Europe's youngest major Danube fleet — self-propelled motor vessels, coupled barge units, dry-cargo barges, tankers, and pushers. From Regensburg to Sulina, with one operator, one dispatcher, and one digital platform keeping every hull accountable.
Trading Line Logistics operates one of the youngest fleets on the Danube, built between two thousand and six and two thousand and ten, powered overwhelmingly by CCR II and Stage V engines, and designed from the keel up for the working conditions of the Lower Danube and the industrial corridor between Regensburg and Constanța. The company does not charter capacity from third parties, does not subcontract freight, and does not rent hulls it does not own. Every vessel you see on this page is operated by the same team, under the same digital platform, and against the same KPIs.
The composition reflects a deliberate strategic choice: larger self-propelled motor ships for the main Rhine-Main-Danube axis; coupled barge units (KVB) for the high-volume bulk runs where extra tonnage per dispatch dominates the economics; dedicated container-capable hulls for intermodal traffic; and a dedicated tanker fleet including one double-hull Type C chemical tanker for regulated cargoes. Supporting it all: pushers, support barges, and a permanent sailing mode that keeps utilisation high.
Seven coupled formations — self-propelled motor plus dedicated coupled barge — optimised for high-tonnage dispatches on the main Rhine–Danube axis. All container-capable.
A dedicated tanker fleet including one ADN Type C double-hull chemical tanker re-motorised in 2020 with Stage V compliant engines — a concrete reference case for EU emissions strategy on inland waterways.
Eight dedicated dry-cargo barges of the TDL series, each 85.5 metres in length, with average tonnage around 1,800 tonnes per hull. The workhorse of convoy operations on the Lower Danube.
Two French-flag barges operated in partnership with Touax River Barges SAS — one 88.5 metre barge with extended capacity around 18,000 tonnes in convoy configuration, and one smaller 80 metre auxiliary barge.
Approximately ninety percent of the operated fleet runs on engines that comply with CCR II or with Stage V under Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 — the most recent European Union emissions standards for inland waterway propulsion. The 2020 re-motorisation of the tanker Matrico, ahead of the Stage V transition deadline, is a concrete reference case: a complete engine-and-systems upgrade that brought the vessel into full compliance with the next generation of EU rules, extended its operational life by sixteen years, and materially reduced fuel consumption and emissions.
Trading Line Logistics runs a permanent chartering desk for dry cargo, bulk, container, and liquid cargo between Regensburg and Sulina. For vessel-specific data sheets, cargo loading tables, and ADN documentation, contact the commercial team directly.
