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5 BENEFITS OF WATERWAY TRANSPORT<br />

Benefits of waterway transport are mainly low external costs and low transport costs.<br />

According to <strong>the</strong> study „Verkehrswirtschaftlicher und ökologischer Vergleich der Verkehrsträger<br />

Straße, Bahn und Wasserstraße (PLANCO C<strong>on</strong>sulting GmbH, November 2007), <strong>the</strong> external costs<br />

for transporting bulk commodities by waterways are 3,5 times lower than by railways, and 6,3<br />

times lower than by roads.<br />

Source: http://www.rvccr.cz/<br />

Picture 60 - Total external costs of transport in Western <strong>Europe</strong><br />

Picture 61 - Comparis<strong>on</strong> of <strong>the</strong> impact <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> envir<strong>on</strong>ment<br />

A feasibility study for “Improvement of C<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s for <strong>the</strong> <strong>River</strong> Transport in <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Europe</strong> (mainly <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Elbe</strong><br />

<strong>River</strong>)“ realized within <strong>the</strong> ChemLog project 181

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