%0 Journal Article %A Todor Bačkalić and Marinko Maslarić and Milosav Georgijević and Sanja Bojić %D 2015 %J International Journal of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 103, 2015 %T Analysis of Possible Draught Size of Container Vessels on the Lower Danube %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10002546 %V 103 %X Presented article outlines a rationale, why it is necessary to develop competence about infrastructure risk in water transport. Climate changes are evident and require special attention and global monitoring. Current risk assessment methods for Inland waterway transport just consider some dramatic events. We present a new method for the assessment of risk and vulnerability of inland waterway transport where river depth represents a crucial part. The analysis of water level changes in the lower Danube was done for two significant periods (1965-1979 and 1998-2012). %P 1381 - 1386