Research to Advance the Development of River Information Services (RIS) Technologies

This paper makes a comparative analysis of the data recorded and used in inland transport activity utlizand information that is recorded in "electronic ship reporting" and "Automatic Identification System" in the standard River Information Services - Vessel Traking and Tracing combined with those additionally recorded in the logbook and in the seafarer’s service book. RIS recordings largely make the database necessary for keeping the Logbook, and differences can be evaluated through a matrix. The concentrated data set can be used to determine the working time of seafarers and establishing the compliance with promotion requirements based on the training fully recorded, to accumulate data necessary for shaping risk functions, to clarify the conditions under which shipping accidents occurred, with results in the recovery of losses by marine insurance, to a thorough and accurate risk analysis.

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Benefits and Problems of Monitoring the Waterway Transport on Danube and Danube Cruise Statistics Based on Monitoring the Pusher Tugboats

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.803.97 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 803 ◽

pp. 97-105 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jan Zamecnik ◽

Juraj Jagelcak ◽

Jarmila Sosedova

Keyword(s):

Information Services ◽

Gps Monitoring ◽

River Information Services ◽

Stream Direction

This article deals with benefits and problems of using GPS monitoring and Inland AIS, which is the part of river information services operating on Danube. It is based mainly on results and experience from monitoring of two pusher tugboats on Danube and Danube – Main – Rhine canal within the project Chemlog T&T. It also contains statistics of their navigation on particular Danube sections in up stream and down stream direction, such as transit durations between particular ports, proportion of speed in percentage in particular Danube sections and delays in lock chambers or in front of them.

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FMCW radar implementation in River Information Services in Poland

2015 16th International Radar Symposium (IRS) ◽

10.1109/irs.2015.7226245 ◽

2015 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Andrzej Stateczny ◽

Jacek Lubczonek

Keyword(s):

Information Services ◽

Fmcw Radar ◽

River Information Services

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INTRODUCTION OF RIVER INFORMATION SERVICES ON THE AUSTRIAN DANUBE (DoRIS)

IFAC Proceedings Volumes ◽

10.3182/20060829-3-nl-2908.00030 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 39 (12) ◽

pp. 171-175

Author(s):

Marketa Zednicek ◽

Mario Kaufmann ◽

Jürgen Trögl

Keyword(s):

Information Services ◽

River Information Services

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Possibilities of Using Inland Navigation to Improve Efficiency of Urban and Interurban Freight Transport with the Use of the River Information Services (RIS) System—Case Study

Energies ◽

10.3390/en14217086 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (21) ◽

pp. 7086

Author(s):

Piotr Durajczyk ◽

Natalia Drop

Keyword(s):

Urban Areas ◽

Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽

Road Transport ◽

Freight Transport ◽

Information Services ◽

Transport Costs ◽

Inland Navigation ◽

Road Map ◽

River Information Services

Inland navigation is hardly ever used to transport cargo in cities. In most urban areas, it is performed almost exclusively via road transport, with the virtual exclusion of rail and inland transport. Research and implementation projects in several European cities have shown that employing inland navigation is a viable alternative for road transport in urban areas. The research involved a case study of transporting the same number of 40-foot containers by inland waterway and road and then comparing the results in terms of transport time, transport costs, and carbon dioxide emissions between two metropolitan areas in Poland. The article shows that River Information Services (RIS) system can contribute to improving freight transport efficiency not only on longer routes, but also in urban and inter-urban conditions. The findings were that inland shipping is much cheaper and more environmentally friendly, but transport takes much longer and is not always possible due to insufficient waterway infrastructure. The paper can be used as a road map to proceed with new approach to planning urban and inter-urban logistics, with the use of inland navigation supported by the RIS system. The study delivers evidence that the main benefits of using RIS for urban logistics are: optimization of the cargo route, improved supervision and control of cargo transport, optimization of inter-branch transport, optimization of the use of fleet, more efficient use of technical infrastructure of waterways, combination of many recipients/senders into one transport, and reduction of administrative barriers.

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