Shoreside Applications: River Information Services

1. Shoreside Applications:River Information Services e-Navigation conferenceNovember 17, 2010Juergen Troegl

2. Outline • e-Navigation vs. RIS • RIS standardization • Key technologies (AIS/ECDIS) • Shoreside applications (DoRIS) • User benefits • Lessons learned

3. e-Navigation vs. RIS

4. e-Navigation vs. RIS IMO – addressing the whole marine transportation system “e-Navigation is the harmonised collection, integration, exchange, presentation and analysis of maritime information onboard and ashore by electronic means to enhance berth to berth navigation and related services, for safety and security at sea and protection of the marine environment” PIANC/EC – inland navigation “River Information Services means the harmonisedinformation services to support traffic and transport management in inland navigation, including interfaces to other transport modes. RIS aim at contributing to a safe and efficient transport process and utilising the inland waterways to their fullest extent.”

5. RIS Goals (PIANC Guidelines) • Minimize injuries and fatalities • Minimize voyage incidents Design guidelines • Maximize throughput or effective capacity of waterways • Maximize the carrying capacity of vessels (length, width, draught and height) • Reduce travel time • Reduce workload of RIS users • Reduce transport costs • Reduce fuel consumption • Provide efficient and economical link between transport modes • Provide efficient harbours and terminals • Reduce environmental hazard • Reduce polluting emissions and spills due to accidents, illegal actions or normal operations

6. International standardization of RIS PIANC RIS Guidelines • Design guidelines • Eight generic Service categories • Fairway Information Services • Traffic Information • Traffic Management • Calamity Abatement • Information for Law Enforcement • Waterway charges and harbor dues • Information for Transport Logistics • Statistics

7. Standardization of RIS in Europe • RIS Directive of the European Commission • Binding legal basis for European member states • Minimum technical standards • Implementation schedule • Set up national RIS Centers • Produce official ENCs (according to I-ECDIS) • Publish Notices to Skippers incl. water level • Encourages electronic data exchange

8. Standardization overview Commission Regulation 415/2007 concerning the technical specifications for vessel tracking & tracing system (Inland AIS) Expert Group Tracking & Tracing Commission Regulation 414/2007 concerning the technical guidelinesfor the planning, implementation and operational use of RIS(RIS Guidelines) Commission Regulation 416/2007 concerning the technical specifications for Notices to Skippers (NtS) EU RISDirective (2005/44/EC) Expert Group Notices to Skippers Commission Regulation 164/2010defining the technical specifications forelectronic ship reporting (ERI) Expert Group Electronic ReportingInternational Draft Commission Regulation defining the technical specifications forInland ECDIS Expert Group Inland ECDIS IRIS Europe Documentation Technical and Administrative Agreement for the international data exchange TAA & R2D2 IRIS Europe Task force on international data exchange

9. Urge for harmonization • Location codes • Commodity codes • Vessel registration number • Language independent

10. Services vs. Technologies Service Traffic Monitoring Geographic information Fairway information Cargo information Voyage information Tech-nology Inland AIS Inland ECDIS Notices-to-Skippers Electronic Reporting

11. Inland AIS • Based on and fully compatible with IMO AIS • Specification of inland-specific Binary messages • Inland ship static data report • Water level message • ETA/RTA message • Light signal status message • Weather warning • Standardized safety message • Convoy message

12. Some comments on AIS • Overreliance vs. abuse • Not a navigation system! • AIS often not properly installed • People are not trained properly for AIS operation • AIS relies on existing sensor information • Dynamic AIS data = ship sensor data

13. User Feedback – AIS

14. Inland ECDIS • Based on and fully compatible with IMO/IHO ECDIS • Supports bathymetric information • Navigation mode vs. information mode • No navigation mode without official ECDIS charts, DGPS and radar! • Display of AIS data • Do present information which is not available (e.g. heading) • Display on vessel = display on shore

15. AIS without heading

16. Basic RIS information exchange

17. RIS in Austria (DoRIS) goals • Improve traffic overview on board (critical sections) • Inform about the available waterway depth • Decrease waiting times at locks • Reduce fuel consumption • Process and provide all infrastructure information electronically • Maintain waterway infrastructure according to real needs • Give logistics users an added value

18. Example: Inland ECDIS in nav mode

19. Example: Bathymetric information

20. RIS applications • Several based on AIS • BUT: • Limited capabilities • Insufficient privacy protection • Many rely on internet connection • ECDIS updates • Notices to Skippers • Electronic cargo reports • Web services

21. AIS Tracking & Tracing

22. Applications for AIS data • Traffic/lock management • Accident analysis • Enforcement of traffic rules • Fleet management • Cargo tracking • ETA calculation / deviation management • Ship track analysis for planning of dredging • Monitoring of dredging works • Docking detection • Border control • Statistics

23. Example: Lock Management Announcements Right chamber Downstream queue Left chamber Upstream queue

24. Example: Lock Statistics

25. Example: Monitoring of Dredging

26. Example: Berth Management entry detection exit detection

27. Example: Electronic Reporting

28. Example: AIS integrity check on shore Error report: ship MARIALOUISEMMSI: 1193046Status: 4 (MMSI Failure)Latitude: 48°15'14.53" NLongitude: 15°21'56.09" E RiverKm: 2032Timestamp: 23.04.2009 11:52:52 Generated: 23.04.2009 11:53:10All times in UTC.This is an automatically generated E-Mail.

29. AIS Waterway Notices Lock Management RIS Portal RIS Users Electronic Cargo Value added services Hull Database RIS = combination of systems

30. Benefits of RIS for skippers • Accurate and up to date charts with depth information • Electronic availability of water level data • Online access to notices database • Real time traffic image based on AIS • Maximum usage of available infrastructure (max. loading) • Faster locking because of AIS • Safer navigation based on ENCs and AIS

31. Benefits of RIS for authorities • Online traffic information • Linking of various data sources • Electronic exchange of data • Better resource planning • IT-supported daily processes • Faster action in case of incidents • Increase of safety and security of inland navigation

32. Benefits of RIS for logistics users • Single access to various kinds of data • Real time information about voyages • Standardized data formats • Electronic system interfaces • Integration in existing systems • Better resource planning • Faster reactions and decisions • Increased quality and efficiency

33. RIS implementation – lessons learned • Political will • Mature, harmonized and agreed standards (updates, clarifications, …) • Avoid “all singing, all dancing” • Realistic pilot/trial operations • Implementation vs. operation (staff, funds, …) • Service Levels • User acceptance!

34. Jürgen Tröglvia donau – Österreichische Wasserstraßen-Gesellschaft mbHA-1220 Wien, Donau-City-Straße 1Tel +43 50 4321 1615, Fax +43 50 4321 1050juergen.troegl@via-donau.org, www.via-donau.org