River information service of Ukraine

1. River informationservice of Ukraine

2. Main objectives of RIS of Ukraine • enhance inland navigation safety levels, • increase efficiency of transportation by inland waterways and environment protection, • provide navigation-related information on RIS web portal, • information regarding navigable inland waterways of Ukraine and factors effecting navigation conditions within RIS operation area at Rivers Dnieper and Danube.

3. RIS Structure RIS centre Internet RIS subcentre ARTP (automated radiotechnical post of AIS BS) Internet RIS users Internet … … Internet Centre of Ukrainian IWW RIS Internet Internet RIS web portal AIS main centre Internet

4. About RIS of Ukraine • RIS of Ukraine consists of following main objects: • main RIS centre in Odessa, • 6 RIS subcentres on River Dnieper that are located at locks of the Dnieper cascade in cities of Nova Kakhovka, Zaporizhzhia, Dniprodzerzhinsk, Svitolovodsk, Kaniv, Vyshhorod, • 3 RIS subcentres on River Danube. • 24 automated RIS posts sed on AIS (Automated Identification System) network, which allow operation over all Ukrainian segment of the River Dnieper. • 2 automated RIS posts sed on AIS on River Danube.

5. Web portal objectives within general RIS structure • Web portal within RIS Centre provides interested services and simple users with current and reference information: • regarding navigation conditions at waterway and waterway status, • transport fleet actual positions, • status of hydraulic structures, • dangers and calamities along the waterway.

6. Users of web portal information services Interested services of Ukrainian Ministry of Infrastructure SE «UKRVOSHLIAH» Skippers Web portal Dispatchers of locks, ferriage, bridge Agents, consigners andconsignees Dispatchers of ports and berths Shipowners Other administrative and regulatory authorities (EMERCOM andlaw-enforcement agencies)

7. Web portal structure River information services are implemented as individual pages accessible to users of the portal information services. Service DANGERS & CALAMITIES Service HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES Service NOTICES Service TRAFFIC Service FAIRWAY

8. Technical solutions used by RIS services Service Fairway Service Notices Service Traffic Service Dangers & Calamities Service Hydraulic Structures VHF – communications Local area network and RIS Intranet network Internet Network of AIS base stations and AIS main centre

9. Web portal Actually, web portal is a “Single window” for access to the RIS information and has single authorisation procedurefor portal users and guests.

10. Portal main window

11. Service «FAIRWAY» Service «Fairway»includes static and dynamic information, as well as urgent information about fairway. Static and dynamic information isprovided under certain schedule and updated once per diem. • Operation of the service provides following information: • actual and predicted water levels; • depth of the fairway at limited segments; • obstacles and restrictions along the fairway; • weatherconditions and storm warnings along the waterway; • actualconditions of the ice cover.

12. Service FAIRWAY Water levels Path dimensions Restrictions at fairway Navigational and shore situation Ice conditions Meteorological conditions Info report Service FAIRWAY Waybills Data input display Preview of notices Way information Archives Waybill archives

13. Service «Fairway» at web portal Info report

14. Service «Fairway» at web portal Waybills and archives

15. Service «Notices» • Service «Notices»receives, processes and delivers notices to the interested users: • regarding fairway situation; • regarding harsh hydrometeorological conditions; • regarding water levels; • regarding ice conditions. Operation of this service should comply with UNECE Resolution No. 60. This Resolution defines format for the standard data that could be used to issue Notices to Skippers in Internet or to deliver them via e-mail or SMS.Content of the Notices is being coded in machine-readable file XML, TEXT, CODE. Tables of the standard are compiled on 21 language of the European Union Member States and three additional languages, namely Croatian, Serbian and Russian. Standards ensure that skipper would be able to read and understand these Notices over entire European waterway network and therefore contribute into the navigation safety.Moreover, encoded information could be used directly for calculations, e.g. in voyage planning or in translations to the user’s language and displayed in respective format on the user’s screen.

16. Service NOTICES Search & review of notices at web sitein text, CODE and XML formats Reception of notices in Russian, English and other languages in accordance with Resolution No. 60 Search &review of notices Service NOTICES Send notices Subscription on noticeforwarding

17. Service «Notices» at web portal Search notices Send notices

18. Service «TRAFFIC» • Service «Traffic»should receive, process and provide interested users with tactical and strategic information: • Regarding registered voyages at the waterway; • Possibility of voyage registration; • Data regarding general location of the transport fleet; • Traffic & cargo flowsover specified time intervals and waterway segments. • Voyage registration is performed under requests of agents or shipowners. Voyage numbers are prescribed centrally by respective service of the web group.Source of these data regarding actual location of the transport fleet are as follows: • Vessel tracking and tracing system based on AIS ( AIS-net); • Data of the dispatcher services.

19. Service TRAFFIC Input of data about vessel and transported cargo Reference data about vessels (hulls) Vessel voyage registration Current vessel locations AIS-locations of vessels at electronic charts Locations according to dispatcher service (status, waterway segment) data Service TRAFFIC Vessel voyage history Review of vessel voyage data Statistic reports on vessel and cargo flows

20. Service «Traffic» at web portal Registration of new voyage

21. Service «Traffic» at web portal Actual vessel location (dispatcher data)

22. Service «Hydraulic Structures» • Service «Hydraulic Structures»receives, processes and providesinterested users with: • Information on lock operation schedule and status: • Lock operation schedule • Technical specifications • Water levels at high/tail waters • Restrictions/special modes of lock operation • Information on berths/terminals • Dimensions • Depth near berth • Mooring schedule • Types of cargo • Possibility to receive dangerous cargo • Left (right) bank • Location (kilometre along the waterway, coordinates) • Information about bridges andcrossings • Bridge schemes • Operating schedule & restrictions • Signals at bridges • Dimensions of bridge navigable судовых ходов в судоходныхspans • Bridge navigation arrangements • Information about operation of the hydroelectric power stations • Location • Technical specifications • Restrictions for navigation,imposed by HEPS operation

23. Service Hydraulic Structures Description, specifications, operating schedule and contacts of the objects Schemes of the objects and their locations Reference data of locks, bridges, ports, hydroelectric power stations Service HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES Real-time data of lock operation Current status and changes in lock working times

24. Service Dangerous Situations Reference data on vessels Vessel locations from AIS chart Cargo data Information on number of persons onboard Emergency situation at waterway Service DANGEROUS SITUATIONS Information on cargo (quantity, origin) Cargo destination point Dangerous cargo at vessel

25. Service «Dangerous Situations» at web portal Voyage with dangerous cargo

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