Waterway authorities
Voies navigables de France (VNF)
Béthune, France
Manages 6,700 km of canals and rivers in France: locks, structures, navigation toll and notices to skippers.
Industry
Europe’s key industry organisations
Waterway authorities, institutions, trade and sailing federations, lifeboat services and overseas ports: the organisations our skippers deal with every day, across Europe.
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38 organisations
Waterway authorities
Waterway authorities
Compagnie nationale du Rhône (CNR)
Lyon, France
Rhône concession holder: operates the large-gauge locks between Lyon and the Mediterranean and develops navigation on the river.
Waterway authorities
Rijkswaterstaat (RWS)
Utrecht, Netherlands
Dutch authority for the main waterways: bridges, locks, opening times and nautical information.
Waterway authorities
German Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration (GDWS)
Bonn, Germany
Runs Germany’s federal waterways (Rhine, Moselle, Main, Danube, northern canals) and publishes notices to skippers (ELWIS).
Waterway authorities
De Vlaamse Waterweg
Hasselt, Belgium
Manager of the canals and rivers of Flanders (Albert Canal, Scheldt, Lys…), including for leisure boating.
Waterway authorities
SPW – Walloon Waterways
Namur, Belgium
Walloon public service managing the Meuse, the Sambre and Walloon canals, including the Strépy-Thieu boat lift.
Waterway authorities
Canal & River Trust
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Charity caring for about 2,000 miles of canals and rivers in England and Wales; boat licences.
Waterway authorities
Waterways Ireland
Enniskillen, United Kingdom
Cross-border body managing Ireland’s inland waterways: the Shannon, the Erne, the Grand Canal and the Royal Canal.
Institutions
Institutions
Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine (CCNR)
Strasbourg, France
The oldest international organisation (1815): Rhine police and inspection regulations, licences and crew rules.
Institutions
Danube Commission
Budapest, Hungary
Intergovernmental organisation ensuring free navigation and common rules on the Danube.
Institutions
Moselle Commission
Trier, Germany
French-German-Luxembourg commission for the canalised Moselle: police regulations and navigation tolls.
Institutions
European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)
Lisbon, Portugal
EU agency for maritime safety, pollution prevention and vessel traffic monitoring.
Trade associations
Trade associations
European Boating Industry (EBI)
Brussels, Belgium
Voice of the recreational boating industry before the EU institutions (Recreational Craft Directive, environment).
Trade associations
European Barge Union (EBU)
Brussels, Belgium
European inland navigation union: represents inland waterway transport companies and organisations.
Trade associations
Inland Navigation Europe (INE)
Brussels, Belgium
European platform of waterway managers and inland navigation stakeholders, promoting the network.
Trade associations
International Council of Marine Industry Associations (ICOMIA)
Egham, United Kingdom
Global federation of national marine industry associations: statistics, standards, boat shows.
Trade associations
Fédération des industries nautiques (FIN)
Paris, France
Trade body of the French marine industry: yards, suppliers, marinas and services; organises the Paris Nautic Show.
Trade associations
Cluster maritime français (CMF)
Paris, France
Network of the French maritime economy (shipping, ports, shipbuilding, leisure boating, marine energy).
Trade associations
Entreprises fluviales de France (E2F)
Paris, France
Trade body of French inland waterway freight and passenger transport companies.
Trade associations
British Marine
Egham, United Kingdom
Trade association of the UK leisure marine industry, organiser of the Southampton International Boat Show.
Trade associations
Bundesverband Wassersportwirtschaft (BVWW)
Cologne, Germany
German marine industry federation (yards, marinas, charter companies, suppliers), partner of boot Düsseldorf.
Trade associations
HISWA-RECRON
Bunnik, Netherlands
Dutch association of watersports and leisure businesses (yards, marinas, charter).
Trade associations
Confindustria Nautica
Genoa, Italy
Italian marine industry federation, organiser of the Genoa International Boat Show.
Trade associations
Asociación Nacional de Empresas Náuticas (ANEN)
Barcelona, Spain
Spanish association of marine businesses, co-organiser of the Barcelona boat show.
Sailing federations & training
Sailing federations & training
World Sailing
London, United Kingdom
International sailing federation: racing rules, Offshore Special Regulations (OSR), sailor classification.
Sailing federations & training
Fédération française de voile (FFVoile)
Paris, France
French sailing federation: clubs, competitions, instructor and skipper training.
Sailing federations & training
Royal Yachting Association (RYA)
Hamble, United Kingdom
UK boating federation and global reference for the Yachtmaster qualifications required by many owners and insurers.
Sailing federations & training
Deutscher Segler-Verband (DSV)
Hamburg, Germany
German sailing federation: clubs, regattas and, by delegation, administration of official German boating licences.
Sailing federations & training
Watersportverbond (KNWV)
Nieuwegein, Netherlands
Dutch watersports federation: sailing, motorboating, canoeing; CWO training and certificates.
Sailing federations & training
École nationale supérieure maritime (ENSM)
Le Havre, France
France’s merchant navy academy (Le Havre, Saint-Malo, Nantes, Marseille): officers and professional certificates.
Lifeboat services
Lifeboat services
Société nationale de sauvetage en mer (SNSM)
Paris, France
Volunteer lifeboat crews on the French coasts, mainland and overseas, coordinated by the CROSS centres.
Lifeboat services
Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
Poole, United Kingdom
The lifeboat service of the UK and Ireland, with more than 230 lifeboat stations.
Lifeboat services
Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Rettung Schiffbrüchiger (DGzRS)
Bremen, Germany
The “Seenotretter”: sea rescue and coordination centre (MRCC Bremen) for the German North Sea and Baltic.
Lifeboat services
Koninklijke Nederlandse Redding Maatschappij (KNRM)
IJmuiden, Netherlands
Dutch lifeboat society for the sea and the large lakes (IJsselmeer), volunteer stations.
Overseas ports
Overseas ports
Guadeloupe Port Caraïbes
Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe’s major seaport: cargo, cruise and host of the Route du Rhum finish.
Overseas ports
Grand Port Maritime de la Martinique
Fort-de-France
Port of Fort-de-France: cargo, cruise and boat shipping by freighter to and from Europe.
Overseas ports
Grand Port Maritime de La Réunion
Le Port, Réunion
The European port of the Indian Ocean: Port Ouest (marina, fishing, ship repair) and Port Est (containers, cruise).
Overseas ports
Port autonome de Papeete
Papeete, French Polynesia
French Polynesia’s main port: freight, cruise, marina and stopover for Pacific cruising yachts.
Indicative, non-exhaustive list, located at the head-office city. Boatway is not affiliated with any of these organisations. Are you an industry organisation and would like to be listed? Contact us
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