1. FACTS & FIGURES
NAVIGATION ON THE DANUBE

2. THE DANUBE BASIN
 Drains an area of 800,000 kms2, 10% of the
entire European continent, covering all or
part of 18 countries
 Serves a region of 80 million people
 Spanned by 126 bridges
 Regulated by 18 locks
Fast Facts
 Second largest river in Europe (after the
Volga), flowing at more than 2,800 kms from
Bavaria’s Black Forest in Southern Germany to
its delta on the Black Sea in Romania
 Directly linked to the Rhine and North
Western Europe by the Rhine-Main-Danube
Canal, opened in 1992

3. DANUBE ECONOMIC POLES

4. DANUBE NAVIGATION
Fast Facts
 Navigable length: 2,411 kms
 3,916 working ships in 2009
 Danube carried 49 million tonnes of
goods in 2007
 Part of the Rhine-Main-Danube
Waterway, connecting 14 European
countries from the Black Sea to the
North Sea, a distance of 3,216 kms

5. IT ON THE DANUBE
RIS (River Information Services): Satellite tracking + IT = Efficient management
 A real time picture of shipping positions,
providing maximum efficiency in vessel
movements and manoeuvring control
 Instant ship to shore communication and
data transfer
 Automated border crossing procedures
 Automatic data collection
 Better safety management and control of
dangerous cargos