To contribute to the specific objective to support the development of a better connected, interoperable and environmentally friendly transport system for biomass logistics, ENERGY BARGE identified companies active in the biomass and bioenergy industry, which due to their specific logistics requirements can be considered as potential users of Danube logistics services such as transport, transshipment and storage. The following logistics criteria were applied for the preparation of the inventory:

• Relevance of the company site in terms of logistics (production, storage, handling),
• Accessibility of the Danube waterway (distance to next Danube port),
• General suitability of products for transports on the Danube,
• Specific suitability due to transport volumes, relations and length.

The inventory covers in total around 550 international entries from the biomass and bioenergy industry and will serve as an invitation list for the five regional business-to-business meetings which are foreseen in the ENERGY BARGE project. The first regional business-to-business meeting will take place in the frame of the Danube Business Talks which will be held on 10 and 11 October 2018 in Vienna. Organised by viadonau (Austrian Waterway Company) and the Port of Vienna, the event will be a prelude to the regional business-to-business meetings organised by the ports of Straubing (DE), Bratislava (SK), Budapest (HU) and Vukovar (HR).

The Danube Business Talks will focus on the development of innovative logistics solutions for the European bioenergy and biomass sector. For further information please see this link.

See the full inventory report which contains the list of companies here.