platform for the implementation of NAIADES State of Play of RIS in Europe RIS Workshop of the Danube Commission Budapest, 11th of April 2011 Andreas Bäck Deputy Project Coordinator of PLATINA

Agenda  Platform for the implementation of NAIADES  Status quo of RIS in Europe

Agenda  Platform for the implementation of NAIADES  Status quo of RIS in Europe

4 Main objective of PLATINA  Establish a professional network bringing together all relevant actors concerned to assist in the implementation of the NAIADES Action Programme for Inland Waterway Transport in Europe –Provision of technical expertise and support –Provision of organisational, infrastructural and financial support –Platform deals with areas that require non-legislative, coordinative actions at the European level ► PLATINA – Platform for the Implementation of NAIADES

5 PLATINA in a nutshell  PLATINA is a project within the 7 th Framework Programme for Research, Technology Development and Demonstration  PLATINA is aimed at coordinating and supporting research activities and policies  PLATINA runs from June 2008 to May 2012  Consortium consists of 23 partners from 9 different countries  PLATINA is organised around the five NAIADES action areas (Markets, Fleet, Jobs&Skills, Image, Infrastructure)  PLATINA is strategically guided by key industrial stakeholders, associations and Member States administrations

6 Information Portals (1/2)

7 Information Portals (2/2)

8  Identifies global and sector specific challenges (e.g. climate change, scarcity of fossil fuels, etc)  Identification of the most important research priorities for innovation policy in the field of inland waterway transport  Input for the European Strategic Transport Technology Plan (STTP) Strategic Research Agenda

9 PLATINA consortium

10 PLATINA is also working on  European Hull Database  European RIS Portal (  RIS Reference Data Management System and European Position Information Service (see presentation of RWS)  …

Agenda  Platform for the implementation of NAIADES  Status quo of RIS in Europe

12 Introduction  RIS Directive applies to 12+1 countries (RO, BG, HU, SK, PL, CZ, AT, DE, NL, BE, LU, FR and HR (as candidate country))  Objective of activity: Summarize the Status of River Information Services by means of a questionnaire  Questionnaire distributed in December 2010  14 countries responded until end of March 2011 –Approx km of Class IV –Approx km of Class Va and higher –Approx vessels

13 Notices to Skippers (NtS)  Provision of Fairway & Traffic, Water Related and Ice Messages –12/2010: 7 fully operational, 2 pilot, 4 in preparation –12/2012: 10 fully operational, 2 pilot, 1 in preparation  Provision of full text message and code format  Usage of 3 different versions of XSD

14 Vessel Tracking & Tracing  Shore-based infrastructure of Class Va and higher –12/2010: km fully operational, 950 km pilot –12/2012: km fully operational, 550 km pilot –Total length: km  Shore-based infrastructure of Class IV –12/2010: 50 km fully operational, 200 km pilot –12/2012: 500 km fully operational, 200 km pilot –Total length: km  AIS equipment program –12/2010: transponders provided –12/2012: transponders provided –Total approx vessels

15 Electronic Reporting  Reporting of ERINOT message –12/2010: 2 fully operational, 3 pilot, 6 in preparation –12/2012: 5 fully operational, 6 pilot  ERINOT Message (on the way of being) implemented in most countries

16 Electronic Navigational Charts  Electronic Navigational Charts of Class Va and higher –12/2010: km fully operational, 400 km pilot –12/2012: km fully operational, 400 km pilot –Total length: km  Electronic Navigational Charts of Class IV  12/2010: km fully operational  12/2012: km fully operational  Total length: km  ENC available free of charge: 12/2011: 13 free availability

17 Hull Data Processing  National Hull Databases –12/2010: 6 fully operational, 4 in preparation, 1 not planned –12/2012: 8 fully operational, 3 pilot

18 RIS Index  Object of highest and high priority are not prepared in a harmonized way  Use of RIS Index for VTT, ERI and NtS not yet in all countries

19 International Data Exchange  Trend towards international exchange of RIS information in order to provide enhanced services  Notices to Skippers  Vessel Tracking and Tracing  Cargo and Voyage Data  Electronic Navigational Charts  RIS Index  Hull Data  Quality of Information Services becomes increasingly important

20 On board equipment  According to information from expert groups, RIS equipment is estimated on board of vessels:  Inland ECDIS Viewers  Electronic Reporting  98% of the container vessels are reporting electronically  30% of the tanker vessel  5% of the dry cargo.  Inland AIS transponders (see before)  Total approx vessels

Thank you for your attention ! Andreas Bäck via donau – Österreichische Wasserstraßen-Gesellschaft mbH PLATINA Project Office Brussels