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Croatian river information services

In year 1998, based on the results from several research projects and various applications, the European Union officially defined the concept of River Information Services (RIS). RIS is a concept of harmonised information services to support traffic and transport management in inland navigation, including interfaces to other modes of transport. Its goal is to optimise transport operations through effective information exchange, providing advantages for inland navigation and enabling it to be integrated into the intermodal logistic chains. Concept is based on using the information about ships and about traffic roads (river, lake or canal). It consists of Inland Electronic Navigational Chart (Inland ENC) and Inland Electronic Chart Display and Information System (Inland ECDIS) and some other parts. In September of 2002 on a conference in Rotterdam all countries on Rheine and Danube made a commitment of making a pan European system of river information services. For that purpose project COMPRIS is made. It deals with harmonisation and standardisation of all RIS elements on Rheine and Danube (63 partners from 13 countries). Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro are excluded from project due to not been able to get finances from European Union funds. Later on, in the year 2004, Croatia is included in project through its CroRIS (Croatian RIS) project. It is an independent project, but in it all the assistance of COMPRIS was used. Through CroRIS project the knowledge of RIS implementation in Croatia will be even further developed. Project has two phases: research and development and full implementation of RIS on Croatian part of Danube. That experience is used in spreading the system to other Croatian river Drava and maybe later on river Drava. Current situation in Croatia is such that Croatian river traffic takes part in whole Croatian traffic of only 1 to 1.5 % and in European Union countries percentage is 6 to 24 %. Croatia is marine country, but it also has many rivers of which some can be used efficiently for river trafficking. The question is how can we, in Croatia, use, not only foreign experiences in that field, but also how can we use our cartographic experience in data collecting and making and updating of the ENC in marine cartography. It is specially an issue, since Hydrographic Institute of the Republic of Croatia (HIC) already made all Croatian marine ENC and is involved in their updating. It is expected that National RIS Control Centre (NCC) will be formed. NCC will be in charge of protocol harmonisation and coordination of Croatian RIS with other European RIS. When Croatia becomes a member of European Union (expected in few years time) it can be expected a drastic transport enlargement on roads and railway. So, it is important for Croatia to be prepared for the alternative and even better and cheaper ways of transport models and one of them is a river transport. Implementing RIS in Croatia, as in other European countries, will enhance the efficiency and security of transport activities and environmental protection. It will also increase competitiveness and improve traffic safety as it has already done by use of Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) in marine navigation.

RIS; CroRIS; Inland ECDIS; Inland ENC

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