FAIRway Danube Commission Meeting in Budapest 29.09.2015 Károly GOMBÁS (Andreas Bäck)

Harmonized realization of the Fairway Rehabilitation and Maintenance Master Plan Global Project IWW of the Rhine-Danube Corridor Proposed Action FAIRway waterways

Fairway Maintanance Master Plan Conclusions by Danube Ministers Fairway Maintanance Master Plan for the Danube and its navigable tributaries Guidelines + CEF Page 3

Key facts Schedule Start: 07/2015 Closure: 06/2020 [Duration of 5 years] Budget Total: 23,4 Mn EUR CEF: 19,7 Mn EUR Setting Multi-applicant CEF study including pilot operations: seven interlinked actions

Overview on FAIRway activities Elaborate coordinated national action plans and define pilots Procure equipment for hydrological services Execute and evaluate pilots Harmonized basic data on critical locations Coherent monitoring of navigational status Harmonized water level prognosis Potential of fairway relocation and floating ship data Develop innovative approaches (aerial monitoring, AtoNs …) Prepare documentation for future implementation steps Manage project and disseminate results

Activity 2 National action plans and definition of pilots Ministerial Conclusions (Dec 2014) ask for national roadmaps based on the Fairway Rehabilitation and Maintenance Master Plan until June 2015. Further development within FAIRway: Develop 1st version further Update national action plans yearly Elaborate pilot implementation concept and evaluation framework

Activity 3 Procurement of hydrological service pilots Joint market survey, aligned technical specifications, preparation of procurement documents with support of international experts Joint tenders envisaged for transnational waterway asset management system. Data gathering Data processing and analysis Respond to data 5 surveying vessels (3 multi-beam: SK, HU, RO - AFDJ, 2 single- and multi-beam: HR, BG 24 new + 13 modernized automatic water-level gauges (9 HR, 10 BG, 10 RO – AFDJ, 8 RO – ACN) Central computer based system for measured water levels (HR, BG, RO -AFDJ, RO-ACN) … - Hardware and software for interconnected waterway asset management systems - National water level prognosis set-up for a selected number of gauging stations (upgraded water level prognosis: HU, BG; new water level prognosis: HR, RO – AFDJ, RO - ACN) - 4 Multifunctional marking vessels (SK, HR, RO - AFDJ, BG) [ … 5 equipment for floating ship data: echo sounder, positioning system and data collector (4 HU, 1 HR) 3 sediment monitoring facilities (HU, RO - AFDJ, BG) 1 ADCP sensor (RO - AFDJ) 1 side scan sonar (RO - AFDJ) 1 on-line (web-cams) based system for remote meteorological condition monitoring, ice phenomena probability (BG) … ] Surveying vessels and gauging stations, floating ship data Waterway asset management system Water level prognosis Multifunctional marking equipment

Activity 3 Pilot operation over 3 years… Joint market survey, aligned technical specifications, preparation of procurement documents by national experts. Joint tenders envisaged for transantional waterway asset management system. Activity 3 Pilot operation over 3 years… Systematic decision support through improved data analysis. Exploit full potential of navigation conditions through dynamic marking Optimized surveys with denser intervals at critical locations. Strategically placed water level gauges deliver basic data. Matchable water level prognosis displayed in a harmonized way. … to gain experience for the full deployment of the FRMMP

Activity 5 Innovative approaches Add new perspectives to the waterway administration. Aerial photo monitoring concepts Optimum speed at navigable canals Recalculation of Low Navigable Water Level at the Lower Danube Agree on AIS AtoN application standard

Activity 6 Documentation for full deployment Prepare for the full implementation of the Fairway Rehabilitation and Maintenance Master Plan based on the national roadmaps and pilot results. Feasibility studies in Slovakia (Lower Váh and Gabcikovo) Prepare implementation of additional measures

Thank you for your attention! Contact Andreas Bäck viadonau Strategy & Action Programmes T +43 50 4321-1609 andreas.baeck@viadonau.org Donau-City-Straße 1, 1220 Vienna