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

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

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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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)
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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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. Thank you for your attention!
Contact
Andreas Bäck viadonau
Strategy & Action Programmes T
Donau-City-Straße 1, 1220 Vienna