The Danube waterway plays an important role in Austria’s transport system. With inland navigation as an environmentally friendly means of transport it contributes to “greening” transport and easing the burden on Austria’s roads.

Together with the Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology, via donau is responsible for the implementation of the National Action Plan on Danube Navigation.

The purpose of the Action Plan is to further strengthen the role of inland waterway transport:

• The National Action Plan on Danube Navigation (NAP), which contains 40 specific measures to promote waterways as environmentally friendly transport routes, has formed an integral part of Austria‘s Federal Government Programmes since 2007.
• Thus, the NAP provides the basis for Austria’s navigation policy within the scope of Austrian transport policy.

The combination of individual measures in the fields of infrastructure, ports, information systems, markets, knowledge & awareness and international cooperation aims at strengthening the use of waterways.

Important NAP activities to make navigation even more innovative, reliable and environmentally friendly have already been implemented in the first years of the plan’s existence.

Downloads

• Final report(German)
• NAP brochure (German)
• NAP brochure (English)
• Progress report 2008 (German)
• Progress report 2010 (German)