SYNERGETICS – Synergies for Green Transformation of Inland and Coastal Shipping
Inland and coastal shipping face great challenges with respect to a significant reduction of greenhouse-gas and air-pollutant emissions resulting from the requirements stipulated in the European Green Deal and the Taxonomy Regulation as well as the fact that improved environmental performance has become a feature of ever-increasing importance to the sector in order to remain competitive. SYNERGETICS is a Horizon Europe Innovation Action, a particularly application-oriented collaborative project looking at ways to reduce emissions in inland and coastal shipping through retrofit solutions.
LIFE Boat 4 Sturgeon
The overall objective of this LIFE project is to help save the four remaining Danube sturgeon species from extinction: the Sterlet, the Waxdick, the Sternhausen and the Hausen.
Integrated River Engineering Project on the Danube East of Vienna – Catalogue of Measures
On the free-flowing Danube east of Vienna, hydraulic engineering measures are being implemented to stabilise the falling water levels, preserve unique habitats in the Danube floodplains and align the waterway infrastructure with the requirements of safe and economic Danube navigation. In order to achieve these goals, maintenance activities are carried out on an ongoing basis and hydraulic engineering optimisation projects are implemented.
Further projects
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The operating regulation for the flood protection facilities along the Morava and the Thaya was evaluated and revised.
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started 2015
In the event of a crisis, it is crucial to be able to fall back on already prepared procedures and checklists in order to avoid mistakes. The internal process „Crisis Management“ and the necessary documentation were comprehensively revised in 2017.
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started 2015
In 2017, viadonau started a project for the standardisation of the operational maps used by various authorities and emergency services in the event of floods, ship accidents or similar incidents.
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started 2015
The project's objective is the integration of the two Thaya meanders D18 and D9 into the flow regime of the Thaya, thus creating dynamic natural river bank areas.
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started 2015
The project investigates to what extent automatisation is possible and feasible for convoys.
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started 2015
The project's objective is the establishment of an approx. 700 metre long system of islands and sidearms in the Danube stretch between the powerplant Abwinden-Asten and the mouth of the river Enns as well as the optimisation of the mouth of the Enns.
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started 2015
The EU-funded project supports integrative planning approaches as a new way to ecologically renaturalise our rivers while improving flood protection. Within the framework of the EU co-financed project "Renaturation of the Lower March Floodplains", ambitious renaturation measures and species protection projects are being implemented.
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started 2015
In the area of Hößgang (district Amstetten) are 3 ponds situated on governmental properties. Silt is accumulating which affects the ecological capability and water body, thus excavation activities were necessary. Depths of at least 1.5 m and an ecological renaturation of the ponds were undertaken.
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started 2015
In the course of the EU co-funded project “Restoration of the Lower Morava floodplains” ambitious renaturation measures and species protection projects were implemented.
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started 2015
Die March ist der größte linksufrige Zubringer im Oberlauf der Donau und gleichzeitig der einzige naturnahe Tieflandfluss pannonischer Prägung in Österreich. Im Rahmen des von der EU geförderten Projekts “Renaturierung Untere March-Auen” werden ambitionierte Renaturierungsmaßnahmen und Artenschutzprojekte umgesetzt.