River information services in Croatia

Krunoslav Sopček

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Vukovar , 12.-13.12.2012.

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River information services - content

RIS on the Sava River

RIS on the Danube&Drava River in Croatia

NCC - National RIS Center

Legal Background

Challenges for the Future

Established components

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Legal background

Organizational/Legal framework for RIS established

- Act on Inland Navigation and Inland Ports (NN 109/07, 132/07)

- Regulation on River information services (NN 99/08, 8/11)

- Regulation for allocation of name, mark and Unique identification number of inland navigation vessels (NN 56/12)

- Signed contract among RIS-providers in order to enable international data exchange with logistical users of RIS (by AIW 2012.)

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Established components of RIS

CRORIS portal

• Gateway portal (Data Gateway)

• NtS (Notices to Skippers), waterlevel

• ERI (Electronic Reporting International)

• Graphical gateway for commercial users for on-line TT of vessels on a

Google Earth platform.

• ENCs produced for the Danube, Drava & Sava Rivers

• Other information relevant for Inland Navigation

• Water levels of Danube, Drava and Sava with hourly update

• General information of RIS

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Gateway portal (ERI)

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NtS (Notices to Skippers)

NtS – Notices to Skippers published by Harbour Master’s Offices Sisak, Slavonski Brod, Vukovar and Osijek

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CroRISGraphical gateway for commercial users for on-line

tracking of vessels on a Google Earth platform

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ENC ENC (standard 2.1) for download - free of charge:

– Danube (rkm 1294 – rkm 1433)– Drava (rkm 0 - rkm 23) – Sava (rkm 207 – rkm 594)

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RIS on Danube & Drava river

100% of Croatian part of Danube and commercial part of Drava river covered with AIS signal

Full coverage of voice VHF radio Cross-border implementation of joint projects HU-CRO

CB-RIS, CB-RIS II, CoPO…

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RIS on Sava river

RIS on the Sava River – Cooperation Model

NRCC SISAK

(CROATIA)

NRCC BELGRADE

(SERBIA)

NRCC BIH

SAVA COMMISSION

The project for Development of RIS on the Sava River is IPA funded project - ToR is prepared, full implementation of project is expected in the 2015.

– AIS network, 7 locations

– Integration into existing CroRIS system

– Implementation of ERI system for the Sava waterway

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COMPETENT AUTHORITIES

NATIONAL RIS CONTROL CENTRE (NRCC)

RCC 1(Harbor Master Offices)

RIS PROVIDER

RIS OPERATOR

INLAND WATERWAY AGENCY

MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT

RCC 2(Harbor Master Offices)

etc . . .

RIS Organizational Structure

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Building is finished until the end of this year Interior works – the same Equipping with furniture and IT equipment – expected in

2013 Full establishing expected with the beginning of 2014.

RCC Regional control centers (Provided within Harbors Master’s

Offices Sisak, Slavonski Brod, Osijek and Vukovar Regional RIS Centre Vukovar opened in January 2006.

Status quoNCC - National RIS Center

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NCC Sisak

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NCC

The temporary RIS Training Centre was located at the Harbour Master’s Office Sisak in the vicinity of the future NCC building.

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NCC - Scope

Establishment and developing of RIS in Croatia

Contact point for all meters considering of RIS in Croatia

As competent authority of RIS projects in Croatia

As project partner in international RIS & IWT projects

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Challenges for the Future Danube AIS network infrastructure upgrade Improvement of voice VHF coverage on the Danube waterway NtS upgrade to the latest standard Design and development of National HULL database - key element of

electronic reporting (planed in 2013.) RIS index development Full RIS implementation & Voice VHF coverage on the Sava river

waterway and obligation from 1st January 2015 following Rules on harmonized RIS on the Sava river basin

NCC full operalisation Improve bilateral relationships Improving cross-border cooperation in the region Applying European standards in IWT Promoting inland waterway transportation

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Thank you for your attention !

Krunoslav Sopček

Head of National RIS Department

Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure

krunoslav.sopcek@mppi.hr, www.mppi.hr