
The Director-General for mobility and transport of the European Commission (DG MOVE) and the Secretary General of the Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine (CCNR) have signed, today in Brussels, an administrative arrangement which fosters the cooperation between the two institutions


Access to the presentations given during the round table on 30.01.13.


The CCNR held its plenary session of Fall on November 29th 2012 in Strasbourg, under the Presidency of Ms. BELLIARD, Chief of the French delegation.


On 27 September 2012, a Diplomatic Conference convened by the Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine (CCNR) on the revision of the Strasbourg Convention on the Limitation of Liability in Inland Navigation (CLNI) concluded the Strasbourg Convention of 2012 on the Limitation of Liability in Inland Navigation (CLNI 2012).


In order to make the information available to the international specialist community, the CCNR Secretariat has had a translation made of the final report (summary) by the enquiry commission of the Waterways and Shipping Directorate Southwest (Wasser- und Schifffahrtsdirektion Südwest - WSD Südwest) on its investigation into the accident involving TMS Waldhof which occurred on 13 January 2011 on the central section of the Rhine.


At the occasion of its pleany session of autumn 2012, the CCNR has adopted a strategy to reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in inland navigation. This decision follows a work of two year assumed by the police regulation committee and the CCNR Secretary, that led to a workshop and a substantial background report.


Situation of the inland shipping sector in autumn 2012 and outlook
