Resumen
Contemporary changes in the global economy generate a significant increase in the demand for transport, which requires changes in transport, in accordance with the principles of sustainable development. Innovative solutions in transport, aimed at meeting modern expectations, concern various areas, most often these are technical, operational and logistics innovations. Road and air transport are seen as the most innovative transport branches.The aim of the article is to show innovations implemented in inland waterway transport in those three areas. The article shows that in this mode of transport innovations are also implemented in accordance with the idea of sustainable development.