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Various developments of the association, its members and IWT in general (related to education and training)
February 2009. Inland waterway transport education
The first official General Assembly of EDINNA (Education in Inland Navigation) has taken place in Rotterdam. The meeting of directors and managers of inland navigation schools and training institutes on the 4th and 5th of February is the next step in the advancement of the network after the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding in Strasbourg in June 2008. >>>>read more
Auto pilot not just for planes
The Dutch Maritime Academy’s training ship, Princess Maxima, has been equipped with an advanced auto pilot that can navigate the ship through meandering rivers and narrow canals entirely without human intervention.
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New school boat for Wallonia: Libertas II to bring
The inland navigation shipping school of Huy in Wallonia will be granted ERDF funds as well as financial support from the Wallonian government and the province of Liège to build the Libertas II, the successor of the 80 year old Libertas the “bateau-école” or school boat which has made the school a great engine for new jobs in the inland navigation profession for the last 28 years.>>>>read more
Flanders welcomes first inland waterway transport
On Wednesday 11 March, 2009, on the campus Sint-Niklaas of the
training network Syntra Vlaanderen, the first inland waterway transport vessel simulator was officially put in operation in the framework of the project, "Lena" (Leren navigeren – learning to navigate), which represents an investment of 600.000 euros. >>>>read more
EDINNA presents first results - new website online
The participants of the EDINNA General Assembly on
Educational experts in the Inland Waterway Transport (IWT) sector meet in Duisburg
EDINNA (Education in Inland Navigation), the network of IWT related educational and training institutes founded in February 2009, has held its second general assembly. 16 inland navigation educational and training institutes from 7 European countries met in Duisburg on 22nd and 23rd September 2009. >>>>read more
