Michael Fastenbauer

March 21, 2007

M-TRADE Final Conference, Tecnopolo Tiburtino, Rome (IT)

Integration of River Information Servicesin Multimodal Information Chains

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• ... the Austrian Waterway Management Company• ... owned by the

Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology• ... responsible for 350 km Danube waterway

Administer federalwaterways

TrafficManagement

Development ofInland navigation

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• ... providing Austrian industry with a reliable transport infrastructure• ... supporting Austrian business in the development of cost-effective

logistics solutions based on inland navigation• ... aiming for increased use of the Danube as a waterway• ... co-operating with

• Ministeries, Agencies, Waterway Administrations• EU member states and the European Commission,• non-EU riparian states of the Danube,• Danube and Rhine River Commissions,• international organisations (UNECE, ICPDR, ICPR), • Chambers of Commerce• etc.

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Danube waterway

Pan-european Transport Corridor

Corridor VIIDanube River

Austrian Danube stretch

Inland Waterway Transport

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Europe‘sacessabilitybywaterbornetransport

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18 out of 25 Member States have inland waterways

Modal share of river transport: 6% of total inland transport

130 billion ton-kilometres of freight p.a. Modal share in NW Europe: up to 43%.

Inland Waterway Transport (IWT)

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Challenges for the Europeantransport system

• growing overseas trade volume• EU enlargement in Eastern Europe• expected transport growth rate of +1/3 within 10 years• reduced competitiveness of EU‘s economy due to

increasing logistics cost

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InlandWaterwayTransport

- relievingthe burden

on railand roads

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Inland Waterway Transport- efficient and

sustainable

distances for transporting one ton of goods with equal energy

consumption

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DoRIS "Donau River Information Services" in Austria

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Donau River Information Services

www.doris.bmvit.gv.at

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DoRIS concept

www.doris.bmvit.gv.at

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Tactical Traffic Image

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Systems on Vessels

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Workstations of Authorities

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Workstations at Locks

R I SRiver Information Services

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River Information Services (RIS)

Telematics Systems and Information Services in order to

increase the safety and

efficiency of inland waterway

transport

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EU RIS Directive

Directive 2005/44/EC on harmonised River Information Services (RIS)

• Necessary legal framework for RIS implementation• Standardisation of ship equipment• Standardisation of data exchange• Minimum requirements for RIS

• Publication in official journal: September 30, 2005• In force since: October 20, 2005

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Integrated logistics chain management

Trafficmanagement

Logistic chainmanagement

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RIS on the Danube (2007)

• part-coverage ENCs• Notices to skippers• Electronic reporting• AIS (maritime Danube)• VTMIS Danube-Blacksea Canal• VTS centers along Danube

• Electronic Navigational Charts• Water level information• Notices to skippers• Electronic reporting• Tactical traffic information• RIS Center

• Electronic Navigational Charts (test)• Notices to skippers• Electronic reporting (test)• Test installations of AIS

• Electronic Navigational Charts• Notices to skippers• Calamity abatement support• Tactical traffic information• RIS Center

• Electronic Navigational Charts (ENC)• Tactical traffic information (test)

• Electronic Navigational Charts• Water level information• Notices to skippers• Tactical traffic information• RIS Center

• Electronic Navigational Charts• Tactical traffic information (test)• VTMIS for maritime Danube• Electronic reporting (test)

NAIADES

An Integrated European Action Programme for Inland Waterway Transport

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NAIADES Action Programme

• Presented by the European Commission – January 17, 2006• Council Conclusions on the promotion of inland waterway

transport on June 8 and 9, 2006• Multi-annual Action Programme in order to foster transport by

inland waterways in Europe (2006 – 2013)• Focus on five strategic areas

• Creating favourable conditions for services and attracting new markets • Stimulating fleet modernisation and innovation • Attracting new workforce and increasing investment in human capital • Promoting inland waterway transport as a successful business partner

through a promotional network• Providing an adequate inland waterway infrastructure

• Implementation of NAIADES has started already in 2006

River Information ServicesandM-TRADE

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Tracking & Tracing with RIS

• RIS tracking and tracing services on inland waterways with• simple web-based access• privacy protection• harmonized introduction throughout Europe

• Technical properties• High accuracy through DGPS• Update rate of 2 seconds• Dedicated communication network (VHF radio)• Provision of additional information • Based on international standards compatible with the

maritime world (AIS, ECDIS, ...)

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Multimodal Transport and IWT

• Inland Waterway Transport is part of multi-modal transport chains in most cases.

• Container transport growth will lead to growing importance of efficient use of inland waterways.

• The EU’s transport policy is aware of the challenges ahead: The harmonized introduction of RIS and the implementation of the NAIADES Action Programme strongly supports efficient multimodal transport based on Inland Waterway Transport.

• Inland Waterway Transport has to be integrated into multimodal logistics information chains.

Conclusion

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Framework for modern IWT

• Inland navigation is recognized as future-safe(cost-effective, safe, friendly to the environment).

• The inland navigation community is small without industry lobby behind it.

• Pan-European cooperation between authorities and waterway infrastructure operators is established.

• Inland Waterway Transport has started its modernisation throughout Europe in a harmonised manner.

• Inland Waterway Transport has to be integrated by RIS into multimodal logistics information chains.

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... to keep in mind ...

• Inland Waterway Transport and Inland Navigation are of relevance for Europe – and beyond.

• via donau provides key expertise in the fields of modern Inland Waterway Transport and Inland Navigation.

• via donau, as an official institution of the Republic of Austria, is independent from commercial suppliers.

• via donau is a flexible organisation with a project-based approach.

• via donau is committed to international cooperation.

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Michael Fastenbauervia donau – Österreichische Wasserstraßen-Gesellschaft mbH

A-1220 Wien, Donau-City-Straße 1 (Austria)Tel +43 50 4321 1600, Fax +43 50 4321 1050michael.fastenbauer@via-donau.org, www.via-donau.org