INLAND WATER TRANSPORT
BENEFITS OF INLAND TRANSPORT
BENEFITS OF INLAND TRANSPORT

Until the mid-19th century, rivers were the most important natural transport routes which is why towns were mainly founded along them – as centres of economic, social, political, and cultural development.

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EUROPEAN TRANSPORT POLICY
EUROPEAN TRANSPORT POLICY

The Treaty establishing the European Economic Community of 1957 already announced the introduction of a common transport policy as one of the three most important policies for the Community – including inland waterway transport. However, we had to wait around 30 years for the actual introduction of this policy.

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TRANSPORT OF GOODS
TRANSPORT OF GOODS

The length of the inland waterways network in Poland equals 3,722 km, 3,513 km of which are used by shipping and only 5.5% of Polish waterways (206 km) meet the requirements for international roads (classes IV and V).

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ECONOMIC POTENTIAL ALONG THE IWW E70
ECONOMIC POTENTIAL ALONG THE IWW E70

The Polish section of the IWW encompasses six voivodeships: Zachodniopomorskie, Lubuskie, Wielkopolskie, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, and Warmińsko-Mazurskie, totalling up to almost 41% of Poland’s territory, inhabited by 31% of all the citizens.

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