After eleven exciting and interesting years as managing director of via donau,
Österreichische Wasserstrassen-Gesellschaft, Manfred Seitz (46) will be leaving the company at the end of 2009, it was reported from Vienna shortly before Christmas. Under his leadership, via donau became an important partner for the European Commission with regard to issues such as new technologies for inland navigation, the growing importance of the Danube waterway and the Danube
region and the development and implementation of an active European inland navigation policy.