Events

Location Rue du la Loi 75 Program 14.00 Registration 14.30 Opening and welcome by Philippe Grulois, President EBU 14.35 Keynote speeches by Václav Bernard Deputy Minister of Transport, Czech Ministry of Transport Henrik Hololei Director General European Commission DG MOVE Dominique Riquet MEP TRAN committee and co-rapporteur “TEN-T revision” Philippe Grulois President EBU 15.30 Panel […]

AGENDA – 28 March 2022: 13.30-17.00 Chair: Paul Goris, President EBU and European IWT Platform Introduction by the Chair. Presentation of the Platina 3 Task: “European wide implementation of emission label / energy index for vessels / GLEC” by project partners: Khalid Tachi and Martin Quispel (EICB). GLEC as existing methodology: presentation by Alain Lewis, […]

PROGRAMME 14.30 Registration 15.00 Opening 15.05 Key note speeches by Adina VĂLEAN, Commissioner for Transport, European Commission Caroline NAGTEGAAL, MEP TRAN and rapporteur report (INI) on inland waterways: “Towards Future-proof Inland Waterway Transport (IWT) in Europe” Paul GORIS, President EBU 16.00 PANEL “How to realize the objectives of the EGD with regard to the greening […]

EBU decided to postpone its event due to the Coronavirus. EBU welcomes the release of the Green Deal of the European Commission which aims to reduce transport emissions by shifting 75 % of the freight carried by road today to inland waterway transport (IWT) and rail. IWT disposes over free capacities on the European network […]

Program   15.00 hrs  Opening and welcome by – Paul GORIS, President European IWT Platform and President EBU – Christiaan VAN LANCKER, Vice- President European IWT Platform and President ESO Speech by the presidents 15.30 hrs  Key note speech by – Henrik HOLOLEI, Director General at the European Commission, DG MOVE Speech by Henrik Hololei  16.00 hrs  […]