THE RHONE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER - 6 years of feedback Cyrille CHAUSSAT Presented by Jean-Louis Mathurin Chief of the traffic management center Director of CNR Engineering

CNR’s identity : global vision of the river 18/09/2018

RHONE RIVER: a modern waterway The Rhone River 330 km, from Lyon to the sea 13 large gauge river locks (190 m x 12 m x 3 m) 1 maritime lock (133 m x 19 m x 5.5 m) Clearance height : 7 m (normal) – from 6.3 to 7 m at some points Channel : 60 m x 3 m 24h / 7 days open (except annual stoppage time for maintenance) Remote control for all the locks from the Rhone traffic management centre France

Rhone river : TRAFFIC DATA 2008 - 2016 lock crossings by night : + 31%

The rhone traffic management center: planning of commissioning 18/09/2018

The rhone traffic management center : human resources management BEFORE AFTER Open from 5 am to 9 pm Open 24/7 19 dams 19 power plants 14 locks Lock operators 6 Navigation technicians 18/09/2018

The rhone traffic management center : organizational principles OP1 OP2 OP3 OP4 OP5 OP6 OP7 Chief CENTER CGN Central Information System Private fiber optical network (10 Gbyte/s) LOCKS PB VS SA GN BV BE LN CH BO CA AV BC BA SL

The rhone traffic management center : organizational principles I am chief navigation technician. I am the “conductor” of the room. I accepts (or declines) the taking over of the locks and I check that all the locks are well supported by a navigation technician. I organize the work of the team. I manage the river traffic. I am navigation technician of navigation. We are 1 to 7 and we operate the locks. 18/09/2018

The rhone traffic management center : Types of actions TWO TYPES OF ACTIONS OPERATE MONITOR 2 locks simultaneously High vigilance required Step by step processing A selection of locks simultaneously Radio VHF or phone communication to survey approaching boats

Second phase : Implementation of AIS (01/2016) objectives To improve the efficiency of the navigation management by perfect knowledge of the traffic on Rhône To reinforce the security of people by better knowledge of the exact position of boats at any moment

AIS on the rhone river : ecdis map Visualization of real-time traffic

Trafic management application 02/04/2015 -

Trafic management application 02/04/2015 -

Trafic management application 02/04/2015 -

An example of traffic management improvement 13/02/2017 - 17/02/2016 : Damage at the Bourg les Valence Lock Management of 40 boats stationing along 100 kilometres Management of the boats transporting hazardous substances Optimization of the navigation restart

MODERNIZING NAVIGATION with the Rhone traffic management center CONCLUSION MODERNIZING NAVIGATION with the Rhone traffic management center Conducting locks Managing traffic Lock operators Navig. technicians Global view of the river Mirador view point Services to sailors Lockage

Thank you for your attention L’énergie au cœur des territoires cnr.tm.fr 18/09/2018