfahrten GmbH from Austria who...

Zeppelin Power Systems will continue to offer Cat marine engines that comply with the new EU Stage V emissions standard for non-road mobile machinery (NRMM). Depending on the power range, these will contain different exhaust after-treatment...

An updated version of the document on frequently asked questions (FAQ) regarding engines in inland navigation was recently published. Based on the fruitful collaboration between CESNI (European committee for drawing up common standards in the...

The second GRENDEL Project Consortium Meetings, organised back-to-back with GRENDEL’s first Public consultation and first State Aid workshop, were held on 27 March 2019 in Budapest (Hungary) with the aim to report on project progress and...

The Danube Commission hosted on 26 March 2019 two major events in the framework of the GRENDEL project. Whereas the topics of the first public consultation evolved around the CESNI and the Danube Commission’s work programme related to...

Following the EUSDR PA 1a working group “Fleet Modernisation”, the first know-how transfer event in the framework of the GRENDEL project was held on 7 and 8 March in Vienna. Modernising the Danube fleet is one of the main objectives of the...

26 March 2019 is a date marked by two important events in the framework of the GRENDEL project. Both events will take place at the premises of the Danube Commission in Budapest. The working day will start with the first public consultation...