1. 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

2. CNR’s identity : global vision of the river
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3. 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

4. Rhone river : TRAFFIC DATA
lock crossings by night : + 31%

5. The rhone traffic management center: planning of commissioning
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6. 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
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7. The rhone traffic management center : organizational principles
OP1 OP2 OP3 OP4 OP5 OP OP 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

8. 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.
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9. 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

10. 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

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

12. Trafic management application
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13. Trafic management application
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14. Trafic management application
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15. An example of traffic management improvement
13/02/ /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

16. 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

17. Thank you for your attention L’énergie au cœur des territoires
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