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Good Navigation Status

Regional GNS workshop

Strasbourg, 16th September 2016

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Agenda for today

9:00 Welcome and introduction9:10 Session 1: Presentation of Good Navigation Status study 

Questions & answers 9:30 Session 2: Good Navigation Status on the Rhine – experiences and measures of the 

CCNRQuestions & answers

10:00 Session 3: Presentation of current results and approach towards GNSQuestions, answers and discussion

11:00 Coffee break11:15 Session 4: Recommendations and discussions on selected GNS indicators for the 

Rhine area (by CCNR/ MS experts)12:30 Lunch13:30 Session 5: First proposal of exemption criteria for non‐compliance with Art. 

15.3(a)by GNS consortium, discussion on possible criteria and examples14:00 Session 5: Contributions and discussion on Good Practice Guidelines based on initial 

overview of topics14: 45 Conclusions and actions, further cooperation15:00 Closing

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Session 1:

Presentation of Good Navigation Status study

Martin Quispel, GNS Consortium/STC-NESTRA

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To substantiate Article 15 §3.(b) of TEN‐T Guidelines (Reg.1315/2013)      as regards Good Navigation Status:

Member States shall ensure that on the Comprehensive Network“Rivers, canals and lakes are maintained so as to preserve                   Good Navigation Status while respecting the applicable environmental law” 

Article 38: “For inland navigation infrastructure within the TEN‐T core network, Good Navigation Status has to be achieved (and thereafter preserved)       by 31 December 2030.”

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Background and purpose of GNS study

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Entire TEN‐T inland waterway network– Not only core network 

corridors– All CEMT ≥IV waterways– Including (isolated) inland 

waterways in Sweden, Finland, Lithuania, Italy, Portugal and Spain

– Good Practice also of interest for CEMT <IV waterways and non‐EU countries

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Background and purpose of GNS study

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Use of result is “open”:Technical background for the legal interpretation of  Article 15 §3.(b): e.g.  Input for a Staff Working Document by DG MOVE Basis for project selection criteria by INEA (CEF funding..)

No new targets will be set by the studyProposals, oriented on existing agreements Focus on „how to implement targets“ and „monitorperformance“

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Implications and possible outcome

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Study 1/2016 – 10/2017:

Agreed GNS components and requirements (quant./qual.)

Monitoring and reporting options and requirements 

Input to TENtec Database IWW Glossary 

Specification of exemption criteria to Art. 15 § 3.(a) 

GNS network assessment ‐ GNS parameters and KPIs

Roadmaps for critical GNS sections 

Good Practice Guidelines for implementation of GNS

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Planned Deliverables

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Ongoing bilateral expert contacts and discussions 

Survey on GNS elements among European Working Group

Input to updated draft TENtec glossary

Draft discussion papers on GNS concept

Presentation, discussion of concept:

EFIP Executive Committee , 7 – 8 April 2016, Vukovar

CCNR Roundtable 2 March 2016, Strasbourg

Pan‐European meeting on 20 June 2016, Rotterdam

Regional workshops Klaipeda, Budapest, Strasbourg, Berlin

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Status

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Purpose:  to keep track of work and exchange feedback, discuss intermediate 

results 

Members: o Experts from river commissions: CCNR, DC, MC, SCo Experts from national and regional waterway managers and 

ministries of transport o Experts from the European Commission o Experts from IWT industryo Experts representing other uses/users of rivers, lakes and canals  

Method:  3 pan European meetings (2016 – 2017), regional workshops, 

dedicated meetings and/or surveys

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The GNS Working Group

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Today’s session

Specific focus of discussion with you:

• Overall GNS concept and approach 

• GNS components and key performance indicators

• First discussion on exemption criteria: interpretation of TEN‐T minimum requirements for draught and height under bridges and stocktaking on possible criteria

• Focus topics and possible contributions as regards good practices and needed guidelines for achieving GNS

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Basic outline of GNS concept

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Main outcome: Broad range of views – varying between broad andextensive GNS approaches to a very narrow and focused scope. Outcome of 20 June:

GNS concept shall be flexible and take regional conditions anddifferent user segments into account

The focus needs to be laid on how to achieve and maintain GNS rather than setting quantitative targets

GNS elements shall not duplicate relevant existing legal regulations Good practices for supranational cooperation exist, but need to be 

extended GNS shall foster the exchange of good practices and benchmarks GNS activities should contribute to the achievement of agreed 

standards and implementation of regulations/plans  Monitoring shall be a major topic in work on GNS

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1st Pan‐European Working Group 20/6/2016

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What is important for Good Navigation Status?– Maximising payload on board, economies of scale– Minimising waiting times– Reliability and predictability of transport– Safety– Sustainability (o.a. fuel consumption, working with nature)

Article 15 b: “Rivers, canals and lakes are maintained so as to preserve good navigation status”  key focus physical waterway infrastructure

Background of GNS concept

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“Good Navigation Status (GNS) means the state of the inland navigation transport network, which enables efficient, reliable and safe navigation for users by ensuring minimum waterway parameter values and levels of service.” 

Moreover, GNS is to be achieved considering the wider socioeconomic and environmental sustainability of waterway management.

Proposed definition of “Good Navigation Status”

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1. Quantitative measureable “hard” components related to the output of waterway management addressing the navigability standards for users Dimensions of navigation channels, locks and bridges 

and their availability over time

2. Process related and/or qualitative “soft” components Waterway infrastructure management process (e.g. 

maintenance), traffic management process (e.g. information to users) and wider scope (e.g. facilities along waterways)

3. Minimum standards of a process to define GNS objectives, implementation,monitoring, application of exemptions and revision of the GNS concept

Proposed elements of the GNS concept

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Outline of GNS concept

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Klaipeda:• Fairway marking regarded as important issue to improve fairway 

conditions, in particular as regards lakes• Mixed traffic waterways: Focus of GNS on inland navigation transport 

networks, reference could be made to waterways belonging to zones 3 and 4 in regulation on technical requirements of inland navigation vessels (EC 2006/87/EC)  

• Approaches on ice handling: Ice class requirements for vessels and either continuity of traffic (SE) or seasonal closure (FI)

• Coordination with third countries is challenge and is seen as barrier for EU funding (e.g. Saimma canal on land rented from Russia)

• Focus on “soft” components, e.g. traffic management and regulation in SE/FI

• Lock construction required to improve fairway conditions in LT, but legal restrictions prevent such construction 

• Question as regards the consideration of river currents

Main findings Klaipeda workshop

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Budapest:

• A wide stakeholder integration is very important (e.g. environment)• Don’t forget requirements for passenger cruise vessels• Hint for the GNS process: similarities and lessons to be learned fromWFD• Current targets according international agreements already challenging!• Need for clear reference water levels • Make use of existing data(bases) and link/integrate them• Waiting times at borders (KPI) to be addressed, but to be treated seperately

• We are only at the beginning…focus first on ‘need to haves’ (e.g. in guidelines)

Main findings Budapest workshop

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Session 2:

Good Navigation Status on the Rhine –experiences and measures of the CCNR

CCNR Secretariat expert / MS delegate expert

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Session 3a:Presentation of current results and approach towards GNS;

part 3a) the draft GNS Concept

Henrik Armbrecht,GNS Consortium/Planco

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Implementation of:1. Article 15.3 a) CEMT IV minimum requirements or an exemption in a duly justified case (key issues: 2.5m draught; 5.25m height under bridges)

2. Article 16 b)In promotion of projects of common interests, giving priority to reaching higher standards than class IV where appropriate when modernising existing or creating new waterways

3. Articles 15.3 c) and article 39.2 b) RIS implementation and availability of clean fuels

Legal Requirements

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Implementation of:3. Article 15.3 b)“Rivers, canals and lakes shall be maintained so as to preserve good navigation status”   proposed hard and soft GNS components

4. Exemptions as defined in article 15.3 a)  Elaborated definition, proposed criteria and process

5. Minimum standards of a process for the development, implementation and monitoring of “Good Navigation Status”

Legal Requirements

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Outline of GNS concept

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• Focus physical waterway infrastructure: navigability standards for users (fairway, locks, bridges)

• Applies to the entire TEN‐T waterway network• Subject to TEN‐T or AGN• Experts in the GNS working group confirm high priority• SMART criteria apply:  quantitative European parameter 

values to measure Good Navigation Status on EU level is possible via KPIs

• Possible to be monitored via the TENtec database of the European Commission ( session 3b)

GNS “hard” components

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2 proposed KPIs for GNS: Navigation Reliability andWaiting times

• KPI on Navigation Reliability• Link to articles 15.3 (a) and 16.(b) (class IV or higher)• Daily availability of draught, height, width and length per year  • TEN – T objective: 365 d/year or reference to local conditions 

according to ECMT Resolution 92/2 on classification of waterways?

• KPI on Waiting times• Waiting time at locks

KPIs for GNS “hard” components

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• Process‐related components which contribute to score of “hard” components– infrastructure management (e.g. maintenance, marking)– traffic management (e.g. information to users)

• Wider scope of inland navigation infrastructure (e.g. facilities along waterways)

• Specific EU regulations already apply (e.g. RIS, clean fuels)• Relevance may be limited to specific regions • No need for quantitative measurable parameters across Europe 

on section level• Experts in the GNS working group confirm their relevance

GNS “soft” components

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• Process ‐ oriented “How to reach GNS”?

• Identifying objectives for “soft” components: Selected benchmarks and guidelines described in Good 

Practice Manual on GNS ( session 5) To be defined according to minimum standards of process 

for development of GNS (tbd) Monitoring and reporting based on minimum 

requirements (checklists)• GNS Concept as regards guidance and checklists for soft 

components shall focus first on the key topics and can beexpanded and further elaborated in future

GNS “soft” components

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Purpose:

• Not only focus on the output of GNS, but on how to reach it• To reach agreements on exemptions for core GNS elements• To reach agreements on „soft“ GNS objectives/benchmarks, if

applicable• To foster implementation and maintenance of GNS• To monitor GNS process

• Study defines minimum standards of the process in order to keep itflexible and applicable to existing, well‐functioning mechanisms

Process to develop GNS

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Draft minimum standards I:

• Objectives/Measures are developed in a coordinated way between waterway managers (if applicable – (trans‐)nationally/regionally coordinated)

• Systematic consideration of: TEN‐T minimum requirements The transport potential demand and user requirements of a waterway 

section (domestic and foreign) The applicable environmental law. Where possible, synergies are 

created (“working with nature”) Further uses of a river, canal or lake (cross‐sectoral) Overall socio economic impacts of measures (costs vs benefits) Possibilities of innovation and technological development (ship design, 

maintenance technologies..)

Process to develop GNS I

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Draft minimum standards II:

• Monitoring of implementation and effectiveness of measures Targeting a continuous improvement process and pro‐active 

implementation

• Regular implementation of the process, frequency depending on the type of measures and maturity as regards GNS

• Communication and discussion with the involved users by the waterway managers about status and planned measures

Process to develop GNS II

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• GNS parameters and quantitative KPIs related to the physical waterway infrastructure and its use

• Exemptions as regards CEMT IV 2.5m draught and 5.25m height based on specific criteria 

• Minimum standards of process to define exemptions, developand monitor maintenance measures

• Additional “softer” elements, flexible approach using qualitative descriptions, checklists inspired by good practices

• Process to reach GNS, enforcement of objectives, monitoring• Taking into account external factors such as: innovation, market 

development, climate change, …• Link to Good Practice Guidelines on how to reach GNS

Summary GNS concept

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Discussion

• What is your view on the GNS concept and approach as presented? • Do you agree?• Do you have comments and/or suggestions for 

modification?

• What is your view on the minimum standards, do you agree, what are your comments/suggestions for modification?

• Your view on process to develop/monitor GNS?• Is it applicable in practice?• Into what extent is the process already `common practice’, 

e.g. as regards the minimum standards?• Are there elements missing/redundant?

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Session 3b:

Presentation of current results and approach towards GNS;

part 3b) KPIs and monitoring

Henrik Armbrecht, GNS Consortium/Planco

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Waterway parameters• Draught of vessel ( depth of fairway channel)• Beam of vessel (width and curve radius of fairway channel)• Height of vessel ( air clearance under bridges and other infrastructure)• Length of vessel ( curve radius of waterway and size of locks)

KPI: Navigation Reliability of a specific (TENtec) section• Availability of the physical waterway infrastructure: 

yearly score on reaching the targeted infrastructure dimensions

KPI: Waiting times• Capacity/use of locks, ship lifts, moveable bridge:

Average waiting time of vessels

GNS “hard” components and proposed KPIs

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KPI Navigation Reliability

Navigation reliability of a specific section:

-> Targeted dimensions met in

days/year

Targeted physical dimensions for vessel/convoy at waterwaysection:- Draught/depth navigation channel - Height under bridges- Beam- Length

Availability of physical dimensions:- Available depth/width navigation

channel- Available height under bridges

Closures of waterways >24h- Man-made (announced >12 weeks in advance) and/or natural causes - For waterway links and objects (locks, bridges)

Navigation dimensions of a specific section:

->Targeted Classification

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Targeted navigation dimensions:Min CEMT class IV (article 15.3(a)): • 2.5m draught/5.25m height under bridges • on 365d/year (or local conditions (92/2 ECMT resolution))?

andLocal target value (higher than CEMT class IV): • 2.8m fairway depth and 9.10 m height under bridges• at the applicable reference water level (e.g. 345 days/year – ELWL; 

361 days ‐ HNWL)or

Local target value (exemption): • 1.9m fairway depth and 9.10 m height under bridges• at the applicable reference water level (e.g. 345 days/year – ELWL; 

361 days ‐ HNWL)

Examples

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KPIs ‐ lock

Navigation reliability of a specific lock/ section: -> Targeted dimensions met

in days/year

Targeted physical dimensionsfor vessel/convoy at lock:- Draught/fairway depth- Height- Beam- Length

Closures of locks >24h- Man-made and/or natural causes - For waterway links and objects (locks, bridges)

Navigation dimensions of a specific lock/section:

->Targeted Classification

Availability of locks- capacity and use

Waiting timeat a specific lock/ section

during peak times

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• Indicator is strongly demanded by Industry• Definition is varying• Data is not available all across Europe

• Accept fuzziness?• Elaborate “waiting times” indicator until 2030?• Find alternative indicators?

• Average chamber utilisation, average operation time, number of vessels waiting, ..

• Apply a model based approach?• Collection of lock and traffic characteristics and simulation with 

standardised model?  high efforts38

KPI Waiting times at locks

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Monitoring based on TENtec

• TENtec: Multimodal European database for TEN‐T Network development

• IWW part: parameters on characteristics and performance of waterway links, locks and bridges 

• TENtec shall serve as tool to monitor parameters and KPIs on GNS (first data collection is running, additional will follow)

• GNS study provided first input for revised glossary:                             improved parameters and definitions

• Further contribution by GNS study to achieve meaningful data set for 2016 and the next years to come

• Initial data collection will be base for network assessment

• Focus on GNS hard components

• Total 58 parameters, of which 22 dynamic

• Further data collection planned for 2017

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Key Performance Indicators for GNS Address navigability standards (physical infrastructure, “hard” GNS 

components) KPI: Navigation reliability of a specific (TENtec) section (availability of 

navigation dimensions, closures) KPI: Waiting time at locks, ship lifts, moveable bridge

Definition to be elaborated

to be monitored via TENtec

Targets:  CEMT class IV  “Local targets” – higher classes or exemptions to be agreed; at 

applicable reference water level40

Summary

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• Do you agree with the KPIs for GNS?• What is your view on feasibility/data availability?• “Local targets” – your view on measuring fairway depth instead of draught? 

Your view on relating it to reference water level?• Reference values for factor draught/depth?

Recommended ratio fairway depth/draught : 1.4 (e.g. Dutch Waterway Guidelines, PIANC) ; Rhine: operators calculate with 0.2m keel clearance; Reasonable?Danube: depth : draught + 0.2‐0.3m in some sections? 

• Waterway closures only >24 hrs, or more detail?• When are man‐made closures considered as ‘planned’? Announcement to users 

12 weeks in advance sufficient?• Which significant developments expected towards 2030 as regards data 

availability (technological  innovation..) that may facilitate GNS assessment/ monitoring? 

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Questions for discussion

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Session 4:

Recommendations and discussions on selected GNS indicators for the Rhine area

CCNR Secretariat expert / MS delegate expert

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Session 5:

First proposal of exemption criteria for non-compliance with Art. 15.3(a)by GNS

consortium, discussion on possible criteria and examples

Henrik Armbrecht, GNS Consortium,

Planco

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Article 15.3 (a):rivers, canals and lakes comply with the minimum requirements for class IV waterways as laid down in the new classification of inland waterways established by the European Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT) and that there is continuous bridge clearance, without prejudice to Articles 35 and 36 of this Regulation.At the request of a Member State, in duly justified cases, exemptions shall be granted by the Commission from the minimum requirements on draught (less than 2,50 m) and on minimum height under bridges (less than 5,25 m);

Understanding of Article 15.3 (a)

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Definition minimum criteria

Study objectives: • Catalogue of feasible exemption criteria• Outline of process enabling acceptance of exemptions

What is the definition of 2.5 metre & 5.25 metre?• 365 days?• “ECMT Resolution 92/2 on New Classification of Inland 

Waterways” including the footnotes and how to interpretethese?

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ECMT Resolution 92/2 on New Classification of Inland Waterways

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ECMT Resolution 92/2 on New Classification of Inland Waterways ‐ footnotes

Relevant footnotes ECMT Resolution 92/2:1. The class of a waterway is determined by the horizontal dimensions of the vessels or pushed units, especially by their width.2. The draught of a inland waterway must be specified with reference to local conditions.…4. Takes into account a security clearance of 30 cm between the highest point of the vessel or its load and the height under the bridge.…6. Adapted for container transport:‐‐ 5.25 metres for vessels carrying two layers of containers;‐‐ 7.00 metres for vessels carrying three layers of containers;‐‐ 9.10 metres for vessels carrying four layers of containers;50 per cent of the containers may be empty, otherwise ballast must be used.7. The first figure relates to existing situations and the second to future developments or, in some cases, also existing situations.…

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Definition – Rhine profile

How to see the Rhine profile in relation to exemptions for 2.5 draught?

Width and depth guaranteed at reference water levels: on the Rhine distributaries, the reference is the equivalent low water level (ELWL), a level that is not exceeded on 20 days on which the temperature is above zero (no ice), and thus occurs approximately 5% of the time.

Height under bridge at highest navigable water level (HNWL)  (1% of time exceeded in past 10 yrs)

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Proposed topics for exemption criteria:– local conditions (hydrology, hydro‐morphology, further uses of a river..) 

– extreme weather events (floods,…)– environmental requirements (e.g. WFD) – benefit/cost ratio less than 1– cultural heritage– Other?

For each topic, criteria need to be specified

Exemption criteria

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Exemption criteria

ELWL value reachedon 345 days in the current year

Example: Extreme weather events, hydrological conditions

CASE 1:

1.9 m fairway depth available on345 days in the current year: Local target met

No further exemption applicable

Local target value (exemption to GNS core and availability dimension criteria):1.9m fairway depth at ELWL (345 days per year )

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Exemption criteria

ELWL  value NOT reachedon 345 days in the current year, but on  274 days

Example: Extreme weather events, hydrological conditions

CASE 2:

Exemption applicable –availability target reduced

1.9 m fairway depth available on 274 days in thecurrent year: Reduced exemption target met

Local target value (exemption to GNS core and availability dimension criteria):1.9m fairway depth at ELWL (345 days per year )

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Exemption criteria

ELWL  value NOT reachedon 345 days in the current year, but on  274 days

Example: Extreme weather events, hydrological conditions

CASE 2:

1.9 m fairway depth only available on 182 days in thecurrent year: Exemption target not met

Exemption applicable –availability target reduced

Local target value (exemption to GNS core and availability dimension criteria):1.9m fairway depth at ELWL (345 days per year )

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Rhine profile as the basic reference? What are the argumentsfor justification?

How to deal with temporary limitations (e.g. sedimentationsafter floods)

Are proposed topics for exemption criteria sufficient?

Feedback on proposal for weather events?

Possible further definitions for exemptions available?

Questions

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Session 6:

Contributions and discussion on Good Practice Guidelines based on initial overview

of topics

Sim Turf, GNS Consortium/ Vlaamse Overheid

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Guidelines: Background and Purpose

• Need for guidelines and good practice examples on how to develop GNS confirmed by expert group

• Need for common understanding of key principles (vocabulary, fairway depth vs. water levels, requirements of different regulations etc.)

• Exchange on European level has proven fruitful in past activities, additional to PLATINA I and II Good Practice Manuals as well as further key documents

• Especially for “soft” GNS components, benchmarks (good practices) need to be identified vs. need to focus

• First version can not be exhaustive because of limitedresources available in this study: need to focus on most important issues

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GNS Good Practice Manual ‐ Content

Proposed chapters:

I. Introduction and reference to further manualsII. Basic information on fairway parameters and navigabilityIII. Definition of GNS and implicationsIV. Minimum standards of a process on GNS developmentV. Good Practices for maintenance and rehabilitation 

(fairway, locks, bridges )VI. Further topics in need of discussion (information to users, 

technological development, emergency response …)

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II. Fairway parameters and navigability

Key vocabulary and definitions Reference water levels Water levels and fairway depth  Fairway depth and draught …

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V. Maintenance and rehabilitation

Waterway infrastructure maintenance: Bridges and Locks, ship lifts and weir maintenance:  PIANC Reports:

Waterway infrastructure asset maintenance management (2013)Maintenance and renovation of navigation infrastructure (2006) Inventory of inspection and repair techniques of navigation structures both underwater and in the dry (2013),…)

….[your input please!]

Fairwaymaintenance Fairway Masterplan for the Danube and NEWADA duo Performance 

Indicators, Recommendations of the Danube Commission PLATINA I and II Good Practice Manuals IT supported Waterway Management System 

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VI: Further topics of relevance

To be listed with references such as projects, literature, sources, etc:  Water level measurements and forecast  Information to users: shallow section information in ECDIS, RIS supported 

lock planning, Up‐to‐the‐minute bridge clearance information, Mooring places availability, Traffic planning

Emergency response Administrative barriers for users, port procedures Mixed traffic Practical implications of the Water Framework Directive Port entrance areas (surveying and dredging) Waterway‐related facilities Interplay between structural (engineering) measures and regular 

maintenance activities Financing models for maintenance …

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Summary

Need for guidelines confirmed by Expert Group

Focus topics: Basic information on navigability issues, vocabulary etc. Good practices for planning and implementation of maintenance

(fairway, locks, bridges) Suggested process to define exemptions, develop objectives, support

and monitor implementation of GNS Reference to further topics in need of discussion

Your input is welcome

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Discussion

Do you agree with the focus topics for the guidelines? Do you have further good practice examples for the focus 

topics in mind? Are there specific requests towards the form/methodology 

of the guidelines? ….

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Closing session

• Summary of main findings• Next steps 

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Presentation of GNS ‐ study

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Ongoing bilateral expert contacts and discussions 

Updated papers on GNS concept

Presentation, discussion of concept:

Dedicated workshop with experts representing users, 13th of October, Brussels 

Regional workshop Berlin, 17th of October

Discussion of links to AGN with UN‐ECE, 2 November, Geneva

Pan‐European meeting to validate GNS concept, Q1 2017

Network assessment using TENtec parameter values

Roadmaps 

Good Practice guidelines

Exemption criteria63

Next steps

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Thank you for your contributions.