Presentations

2024

Working group on technical matters (WG TECH)

Pjotr Suvorov – Market observation for Danube navigation 2023
Pjotr Suvorov – Updates on DCs activities in the field of the security of navigation on the Danube
Pjotr Suvorov – The draft Road Map for Fleet Modernization
Peter Cáky – Updates on the interactive map of the Danube Commission
Domokos Iványi – An update on the Secretariats recent activities in the fields of Statistics and Economic Analysis

Expert Meeting on Development of Ports and Port Operations (EM PORTS)

Manfred Seitz & Dejan Trifunović, DC Secretariat – Reference to discussion paper WD 2.1
Marta Wolska, Policy Officer, EC/DG MOVE/D3 – Ongoing or forthcoming IWT and port policy activities of the European Commission
Turi Fiorito, Director, EFIP – Reflections of EFIP on port policy issues
Geert Smit, Project Manager, Ecorys – Study on Enabling Sustainable Management and Development of inland ports
Antonio Stoean,Senior Logistics Expert, DC Secretariat – EU – Ukraine Solidarity Lanes / Update on freight flows on the Danube
Dejan Trifunović, DC Secretariat- Progress regarding the implementation of the DC Danube Ports database
Christian Stangl-Brachnik, BMK-Austria – Realistic expectations for the use of alternative fuels on the Danube in Austria
Bernhard Bieringer, Senior Consultant, Kanzlei Anzböck – Major challenges for the use of alternative fuels on the Danube – case of HVO 100
Srdja Lješević, Head of Center for Port Operations of PGA – Green ports Serbia, project initiative
Inge De Wolf, Port of Antwerp and Adina Stefan, Port of Constanta – Progress of the PIONEERS project (update on project implementation)
Florian Röthlingshöfer, Director, Port of Switzerland – RPIS – Rhine Ports Information System
Jan Tore Pedersen, MARLO Norway and João Graça, Marlo Portugal – JUL – PCS project for sea and river ports in Portugal
Silvia Dopler, University of Applied Sciences of Upper Austria – MultiRELOAD project- Results of the study on modal shift to Danube freight shipping
Sorin Horovei, IT Department, Port of Constanta – Port Constanta – development and implementation of a Port Community System (PCS)
Elson Thana, TCT Permanent Secretariat – The Role of the TCT Permanent Secretariat in improving Inland Navigation in the region
Christian Stangl-Brachnik, BMK-Austria – Danube Business Talks 2024 – Announcement of the event
Robert Rafael, General Secretary, PDI – Danube Ports Days 2024 – Announcement of the event
Manfred Seitz & Dejan Trifunović, DC Secretariat – Progress of the “Joint Statement of the Danube Port Authorities and Ports Stakeholders
Manfred Seitz, DC Secretariat – Next Steps & Closure of the meeting

Expert Meeting on Hydraulic Engineering (EM HYD)

Viktoria Weissenburger, viadonau and PA1a – The status of fairway conditions in 2023
Romeo Soare, AFDJ, Ivelin Zanev, EAEMDR – Joint approachement for the Romanian-Bulgarian waterway maintenace
Alina Radu, AFDJ – Maintenance Activities on the Romanian Danube Sector in 2020-2023
Ivelin Zanev, EAEMDR – Status of the main critical sections in the period 2020-2023 and hydrological information, Bulgaria
Ljubisa Mihajlovic, Plovput – Fairway conditions in the Republic of Serbia – Activities for their improvement
Danijel Đuđar, MMPI – Status of Inland Navigation in Croatia
Csaba Bede, Anita Reichardt OVF – The potential of fairway information services and active traffic management to cope with low water conditions Plans for 2024
Vladimír Novák, SVP – Information of Slovak operator of the waterway Danube, Slovak Water Management Enterprise, State Enterprise, on the status of the fairway in 2023 and on the Program for maintenance work of 2024
Simon Hartl, viadonau – Presentation and discussion of activities planned in Austria
Andreas Bäck, viadonau – FAIRway Danube II, Report on implemention of CEF2 project

Joint Workshop on Waterway Management of EUSDR/PA1a and the Danube Commission: The potential of fairway information services and active traffic management to cope with low water conditions

Viktoria Weissenburger, viadonau and PA1a – Improving fairway information services: Overview of existing and planned services for Danube navigation
Romeo Soare (AFDJ) and Ivelin Zanev (APPD) – Case study Lower Danube: coping with extreme water conditions through active traffic management
Csaba Bede and Anita Reichardt (OVF) Case study Middle Danube: current practices on traffic regulation during low water periods
Balazs Hlavacska DDSG – MAHART – Go ahead and make Danube much navigable together!

2023

Working group on technical matters (WG TECH)

Mladen Grujic – 65^th Conference of directors of Danube shipping companies
Peter Caky – Updates on the interactive map of the Danube Commission
Pjotr Suvorov – The Working Platform for Fleet Modernization
Pjotr Suvorov – Updates on DCs activities in the field of the security of navigation on the Danube
Sebastian Roger – Ausbau der Bundeswasserstraße Donau
Tetyana Tarasenko – Energy efficiency issues regarding the operation of pushed trains on the Danube
Vladimir Rybkovskiy – Information from the Secretariat on the Preparation of the Statistical Yearbook of the Danube Commission for 2022

Danube Regional Workshop on Energy Transition in Inland Ports

Alexio Picco, SEANERGY – Project Presentation
Werner Auer, Ennshafen – Regional Workshop Ennshafen Port
Werner Auer, Ennshafen – Calculating and reporting CO2-emissions: How Ennshafen is starting to deal with the new requirements
Manfred Seitz, DC – Green Danube Port – Joint Statement of the Danube Port Authorities and Ports Stakeholders
Sasa Jovanovic, IC-consulenten – Gaps in regional developments in the Danube Region Danube Region and their influence on the energy transition needs
Danique de Jonge, ESPO – EU Taxonomy: a ports’ perspective

Joint Statement Meeting

I 1-3 EU Enviromental policies – Diar Isid-EC DG ENV
I 1-4 Activity report of METEET – Dejan Trifunović-DC
I 1-5 Update on the FRMMP for Danube – Viktoria Weissenburger-EUSDR PA1a
I 2-1 Updates on the progress of works in Germany – Stefan Neudert-StUMV
I 2-2 Improvement of the Danube in Hungary – Bede Csaba-OVF
I 2-3 Border section HR-RS-FAIRway 2 works – Hubalek MSTI-Mihajlović Plovput
I 2-4 Update on the progress in Serbia-Iron Gate I&II – Bojana Nedovic-Plovput
I 2-5 Updates RO-BG part of the Danube – Romeo Soare AFDJ-Ivelin Zanev APPD
I 2-6 Waterway Monitoring System WAMOS 2.0 – Susanne Bachl-Via Donau
II 1-1 State of navigation on the Sava – Krunoslav Sopček-Duško Isaković-ISRBC
II 1-2 New age of river engineering – Duška Kunštek-MSTI
II 1-3 Serbian and BiH sector confulence of Sava and Drina – Lubiša Mihajlović-Plovput
II 1-4 Croatian port infrastructure-economy hub – Vjekoslav Janković PA SB
II 1-5 Development of nautical turism in the SRB – Božana Matoš-Ancoris
II 1-6 Case study-River Marina Sisak – Duška Kunštek-MSTI
II 1-7 Crusing tourism infrastructure – Srđa Lješević-PGA
II 1-8 State of fleet and expected improvements – Tomislav Uroda-iCat
II 2-1 Process to adapt the Joint Statement 2.0 – Birgit Vogel-ICPDR

METEET – Workshop on the climate resilience of inland waterways and ports

Birgit Vogel / ICPDR – ICPDRs Climate Change Adaptation Strategy and planned work on droughts
Claus Kondrup / EC – Technical guidance on the climate proofing of infrastructure in the period 2021-2027
Diar Isid / DG ENV – Water related EU legislation with regard to inland waterways and introduction of EDORA and Water Quantity projects
Euripides Sakellariou / CINEA – Climate proofing requirements for the CEF Transport calls
Judith ter Maat / CHR – Impacts of climate change and socio-economic scenarios on low water in the Rhine River basin
Kai Kempmann, Laure Roux / CCNR – CCNR’s Act now! reflection paper
Nevena Gavalyugova-Bolsi / DG MOVE – Climate proofing provisions in the revised TEN-T Regulation and forthcoming study on TEN-T climate resilience
Viktoria Weissenburger / viadonau – Innovative and flexible approaches for climate-resilient waterway management

Constanta Port Business Association Event “ The Corridor Caspian Sea-Black Sea and the Port of Constanta – the Way to Europe”

Manfred Seitz – Danube solidarity lane – Danube information and coordination desk
Antonio Stoean – Danube solidarity lane – Danube information and coordination desk

Expert Meeting on Development of Ports and Port Operations (EM PORTS)

Dejan Trifunovic, Manfred Seitz – Update on policy framework relevant for Danube ports
Robert Rafael – Green inland ports presentation introduction to the project
Dejan Trifunovic, Manfred Seitz -Infrastructure development and impact of climate change
Antonio Stoean – Danube solidarity lane – Danube information and coordination desk
Grzegorz Pawelec – Status of Hydrogen development in Europe
Manfred Seitz – Joint Statement
O.Riepkin – Ukraine’s green hydrogen potential new challenges and opportunities
Tobias Block – eFuels in inland navigation
Robert Rafael – DaRePORT
Raphael le Guillou – Best Practice Guide on Cybersecurity in Inland Ports
Rudy Hemeleers – Speeding-up UA-EU corridors through digital data sharing
Mario Kaufmann – Overview of the work plan for the RIS COMEX2
Svetlana Stirbu – Carbon Footprint
Srdja Ljesevic – PGA APDM
Manfred Seitz – Next steps

Expert Meeting on ship-generated wastes (EM WASTE)

Dejan Trifunović – Expert Meeting on Ship-generated waste
Marcela-Daniela Costea – Port facilities and environmental services provided by the NATIONAL COMPANY ‘MARITIME DANUBE PORTS ADMINISTRATION’GALATI

Expert Meeting on Hydraulic Engineering (EM HYD)

Gert-Jan Muilerman,  PA 1a EUSDR / viadonau – EUSDR PA1a Inland Waterways
Ralf Jina, DDSG – River Engineering Works
Georgel Negrea. AFDJ – Difficulties encountered in 2022 in the transport of goods on the Danube
Marius Paruse, ANC – Maintenance works Danube-Black Sea Canal and Northen Branch Poarta Alba-Midia Canal
Romeo Soare, AFDJ – Dredging works 2022 sector rkm 863-rkm 610 and rkm 375-rkm 0
Ivelin Zanev, EAMDR – Status of the main critical sections in the period 2020-2022 and hydrological information, Bulgaria
Jasna Muskatirovic, Plovput – Inland Waterways in the Republic of Serbia- Current Status and Perspectives
Lidija Hubalek, MMPI – Status of Inland Navigation in Croatia
Csaba Bede, OVF – National status and update of activities in waterway management – Hungary
Pavel Virág, Vladimir Novák, SVP – Information on the status of the fairway in 2022 and on the Program for maintenance work of 2023
Simon Hartl, viadonau – Presentation and discussion of activities planned in Austria
Dmytro Barinov, USPA – The Black Sea grain initiative and the fight against world hunger

2022

The 13^th Follow-up Meeting of the Joint Statement on Guiding Principles for the Development of Inland Navigation and Environmental Protection in the Danube Region:

András Tóth – Technical guidance on the climate proofing of infrastructure in the period 2021-2027
Csaba Bede, Anita Reichardt – Improvement of the Danube in Hungary – CEF-Study Section Szob – Southern border
Duska Kunstek, Lana Deraković Rakas – Application of EU standards in ecological water engineering case study from Croatia
Helmut Habersack – Current status and future requirements in education and training of engineers
Ivan Mitrovic, Veljko Kovacevic – Upgrade of the Iron Gate I and Iron Gate II Navigation Locks
Jan Brooke – Perspectives for enhancing navigation and environmental protection in the scope of climate change
Jeanne Boughaba – EU environmental policies and latest developments relevant for waterways
Johan Magnusson – EUSDR Action Plan and its impact on PA1a cohesion policy 2021-2027
Lidija Hubalek, Ivan Mitrovic – Border Section Croatia-Serbia CEF Study, Preparing FAIRway 2 works in the Rhine Danube Corridor
Manfred Seitz -Implementation issues of the JS & advisory services
Marc Daniel Heintz – Fit for climate change – experience from the River Rhine & measures identified
Susanne Bachl – Waterway Monitoring System WAMOS 2.0 – a joint endeavour towards harmonised Danube waterway data
Victoria Weissenburger – EUSDR PA1a: Update on the Fairway Rehabilitation and Maintenance Master Plan (FRMMP) for the Danube and its navigable tributaries

2021

Working group on technical matters (WG TECH) (21-23 April 2021)

Oleksandr Riepkin – H2U Hydrogen Valley

Expert Group on Security in Inland Water Transport (EG SEC) (17 February 2021)

Pjotr Suvorov – Updated information on DC’s activities in the field of the security of navigation on the Danube
Laurentiu Petrache – AQUAPOL
Alfred Spörr – Pooling & Sharing
Philipp Hermes – Aktuelle Aspekt der Gefahrenabwehr in der Binnenschifffahrt

2020

Expert Group on Security in Inland Water Transport (EG SEC) (12 February 2020)

Pjotr Suvorov – Updated information on DC’s activities in the field of the security of navigation on the Danube
Pjotr Suvorov – Meeting of experts on the security of IWT
Hubert Griepe – Das Bayerische Landeskriminalamt
Hubert Griepe – EUSDR: Status of joint activities of PA1a and PA11
Hubert Griepe – ADN
Dejan Trifunovic – David forms, Summary of implementation steps 2020 – 2022
Laurentiu Petrache – Inland Maritime “DANUBE – BLACK SEA” HUB
Philipp Hermes – Gefahrenabwehr in der Binnenschifffahrt

GRENDEL 2nd Public Consultation on State Aid for the Modernization of the Danube Inland Fleet (22 January, 2020)

Daiwa Żukowska – State aid for modernizing the Danube fleet – legal framework
Charlotte Siot – Towards modernisation and greening of Danube inland waterborne sector and strengthening its competitiveness
Lucia Karpatyova – Activity 5.1 Public consultations
Lucia Karpatyova – Questions
Vojtěch Dabrowski – Modernisation of Inland Waterway vessels in the Czech Republic

2019

Working Group on Technical Affairs (WG TECH) (15 – 18 October 2019)

Daniel Grosu – AFDJ Dredging works
Dejan Trifunovic – Presentation DC role in ports 2019
Evgeny Brodskiy – Overview of current RIS issues Russia
Igor Alexander – Fragebogen über die Kommunikationssprachen auf der Donau
Petar Kirov – Overview of the DARiSS Project
Plamena Yordanova Kapralyakova – Impact of Bulgarian legislation on submission of statistical data to the Danube Commission
Sergey Viktorovich Kanurniy – VOPOG 2019
Virginia Oganesian – Activity of the Danube ports in 2018

Expert Group Hydrotechnology (EG HYD) (18 – 19 September 2019)

Matej Vaníček – Aufrüstung von Schleusenkammern in Gabcíkovo
Viktoria Weissenburger – EUSDR PA1a
Pjotr Semjonovitsch Suvorov – Water levels on the Danube in 2018
Daniel Grosu – Dredging works AFDJ
Peter Čaky – ПЛАН ОСНОВНЫХ РАБОТ, НАПРАВЛЕННЫХ НА ДОСТИЖЕНИЕ РЕКОМЕНДОВАННЫХ ГАБАРИТОВ СУДОВОГО ХОДА, ГИДРОТЕХНИЧЕСКИХ И ДРУГИХ СООРУЖЕНИЙ НА ДУНАЕ

10th Joint Statement Meeting (11-12 September 2019)

Jeanne Boughaba, European Commission DG ENV – EU environmental policies relevant for inland navigation – latest developments
Ismini Maria Kyriazopolou, Networking and Competence Centre, JASPERS / EIB – Implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) in the Danube region regarding the navigation sector and river works- Article 4(7) WFD checklist tool
Gert-Jan Muilerman, Viadonau – Austria – Integrated River Engineering Project Catalogue of Measures for the Danube east of Vienna
Georgina Pavlina – Bulgaria, EAEMDR – FAST DANUBE “Technical Assistance for Revising and Complementing the Feasibility Study Regarding the Improvement of Navigation Conditions on the Romanian-Bulgarian Common Sector of the Danube and Complementary Studies”
Tomislav Strus – Croatia, Inland Navigation Directorate – Inland waterway on Sava river (km 300 –km 329)
Jasna Muskatirovic, Serbia, Directorate for Inland Waterways – Supervision and Environmental Monitoring of River Training and Dredging Works in Serbia
Roman Cabadaj – Slovakia, Ministry of Transport – Danube Waterway in the Slovak republic
Catalina Dumbrava and Romeo Soare – Romania, AFDJ, – IMPROVEMENT OF THE NAVIGATION CONDITIONS ON THE DANUBE BETWEEN CALARASI AND BRAILA, KM 375 – KM 175
Monica Matei, Madalina Boboc and György Deák INCDPM – WIN-WIN SOLUTION TO PROTECT STURGEON SPECIES AND TO ENSURE NAVIGATION CONDITIONS ON BALA BRANCH VS. OLD DANUBE IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN ROMANIA
Zeljko Milkovic – Sava Commission, ISRBC – Rehabilitation and Development of the Navigation and Transport on the SavaRiver Waterway-sector Novi Grad
Barbara Kéri – DanubeSediment Danube Sediment Management – Restoration of the Sediment
Paul Meulenbroek – Balance in the Danube River – MEASURES
Georg Frank – DANUBEParks CONNTECTED – NATURE CONSERVATION AND NAVIGATION alongside the DANUBE River
Jasna Muskatirovic and Georg Rast – METEET – Conclusions and results of first trainings in Croatia, Serbia and Slovakia including way forward
Gert-Jan Muilerman, EUSDR PA1a Technical Secretariat – EUSDR related developments – The Fairway Rehabilitation and Maintenance Master Plan for the Danube and its navigable tributaries/Revision of the EUSDR Action Plan
Robert Rafael, General Secretary Pro Danube International – Sustainable and efficient transport on the Danube – viewpoints from an industry association
Ana Leganel, Joint Secretariat-Danube Transnational Program – Interreg-Danube Transnational Program in 2019 and 2020-DTP 3
Manfred Seitz, DC – Discussion on key lessons learned and future steps in support of the implementation of the Joint Statement (DG MOVE, DG ENV, ICPDR, ISRBC, DC, stakeholders) – update the document

Meeting of experts on the security of inland water transport (EG SEC) (2 February 2019)

Pjotr S. Suvorov – Activities of the Danube Commission regarding security of navigation on the Danube
Tibor Mátyás – A company overview about IWT
Prof. Dr. Siegfried Voessner – Towards Transnational River Information Systems to Foster Commercial Logistics and Public Safety
Erich Kraus – Kooperative Zusammenarbeit Schiffskommando / EKO Cobra / Waterpolice
Laurențiu Petrache – AQUAPOL “Danube – Black Sea” HUB

2018

Expert Group Hydrotechnology (EG HYD) 18th – 19th September

Hristo Enchev – Contracting of dredging activitites on the Bulgarian section of the Danube River rkm 610 –rkm 374.100

Meeting of experts on the security of inland water transport (EG SEC) 7 February, 2018

Pjotr S. Suvorov – Activities of the Danube Commission regarding security of navigation on the Danube
Erich Kraus – PoRIS Potentiale transnationaler Binnenschifffahrts-Informationssysteme als Instrumente zur Gewährleistung der öffentlichen Sicherheit

2017

Joint PA1a & PA11 Working Group Meeting (Budapest, 24 October 2017)

Gert-Jan Muilerman, Simon Hartl, Ulf Meinel – EUSDR PA1a & PA11 working group meeting on administrative processes
Julia Sliwinski – Analysis of existing procedures and administrative processes
Rafael Róbert – State of play of the DANTE project and barrier reporting tool
Pjotr S. Suvorov – Activities of the Danube Commission regarding security of navigation on the Danube
Monika Kučerová – Outcomes of the 1st National Working Table Meetings

88th Session of the Danube Commission (2017 06 09)

Bernardo Urrutia – Developments in the EU Inland Navigation Policy
Horst Schindler – GRENDEL – GReen and EfficieNt DanubE fLeet”: Towards green, efficient and competitive river Danube transport

Workshop´17  (2017 06 08)

Dejan Trifunovic – GREEN DANUBE Integrated transnational policies and practical solutions for an environmentally-friendly Inland Water Transport system
Johan Boonen – Watertruck+
Mező Gergely – Danube STREAM
Rafael Róbert – DAPhNE Goals & StructureProject Environment
Horst Schindler – Study on Good Navigation Status
Rafael Róbert – DANTE Improving Administrative Procedures and Processes for Danube IWT
Bernardo Urrutia – Technical standards in the field of inland navigation Directive
Alexander F. Stemmer – METEET
Pjotr S. Suvorov – Activities of the Danube Commission regarding security of navigation on the Danube

Market Observation Meeting (2017 06 07)

Pjotr S. Suvorov – Market Observation for European inland navigation

Expert Group Hydrotechnology (EG HYD) 21 – 22 March 2017

Jasna Muskatirovic – The Upgrade of the Iron Gate I Navigational Lock

Meeting of experts on the security of inland water transport (EG SEC) (15 February 2017)

Pjotr S. Suvorov – Activities of the Danube Commission regarding security of navigation on the Danube
Erich Kraus – GEMEINSAM SICHER auf Schiffen und in Häfen
Kalmár Ádám – Results of the Joint Operations and trainings working group
Herczeg Mónika – FINAL RESULTS OF THE “Setting up the Structure of a Danube River Forum” DARIF
Szalma Botond – „Security of navigation = useable waterways”

2016

87th Session of the Danube Commission (14 December 2016)

Désirée Oen, Dimitrios Theologitis, Bernardo Urrutia – Inland navigation developments in the EU 2016