The problems of European waterways will be presented. A significant part of waterways in the European economy will be discussed. Individual issues related to waterways, including water transport and flood protection reservoirs, will also be discussed. In addition to the current state of waterways, future intelligent inland navigation supported by artificial intelligence will also be discussed.The website waterways.com.pl contains articles submitted to the Polish Presidency 2025 conference organized in Krakow: Baltisch-Adriatische Wasserstraße, The Baltic–Black Sea waterway project by Professor Matakiewicz, Reconstruction of the E40 waterway on the Dnieper-Vistula section: from strategy to planning, Problems of research of waterways on Poland-Ukraine boundaries, Cooperation between governmental and private institution in water management, The importance of Danube navigation, Modelling sea-river ship. Some of this work will be presented during the conference.