European Federation of Inland Ports
EFIP
Since 1994, EFIP’s mission is: -to act as the unique voice of inland ports in Europe and to highlight and promote their role as nodal points for intermodal transport, combining road, rail, inland waterway and based on geographical accessibility also short-sea shipping. - to represent the inland ports to the European institutions at European level and other national and international organisations which are concerned with questions of transport, in particular the European Conference of Ministers of Transport, the Economic Commission of the United Nations for Europe, the Central Commission for the Navigation on the Rhine and the Danube Commission. - to take common positions with regard to these questions at European and international level on behalf of European inland ports. - to promote among the public a knowledge of the activities of inland ports and their position in the national and international economy. - to ensure the exchange of information and opinions between it (...)
Lobbying Activity
Meeting with Polona Gregorin (Head of Unit Climate Action) and European Barge Union
2 Jul 2025 · General discussion on the challenges inland waterway transport faces on its path to decarbonization.
Meeting with Apostolos Tzitzikostas (Commissioner) and
1 Jul 2025 · Strategic Dialogue on the EU Port Strategy
Meeting with Fotini Ioannidou (Director Mobility and Transport) and
16 Jan 2025 · Courtesy visit of the Inland Waterway (IWT) sector to the new MOVE director and Head of Unit in charge of IWT
Meeting with Barbara Thaler (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
28 Apr 2023 · TEN-T
Meeting with Dominique Riquet (Member of the European Parliament) and European Barge Union
21 Jun 2022 · Infrastructures de transport
Meeting with Daniel Mes (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and Inland Navigation Europe
5 Oct 2020 · Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy
Meeting with Daniel Mes (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and Inland Navigation Europe
24 Aug 2020 · Recovery in the waterborne sector
Meeting with Roxana Lesovici (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean)
25 Feb 2020 · Maritime topics
Meeting with Alisa Tiganj (Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc)
5 Apr 2017 · INLAND NAVIGATION
Meeting with Alisa Tiganj (Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc)
23 Feb 2017 · Inland waterways
Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner) and
9 Feb 2017 · transport policy
Meeting with Violeta Bulc (Commissioner) and
24 Feb 2016 · Meeting with sectpr representatives of Inland Waterways Europe (IWW)
Meeting with Friedrich-Nikolaus von Peter (Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc)
10 Mar 2015 · Main activities of the inland ports sector, current trends and political priorities. Specific competition situation of inland ports (compared to sea ports) and resulting position on state aid