The CLINSH project is a European consortium promoting clean inland water transport of which MSE International is a UK partner. The project, which is funded under the European LIFE fund, started in 2016 and is coming to and end shortly.

The main objective of CLINSH is to improve air quality by accelerating emission reductions in inland waterways transport.

A number of recent announcements from the project may be of interest to this interest group including:

• Solar powered shore power in Nijmegen in the Netherlands - read more here.
• Results from a study to look at the financial instruments to bring emissions and pollutants from inland shipping - read more here.
• Results from the testing of air quality on the Rhine in the inland ports of Duisburg and Neuss - find out more here.
• Shore-based power as an alternative to onboard generators - find out more here.

More information about the CLINSH project, its partners, aims and results can be found here.

CLINSH will be holding its final project conference on 25th November 2021 in Rotterdam. Organisations are welcome to attend and more information can be found here.