River Information Services and

COMPRIS The last step towards the pan-European

implementation of RIS

Cas WillemsProject manager COMPRIS

COMPRIS project characteristics

• EC project 2002 - 2005• Project budget: 10 M Euro• 44 partners:

– Ministries of transport– Transport industry– Research– ICT companies

Project phases

• Phase 1: Development of the Pan-European RIS architecture

• Phase 2: Design phase – VTM and tracking & tracing– Inland ECDIS– Cross border information exchange – RIS interfaces for the exchange of

transport information • Phase 3: Operational Test Platforms• Phase 4: Demonstrators

RIS Architecture

• “Pan-European RIS Architecture” :– Reference architecture– Functional architecture– Information and data architecture– Organisational architecture

• Adopted by PIANC and CCNR in the RIS guidelines

• Synergy with KAREN/road architecture

ENCs before COMPRIS

ENCs produced in COMPRIS

ENCs produced by observers

Inland ECDIS pre-production results

Inland ECDIS applications• Inland ECDIS Viewer - display of new

features• Full integration of ECDIS viewer (Tresco)

and voyage planning (Noordersoft)• Data exchange with ECDIS navigation

application (IN), fuel optimisation application (TF) and BICS

Vessel Traffic Management • Developed VTM concepts; functional

driven and focus on applying new/available technology

• Concepts for lock management• Procedures on calamity abatement• Tracking and tracing technology

RIS for logistics COMPRIS proves the value of RIS for

logistics through the “LDPris portal” – BORIS– Hull information – Exchange of voyage related info – Position information – Loading (pre-loading list) information messages

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Cross border information servicesPrincipal services• Immigration Inspection• Customs• Dangerous Cargo Notification• Voyage reporting• Statisticsand• Waste management• Invoicing• Security as a hot topic

Cross border information services• Close relation to reporting standards

developed in ERI• Hot topic for the coming years;

COMPRIS did set the scene and proves that standards are available for all mentioned services

Austrian nationalcontrol centre

Slovak nationalcontrol centre

GreifensteinFreudenau EU

External EUborder

Bundesministeriumfür Finanzen

Gabcikovo lockPort of BratislavaPort of Vienna

Bundesministeriumfür Inneres

COMPRIS set standards• Inland ECDIS standard

– Extended with additional objects and features– One (data) standard for USA, Canada and Europe

and Russia as a result of the active approach of COMPRIS

• Notices to Skippers:– Language independent– Integration with inland ECDIS

• Tracking and Tracing – automatic identification– Draft standard available– Based on maritime AIS and interoperable with

Maritime AIS– Position, ship and voyage related data

Operational Test Platforms

• Operational Test Platforms for RIS conformity tests– Integration and interfacing– Standardisation– Functionality

• Test Centres in:– VTS centre Nijmegen– Traffic centre Oberwesel– Monitoring Centre Danube/Vienna– Test vessels: Governmental and commercial

(about 40)

OTP concept

OTP- NIJMEGENOTP- OBERWESEL

OTP- DANUBE

PositionServer Voyage Pl.

ServerLDP

Server

RIS/NTS/ENCServers

ERIServerAI-IP

Server

European Network Lock-planning

Terminal Operator

Logistic appl.

IVS90 (MIB?)

Others

GovernmentalShips

CommercialShips

GovernmentalShips

CommercialShips

Voyage planning Lock and bridgemanagement

Supervisorytasks

Statistics

Harbour andTerminal management

Traffic monitoring ( Navigation and Vessel Traffic Management )

Calamity abatementTransportmanagement

River Information

Services

COMPRIS’ success• Exchange of information in a

structure way through practical and usable standards

• Integrated applications• Up to date proven technology

• Ready for operational use• Pan-European co-operation

Conclusions

• RIS is high on the European political agenda

• COMPRIS is in Europe in the centre of RIS developments

• COMPRIS proves that RIS is ready for implementation

• RIS improves safety and efficiency of transport and thus can improve the position of inland navigation in the transport chain

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