INTERREG IVB NWE ProjectNUMERICANAL

Partner MeetingToulouse, 20th Sep 2013

Perspective and Update on the Use of New Technologies utilised on German Waterways

byHelmut Berends (Berends-Consult), Bremen, Germany

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Overview River Information Services (RIS)

RIS = the concept for harmonised information services to support traffic and transport management in inland navigation, including interfaces to other transport modes

Traffic-related services• FIS Fairway Information Services• CAS Calamity Abatement Support• TM (Local) Traffic management incl.

Lock and Brigde Management• TI Traffic Information

Transport-related services• ST Statistics• ILE Information for Law Enforcement• WCHD Waterway Charges and Harbour

Dues• ITL Information for Transport Logistics

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German Waterways Network

• 23,000 sqm Seaway• 7,500 km Inland waterways

– 25% canals, 75% rivers– 5,100 km (68%) Class IV waterways and

higher– Direct connection to waterways in the

Netherlands, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic and Poland

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Fairway Information Services (FIS)Internetplatform ELWIS

• For all waterways in Germany• Notices to Skippers information• Operating hours locks and bridges

information• Maintenance information• Legislation information• Information about Inland ENC’s (Electronic

Navigational Charts) and Inland ECDIS (Electronic Chart Display and Information System)

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Support of RIS Services by Inland AIS(Automatic Identification System)

• Serves specific requirements for inland navigation to support RIS services

• Based on the Maritime AIS• Direct data exchange between seagoing and

inland vessels in mixed traffic areas• Specific requirements for inland navigation

are complementary or additional to maritime AIS

Specific Inland AIS Messages• Inland ship static and voyage related data• Inland number of persons on board • ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival) at lock/ bridge/

terminal• RTA (Requested Time of Arrival) at lock/ bridge/

terminal• Water Level • Signal Status • EMMA (European multiservice meteorological

awareness system) Weather warning

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Inland AIS project Mittelweser

Inland Waterway MittelweserMinden to Bremen• Length section: 154 km; 7 locks • AIS surveillance on entire section• RIS Center Minden• Narrow River• Large vessels• Single Lane traffic• Arrangements for passing and overtaking

Shipping on Mittelweser• Traffic: 45 ships/day• vessels > 75m are subject to traffic

regulation in narrow fairway sections (“Datenfunk-Selbstwahrschau”)

• 100 ships equipped with Inland AIS and Inland ECDIS (sponsored)

• 10 portable Inland AIS stations for not equipped vessels

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Inland AIS project Mittelweser

Lock management at Minden• better information of current traffic

situation in the close-up sections• better use of lock chamber capacity

Calamity abatement support• visualisation of engaged vessel positions• Visualisation of traffic situation close to

engaged vessel

Technical Operation • Monitoring of AIS mobile station lost target

detection)• Configuration of AIS shore infrastructure• Configuration of portable Inland AIS station

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AIS Repeater Station

• AIS Repeater ashore enable data exchange ship-ship also in case of difficult radio propagation

• Extended Radio Coverage by re-transmission of the AIS VDL Messages received• Inland AIS for communication „ship ↔ ship“ for navigation in bottlenecks

(„Datenfunk-Selbstwahrschau“)

AIS benefits:• exact position information of oncoming ships• clear identification of oncoming ships• automatic data transfer between ships

AIS : ship - ship (data)VHF : ship - ship (voice)

bottleneck

AISVHF

AISVHF

AISVHFRepeater

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Mobile Technology Information for UsersIOS App „Wasserstände“

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Mobile Technology Information for UsersIOS App „Wassersport“

Pro Version

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Online Information for Userse-Routing System (1/2)

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Online Information for Userse-Routing System (2/2)

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Online Information for Userse-Marina System

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Thank You for Your Attention

Helmut BerendsBerends Consult, Bremen, Germany

Tel +49 421-7948255Mob +49 161-1011646Email bc@berends-consult.euWeb www.berends-consult.eu