Objectives

Within FAIRway Danube the following activities will be performed:

• Elaborate coordinated national action plans and define pilots
• Procure equipment for hydrological services
• Execute and evaluate pilots
  • Harmonized basic data on critical locations
  • Coherent monitoring of the navigation status
  • Harmonized water level forecast
  • Potential of fairway relocation
• Develop innovative approaches (aerial monitoring, AtoNs …)
• Prepare documentation for future implementation steps
• Manage project and disseminate results

The activities within FAIRway Danube, will in the long run contribute to the following specific objectives:

• Raise the quality of hydrological services for waterway infrastructure users
• Raise the efficiency of fairway rehabilitation and maintenance measures along the Danube waterway
• Ensure year-round navigability on the Danube waterway
• Raise the safety of Danube navigation