The Glossary for Inland Water Transport is a trilingual publication in English, French and Russian, which contains a comprehensive list of terms and definitions used in the various fields of inland water transport, including infrastructure, waterway signs and marking, transport of goods and passengers, navigation rules, vessel and equipment, River Information Services, statistics and other areas.

The glossary comprises over 700 terms with synonyms and their definitions used in international conventions and agreements administered by the ECE Inland Transport Committee, resolutions of the Working Party on Inland Water Transport and ECE publications. It builds on the terminology used by the Working Party on Inland Water Transport and other ECE Working Parties in the field of inland transport, trade facilitation and environment, by international organizations and river commissions.