InCom WG Report n° 125/III - 2019

RIS RELATED DEFINITIONS 2019

PIANC

The World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure

RIS RELATED DEFINITIONS 2019

PIANC REPORT N° 125/IIIINLAND NAVIGATION COMMISSION

PIANC

2019

The World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure

PIANC REPORT N° 125/IIIINLAND NAVIGATION COMMISSION

PIANC has Technical Commissions concerned with inland waterways and ports (InCom), coastal and ocean waterways (including ports and harbours) (MarCom), environmental aspects (EnviCom) and sport and pleasure navigation (RecCom).

This report has been produced by an international Working Group convened by the In-land Navigation Commission (InCom). Members of the Working Group represent several countries and are acknowledged experts in their profession.

The objective of this report is to provide information and recommendations on good practice. Conformity is not obligatory and engineering judgement should be used in its application, especially in special circumstances. This report should be seen as an expert guidance and state-of-the-art on this particular subject. PIANC disclaims all responsibil-ity in the event that this report should be presented as an official standard.

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PIANC Permanent Working Group 125

The RIS-Related Definitions have been produced in meetings of Working Group 125 between 2016 and 2019 in Brussels, Barcelona, Budapest, Pittsburgh, Szczecin, Rotterdam, and the final meeting in Brussels. The members of the Working Group are: Mr Piotr Durajczyk (Poland), Mr Jan Bukovsky (Czech Republic), Mr Dierik Vermeir, Mr Piet Creemers (both from Belgium), Mr Alaric Blakeway (France), Mrs Birgitta Schäfer (Germany), Mr Robert Rafael, Mr Mario Sattler, Mr Jürgen Trögl (all from Austria), Mr Csaba Kovacs (Hungary), Mr Giang Hoáng Hông (Vietnam), Mr Pedro Vila (Spain), Mr Peter Stuurman, Mr Jeffrey van Gils (both from the

Netherlands), Mr Evgeny Brodsky (Russia), Mr Richard Lockwood, Mr Brian Tetreault (both from the USA), and Mr Cas Willems (the Netherlands and Chairman).

CONTENT

1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................3

1.1 Development of RIS in the Last Decades..................................................................................................3 1.2 RIS Definitions ...........................................................................................................................................4 1.3 Maintenance of the Definitions ..................................................................................................................4

2 RIS .............................................................................................................................................................5 2.1 RIS Definitions ...........................................................................................................................................5

2.1.1 General Definitions of RIS ................................................................................................................5 2.1.2 RIS Relevant Data Aspects ..............................................................................................................5

3 RIS Operational Services ..........................................................................................................................6 3.1 Fairway Information Services ....................................................................................................................6 3.2 Traffic Information Services .......................................................................................................................6

3.2.1 Tactical Traffic Information ................................................................................................................6 3.2.2 Strategic Traffic Information ..............................................................................................................6

3.3 Traffic Management Information (TM) .......................................................................................................6 3.4 Other Information to Support Operational Services ..................................................................................7

3.4.1 Calamity Abatement Support Information .........................................................................................7 3.4.2 Logistics Information .........................................................................................................................7 3.4.3 Law Compliance Information ............................................................................................................9 3.4.4 Information on Statistics ....................................................................................................................9 3.4.5 Information on Waterway Charges and Harbour Dues .....................................................................9

4 Information on Reference data ............................................................................................................... 10 4.1 General Definitions of Reference Data ................................................................................................... 10 4.2 Fairway and Infrastructure Reference Data............................................................................................ 10 4.3 Vessel Identification Reference Data ..................................................................................................... 10 4.4 Reference Data on Cargo ....................................................................................................................... 11

5 RIS-related services ............................................................................................................................... 12 5.1 e-Navigation ............................................................................................................................................ 12 5.2 Corridor Management ............................................................................................................................. 12

6 Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) ................................................................................................................. 14 7 Tracking and Tracing .............................................................................................................................. 16 8 ECDIS ..................................................................................................................................................... 17 9 Notices to Skippers ................................................................................................................................. 23 10 Electronic Reporting ............................................................................................................................... 24 11 Players .................................................................................................................................................... 26 12 General definitions .................................................................................................................................. 31 13 Positioning systems ................................................................................................................................ 36 14 Organisations .......................................................................................................................................... 38 15 Officially accepted RIS documents ......................................................................................................... 41

15.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 41 15.2 The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe ..................................................................... 41 15.3 European Commission ....................................................................................................................... 41 15.4 Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine .............................................................................. 42

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15.5 Comité Européen pour l’Élaboration de Standards dans le Domaine de Navigation Intérieure (CESNI) ............................................................................................................................................................ 42 15.6 Danube Commission .......................................................................................................................... 42

16 Abbreviations and their explanation ....................................................................................................... 43 17 Annex 1: Redundant and obsoleted definitions ...................................................................................... 56

17.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 56 17.2 General RIS Definitions ...................................................................................................................... 56 17.3 RIS Operational Services ................................................................................................................... 56

17.3.1 Fairway Information Services .................................................................................................... 56 17.3.2 Strategic Traffic Information ...................................................................................................... 57 17.3.3 Tactical Traffic Information ........................................................................................................ 57 17.3.4 Calamity Abatement Support Information ................................................................................. 57 17.3.5 Logistics Information .................................................................................................................. 57 17.3.6 Law Compliance Information ..................................................................................................... 58 17.3.7 Information on Statistics ............................................................................................................ 58 17.3.8 Information on Charges and Harbour Dues .............................................................................. 58

17.4 Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) ............................................................................................................ 58 17.5 Tracking and Tracing .......................................................................................................................... 58 17.6 ECDIS ................................................................................................................................................. 58 17.7 Notice to Skippers .............................................................................................................................. 59 17.8 Electronic Reporting ........................................................................................................................... 59 17.9 e-Navigation ....................................................................................................................................... 60 17.10 Positioning Systems ........................................................................................................................... 60 17.11 Players ................................................................................................................................................ 60 17.12 General Definitions ............................................................................................................................. 61

18 Annex 2: Index ........................................................................................................................................ 64