1. 1 INDRIS Inland Navigation Demonstrator for River Information Services Cas Willems Transport Research Centre Ministry of Transport The Netherlands

2. 2 presentation content n Introduction n RIS concept n Standards and demonstrators n Intermediate results n Conclusions

3. 3 Project characteristics n Participants from Germany, Austria, France, Belgium, Italy and the Netherlands u Ministries of transport u Research institutes u IT- companies and Industrial partners n Steering committee: representatives of transport organisations and Ministries of transport

4. 4 Objectives INDRIS n Harmonisation of (data)communication and data- exchange on European inland waterways n Prove the use and benefits of open standards in European-wide demonstrators n Prove the benefits of River Information Services for n safety of inland navigation and n efficiency of inland waterborne transport

5. 5 INDRIS Phases n Functional Definition of RIS and Standardisation process (January 1998 - February 1999) n Demonstrators (November 1999 - May 2000) u Rhine/Scheldt demonstrator u Danube demonstrator u Seine demonstrator u Flemish demonstrator

6. 6 River Information Services European concept for Traffic- and Transport management on inland waterways Improve the position of inland waterborne transport

7. 7 RIS concept n TTI - Tactical Traffic Image n STI - Strategical Traffic and Transport Information n FIS - Fairway Information System

8. 8 Fairway Information System General (nautical) information on the state and use of the fairways, ports etc u electronisc chart with fairway characteristics u fairway depthcontours and waterlevels u opening times of locks and bridges u information on obstructions and incidents u etc etc

9. FIS n Electronic Chart ECDIS n Waterlevels n Infrastructure Info n Weather Info

10. 10 TTI - Tactical Traffic Image n Information that affects the user’s immediate decision in a restricted navigation area u safe and smooth navigation u traffic management/monitoring u calamity abatement n Supported by fairway information (FIS)

11. TTI n Ship or Shore based Radar n transponder ID n DGPS position in ECDIS

12. 12 STI - Strategic information n Traffic and transport information that affects user’s medium and long term decisions u voyage planning and voyage execution u bridge and lock operations u terminal and port operations n Supported by fairway information (FIS)

13. 13 Communication standards n Traffic related communications u Maritime standard for Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) amended for inland navigation u VHF data-communication n Transport related communication u GSM and in future GPRS and UMTS u TCP/IP

14. 14 Standards for data n Geographic related data (FIS) u Maritime ECDIS -standards amended for inland navigation - Inland ECDIS n Transport related data u EDIfact standards amended for inland transport n Traffic related data u AIS messages amended for inland navigation

15. 15 European Demonstrators

16. 16 Demonstrator applications n Shore based Traffic Image on Board of Vessels n Traffic Image in VTS n Regional Traffic Overviews n Voyage Planning, Reporting and Monitoring n Notice to skippers - on line n Lock Planning n Terminal Planning n Incident Management n Fairway information n Electronic bourse

17. 17 Intermediate Results n Close co-operation between ministries of transport of Austria, Belgium, France, Germany and the Netherlands n Close co-operation with the transport sector n Inland ECDIS on the agenda of Rhine Commission and Danube Commission n Implementation of RIS on the agenda of world wide organisation dealing with inland waterways (PIANC)

18. 18 Intermediate results (2) n AIS network in the Netherlands remains operational after finalisation of INDRIS as a PPP n Inland Electronic Nautical Charts available of (parts of) the Rhine and Danube. n International consensus on Inland ECDIS standard n Electronic Chart suppliers willing to adopt the inland ECDIS standard n Implementation project on transport reporting database starts in 1-1-2000

19. 19 RIS towards implementation n Standardised functional and technical RIS- architecture n International maintenance of standards n From local VTS’s to regional RIS-centres n RIS linked to other transport modes

20. 20 Conclusions n RIS accepted as traffic- and transport- management concept for the inland waterways n Reporting with EDI is already a success n Safety can be enhanced with ECDIS and transponder technology n European standards for data and communication have been designed n Logistics of Inland navigation can be improved with the concept of River Information Services

21. 21 Thank you for your attention C.P.M.Willems@avv.rws.minvenw.nl for additional information