What Would We Miss If There Is No Inland

Shipping ?

InnoWaTr is in existence , because the project partners

feel that the uptake of inland shipping along

waterways is below its potential . Although ships are

considered to be environmentally friendly , there is

plenty of capacity on rivers and canals : inland

waterway transport accounts for only 4 % of the total

transport volume in the hinterland of Bremen ' s ports .

Nationwide , the modal share of this mode of

transport is 7 % , compared to 14 % 25 years ago .

We want to achieve a higher uptake of inland

shipping , but it seems all logistics arguments in favour

of it are to no avail , regardless of how often we

repeat them . It seems new perspectives are needed ,

but it is not a marketing exercise . It seems we need to

dig deeper and question the role of inland shipping in

our socio - economic system .

bremenports asked students of the Bachelor - course

“ Integrated Design ” of University of the Arts Bremen to

develop artistic positions on the question of What

Would We Miss If There Is No Inland Shipping ? The

resulting exhibition is part of the EU project InnoWaTr ,

in which various student groups are openly and

speculatively reflecting on the role and potential of

inland waterway transport

Consequently the event took place on board MV

Dauerwelle the dedicated exhibition vessel of the

university The CoE features exclusively the results of

this conversation at the end of each chapter

InnoWaTr Centre of Expertise

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