River Information Services in Inland Navigation and COMPRIS Cas Willems AVV Transport Research Centre The Netherlands

Content River Information Services RIS in Europe - status 2005 COMPRIS IRIS

River Information Services An European concept for harmonised information services to support traffic-management and transport- management in inland navigation, including the interfaces to other transport modes

Rivier Information Services Voyage planning Lock and bridge management Supervisory and enforcement tasks Statistics Harbour and Terminal management Traffic management (Traffic monitoring, Vessel Traffic Services and Navigation) Calamity abatement Transport management River Information Services

RIS standards Inland ECDIS Notices to skippers Electronic reporting Identification and tracking

Inland ECDIS navigation mode Inland ECDIS safety related information On board or shore based radar DGPS position AIS - ID

Inland ECDIS information mode Fairway information on: Infrastructure Terminals, locks, bridges Waterlevels, tide, profiles Voyage planning Notice to skippers

Notices to skippers Dynamic information on the status of the fairways Standardisation: –Language independent standard vocabulary –Imbedded in Inland ECDIS S57 standard

Electronic Reporting Standardisation Group: ERI (Electronic Reporting International) Based on EDIFACT Protect messages Use of standard reference data tables Standardised electronic reports to and from Waterway Authorities on: –Voyage –Vessel –Cargo –Crew

Automatic Identification and Tracking & Tracing Standardisation group on Tracking and Tracing –Automatic identification for traffic management and monitoring –Tracking and Tracing for transport management/logistic purposes Two concepts –Inland AIS based on maritime AIS standard with slightly modified messages –AI-IP identification based on information exchange via internet basically for strategic transport management/logistics

Pan-European Conference of Transport Ministers on inland waterway transport An unrestricted inland shipping route from the North Sea to the Black Sea. Rotterdam, September 2001

“Invites governments concerned to establish a Pan- European River Information Service (RIS) by the year 2005, based on standards to be drawn up in the framework of the European Union, UN/ECE and the two River Commissions, since river information services contribute to safer and more efficient inland waterway transport”. Rotterdam Declaration

RIS in Europe status 2005 RIS is accepted in Europe RIS imbedded in international and national policy plans VTMIS and RIS linked (Thematic network WATERMAN) Electronic Chart suppliers adopted the standards Standards are formalised (CCNR and UN ECE) –Inland ECDIS –Notices to Skippers –Electronic Reporting –RIS guidelines including RIS architecture

RIS in Europe status 2005 International Navigation Association PIANC: –Guidelines and recommendations on implementation of River Information Services (including RIS architecture) Rhine Commission: –“RIS Arbeitsgruppe”; implementation of RIS guidelines and standards in the Rhine area European RIS Platform – Organisation of European policy makers in Inland Waterborne Transport –Guidance and co-ordination for implementation and standardisation of RIS in Europe –Umbrella for standardisation groups –Drafting the RIS directive

EC - RIS Directive Accepted by the European Parliament in February 2005 Purpose of the directive –Establish a framework for the deployment of harmonised River Information Services in the European Community –Set out the standards, technical requirements and conditions to ensure a harmonised, interoperable RIS for Inland Waterborne Transport Member States have to take measures to: –Implement and operate RIS on all European Inland Waterways of class IV and higher –Ensure that the transport sector can meet with the requirements under this Directive

Minimum requirements Member states are responsible for: –Supply of a minimum dataset on the European Waterway infrastructure to facilitate voyage planning –Electronic Nautical Charts (ENC’s) for fairway class Va and higher –Facilities for electronic reporting –Electronic publication of “Notices to skippers” –Establish and operate RIS Centres - if the traffic situation requires

COMPRIS Consortium Operational Management Platform for River Information Services The last step towards the pan-European implementation of RIS

Project characteristics EC project Project budget: 10 M Euro 44 partners: –Ministries of transport –Transport industry –Research –ICT companies Project in the centre of RIS developments in Europe

Objectives of COMPRIS (1) Define the RIS architecture on different levels:

Topics architectuur Pan-European RIS Architecture –Reference architecture –Functional architecture –Information and data architecture –Organisational architecture Linked to the Karen ITS architecture for roads Practical assessment in COMPRIS system development and test phase

Objectives of COMPRIS (2) Develop RIS elements with focus on implementation –VTM and tracking & tracing

Objectives of COMPRIS (3) Develop RIS elements with focus on implementation –VTM and tracking & tracing –Inland ECDIS

Topics inland ECDIS Standaardisation issues –Notices to skippers –“Legal ECDIS”, –Hydro/meteo information Basis for full integration of applications as: –Voyage and route planner –Navigation system - radar/inland ECDIS/AIS –Electronic reporting –Fuel optimiser North American/European co-operation on world wide standard –Recognition by IHO ECDIS Ed. 4 in sight

Objectives of COMPRIS (4) Develop RIS elements with focus on implementation –VTM and tracking & tracing –Inland ECDIS –Cross border information exchange

Cross border services Principal services: Immigration Inspection Customs Dangerous Cargo Notification Voyage reporting and Veterinary and Phytosanitary inspection Waste management Invoicing Security as a hot topic

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Objectives of COMPRIS (5) Develop RIS elements with focus on implementation –VTM and tracking & tracing –Inland ECDIS –Cross border information exchange –RIS interfaces for the exchange of transport information

Implement RIS Operational Test Centres (OTP) for RIS conformity tests Demonstrate RIS on local, regional and pan-European level Objectives of COMPRIS (6)

OTP concept OTP- NIJMEGEN OTP- OBERWESEL OTP- DANUBE Position Server Voyage Pl. Server LDP Server RIS/NTS/ENC Servers ERI Server AI-IP Server European Network Lock-planning Terminal Operator Logistic appl. IVS90 (MIB?) Others Governmental Ships Commercial Ships Governmental Ships Commercial Ships

European Network

Ship Configuration Mock-up Physical Layout Navigation Position Information Position Control & Set-up LAN Power Supply Mock-up : Portable (3 parts) Ship system integration Ship-shore integration Demonstrations Control & Set-up Aerials LAN Power Supply

IRIS Implementation of River Information Services in Europe TEN-T proposal under preparation

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