On April 16th, 2021, the “Rhine-Alpine Talks” #8 took place online and addressed strategies, agendas and projects on smart and green inland waterway transport and gathered speakers and panelists from European and regional institutions and interest groups. Further digitalisation and RIS have been pinpointed has key to foster a better integration of IWT in the supply chain with other transport modes, to make the IWT more competitive and safer and to help achieving more CO2 reduction. The tool developed and tested in ST4W for better collaboration and real-time multimodal visibility is therefore highly relevant to all stakeholders.