4 guides

ES-TRIN guides

The European technical standard for inland vessels: certification, surveys, and the chapter requirements that decide a certificate.

A modern inland tanker barge on a wide canal passing a row of wind turbines.

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ES-TRIN · 31 July 2026 · 7 min read

ES-TRIN 2025/1: what changed and what it means for your fleet

The 2025/1 edition rewrites Chapter 11 for electric propulsion, regulates methanol as a fuel, tightens lithium-ion battery rules and reworks elevating wheelhouses. Existing certificates stay valid.

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A white lifebuoy mounted on the railing of an inland barge, the river soft in the background.

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ES-TRIN · 31 July 2026 · 7 min read

ES-TRIN Chapter 13: the equipment an inland vessel must carry

Anchor masses and chain lengths, the Article 13.02 outfit list, ship's boat rules, and the lifebuoy and lifejacket requirements every inland vessel is surveyed against.

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Red fire extinguishers and a coiled hose reel mounted on a white wall in a vessel's engine room passage.

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ES-TRIN · 31 July 2026 · 8 min read

Fire protection under ES-TRIN: a chapter guide

Portable extinguisher placement, the six permitted agents for fixed engine-room systems, what detection is actually required, and the stricter passenger vessel rules in Chapter 19.

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An inland cargo barge on the Rhine passing a riverside town with a church spire, morning mist on the water.

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ES-TRIN · 31 July 2026 · 7 min read

Inland vessel certification: how the ES-TRIN inspection works

The Union inland navigation certificate, the Rhine Schiffsattest, the inspection bodies behind them, validity and renewal, and how ES-TRIN ties it all together.

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Beyond the reading.

These guides explain the regime. Fleetward is how a fleet gets ready for it: the crew documents the pre-inspection on mobile, and the office sees the gaps before the inspector does.

How Fleetward prepares an inland vessel