Pan-European Corridor VII
Pan-European Corridor VII in theory connects Rotterdam to the Black Sea via the Rhine river, the Main river and the Danube river across the European Watershed, which is spanned by the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal from Bamberg to Kelheim. The canal, which was completed in 1992, is ice-free for approximately 11 months of the year.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
In practice, the economic aspects are over-balanced with the ecological, as represented in the Natura 2000 programme.[8]
The corridor measures 2415km from stem to stern.[9] As of 2014, the EU wanted to maintain a minimum depth of 2.5m all year long.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Otto Schwetz (27 September 2004). "Corridor VII in the Context of PanEuropean Intermodal Transport Network and the Euro-Asian Links" (PDF). unece.org.
- ^ ""Danube strategy – improving the connectivity of the region"" (PDF). Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works. 19 November 2012.
- ^ TINA Office (December 1998). "Status of the Pan-European Transport Corridors and Transport Areas" (PDF). Vienna.
- ^ Stancu, Ion; Vărzaru, Mihai; Lăzărescu, Adriana (2014). "Helsinki Corridors: Ways of European Expansion and Development" (PDF).
- ^ "INLAND NAVIGATION IN THE NEW EU – LOOKING AHEAD: CORRIDOR VII OR BLUE DANUBE?" (PDF). 4 June 2004.
- ^ Schwetz, Otto (25 April 2007). "Facts and Perspectives of European Inland Waterway Transport – Focus on the Danube River Basin" (PDF). Orth an der Donau, Austria.
- ^ Güler, N (2005). "Black Sea Maritime Transport Corridors In Relation With EU Projects". WIT Transactions on the Built Environment. 79.
- ^ a b Ion Stancu; Mihai Vărzaru; Adriana Lăzărescu (2014). "Helsinki Corridors: Ways of European Expansion and Development". European Research Studies Journal. XVII (2): 81–108. doi:10.35808/ersj/420.
- ^ STANCU, Ion; TREANTA, Sanda; DUMITRU, Laurentiu-Ionut. "HELSINKI CORRIDORS – WAYS OF EUROPEAN EXPANSION AND DEVELOPMENT" (PDF).