2. Electronic Reporting and advanced River Information Services
Andreas Scherb
Pittsburgh, 19th September 2017
Session A2 | River Information Services

3. RIS Timeline IRIS Europe I CoRISMa IRIS Europe II AEOLIX RISING
01/2006
12/2008
01/2013
12/2015
IRIS Europe I
CoRISMa
01/2009
12/2011
09/2016
08/2019
IRIS Europe II
AEOLIX
02/2009
04/2012
01/2017
12/2020
RISING
RIS COMEX
01/2012
12/2014
IRIS Europe III

4. River Information Services
EU RIS Framework Directive 2005/44/EC
Cross-border communication
Position information
Transport information
EUROPE
The introduction of River Information Services was a major development in Inland Waterway Transport. Based on the EU RIS Framework Directive 2005/44/EC of the European Union on harmonized river information services (RIS) on inland waterways, cross-border communication exchanging position and transport information using Automatic Identification System and the system for Electronic Reporting of voyages, cargo and persons on board has been established by providing a data exchange platform per country. An all-in-one solution, facilitating basic functionality for the national and international RIS data exchange.

5. RIS Corridor Management Execution
≙ Project RIS COMEX
Decentralized System
Centralized System
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6. Architecture for European Logistics Information Exchange
≙ Project AEOLIX
Update voyage data
Naval Authority
DoRIS
RoRIS
Send voyage notification
RIS data exchange [ship position, voyage data]
Send voyage notification
RIS data
Ship Agent A
Ship Agent B
Automatically sends
AIS data (position, speed)
Automatically sends
AIS data (position, speed)
Ship A
Ship B
Receives new transport request
Receives new transport request
Updates vessel availability
Updates vessel availability
Searches for a vessel to transport goods
Searches for a new transport opportunity with a interested cargo user
Receives updated ETA for a transport
Receives updated ETA for a transport
River Logistics Operator
Vessel Operator

7. Electronic Reporting Messages
≙ primarily used by waterway and RIS authorities
ERINOT
Electronic reporting of voyage and cargo details
BERMAN
Notification of vessel arriving at or departing from a berth or a port
ERIRSP
Proof of receipt of the reporting message
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8. Cutting edge technology
Back To The Future
Cutting edge technology
Late 1980s: View of the Future by AT&T Inc. and Back to the Future
October 26, 1985: Marty McFly travels back to the future
Prediction accuracy
Like already mentioned before, we are currently using electronic reporting but that wasn’t always the case. AT&T Inc. (American Telephone and Telegraph Company) was promising that in the future you could send a fax from the beach. In the movie Back to the Future Part II, Marty McFly travels into the future or to be more exact, 21st of October, His homes is filled with several fax machines. There’s at least one in the kitchen, two in the living room and one in the bathroom. Fax machines seemed like cutting edge technology in the future.

9. FAX Until July 2015: Legally compliant FAX form
soon made faxing obsolete. Nowadays, you’ll still find fax machines in many offices, but they’re rarely used.
On 1st of July, 2015 – before Marty McFly travels back into the future – viadonau decided to replace the legally compliant FAX form by the possibility to publish electronic reports by electrornic means.
To sum it all up, they all really got it wrong with the prediction that FAX is the new cutting edge technology, soon made faxing obsolete.

10. Electronic Reporting Operation
Waterway Traffic Regulation §8.02, Abs. 1 –
On behalf of the Supreme Navigation Authority (OSB) of BMVIT, viadonau operates a portal to manage transport reports by electronic means within the scope of its duties for the operation of River Information Services and therefore offers an attractive opportunity to current practice of reporting by means of fax or .
Time saving
Accident event (Forwarding of data)
Avoidance of duplicate reporting (Cross-border notification)
Cost saving
2030 electronic
transport reports
Time saving
Avoidance of duplicate reporting
Accident event
Paper costs
Printing costs

11. Electronic Reporting Procedure
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12. Electronic Reporting Messages
≙ primarily used by competent authorities and private parties
ERIVOY
Electronic reporting of voyage plan
ERIMAN
Electronic reporting of cargo carried incl. necessary permits for the carriage of specific cargo (manifest)
PAXLST
Electronic reporting of passenger list respectively crew list
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13. Advanced River Information Services
A possible ICT concept of Advanced River Information Services that takes into account the ETA and RTA notification process. In order to setup an efficient lock and bridge planning in addition to efficient cargo handling in the port or terminal, the waterway authority and port/terminal operator needs information about the voyages which will be carried out. Either the Skipper or the Vessel Operator will send an electronic announcement of the expected voyage. When the voyage actually starts the earlier pre-announced voyage will be reconfirmed or an updated announcement of the voyage will be sent. An ETA will be provided to the waterway authorities and port/terminal operator involved in the voyage. The Skipper/Vessel Operator receives a RTA, a time slot which is reserved for him, on the hand for a lock or for a port/terminal, e.g. destination and discharge place. The Skipper/Vessel Operator agrees with the schedule and the proposed ETA. Corrections to the RTA may be appropriate. If this is the case, the Skipper/Vessel Operator may decide to slow down (and to save fuel) knowing he has a granted reservation for a given lock or terminal/port handling process. In fact, this Advanced River Information Services allows the waterway authorities and Port/Terminal Operator to optimize lock operations and more efficient cargo handling within the port/terminal.
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14. Electronic Reporting Messages
CONCLUSION
Advanced RIS
ERIVOY
Purpose: Provide voyage plan information to logistics and authorities (pre-voyage information)
Content: Electronic reporting of voyage plan
Receiver: Waterway authorities, commercial parties
Benefit: Enable Advanced River Information Services
ERINOT
Purpose: Fulfill voyage and cargo reporting requirements (on-voyage information)
Content: Electronic reporting of voyage and cargo details
Benefit: Reduce administrative burdens
One ERIVOY message can be connected to several ERINOT messages
ERIVOY: e.g. a planned voyage from A to D
ERINOT: voyage and cargo report from A to B, from B to C, from C to D
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15. Thank you for your attention!
Contact
Andreas Scherb, MSc Junior Project Manager
Development Traffic Management T Donau-City-Straße 1, 1220 Vienna
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