Abstract

Providing efficient and environmentally friendly multi-modal transport infrastructures is the key to economic"br" growth, competitiveness, and sustainability. Developing technologies and services for an increased availability"br" and accessibility of inland waterways is a way of strengthening this mode of transport as a competitive alternative"br" to road and rail. In Austria viadonau is taking this approach a few steps further, aiming to establish the waterway"br" Danube as a smart transport infrastructure of the future. The paper will provide an overview on recent"br" achievements and ongoing developments allowing for a seamless cyclic process in the field of waterway"br" infrastructure management. With semi-automatic analysis and measure planning, viadonau's Waterway Asset"br" Management System (WAMS) enables the implementation of pro-active maintenance strategies, including an"br" ongoing assessment and optimization of planned maintenance and construction activities. In addition, the"br" developed services compute all actual information which is needed for an efficient management and navigation.