National status and activity report Romania

1. National status and activity reportRomania Vukovar, 12-13 December, 2012

2. Agenda Romanian RIS Romania Inland ENC Romania projects involved –IRIS Europe3 - Newada Duo

3. RoRIS project RORIS2 project, started in September 2010 is due for completion in December2012. Current status : SAT testing Objectives: Increase traffic safety and efficiency of transport on the Danube Harmonize information services in support of effective and safe traffic Alignment with European standards in the field of traffic management Increase cooperation between authorities and operators / suppliers Integration of all systems of heterogeneous sensors to create a unique picture of the traffic situation;

4. External authorities Ship operators Public users Skippers RoRIS 2 Overview Calamity Abatement External interfaces Ship Reporting ECDIS Vessel Tracking Noticesto Skippers RIS National Centers Border Police AFDJ National Ships Register and Hull DB Reports and Statistics National Seafarers Register VTMIS Danube – Black Sea RIS Data Exchange Public Portal Towers Infrastructure Weather stations PCs AIS CCTV VHF Radio links Radars Servers

5. 6 new sites • 9 additional towers • 35 sites with new IT Infrastructure • 27 sites with redundant VHF RoRIS 2 Upgraded on-shore infrastructure

6. Extended AIS Network with 12 Sites • Increasing coverage up to 80 % for Inland waterway RoRIS2 – AIS Network System

7. Fully upgreaded weather station system – 24 sites • Ultrasonic Wind Sensors • Visibility Sensor • Temperature RoRIS2 – Weather Stations

8. Improved Traffic Monitoring – 13 sites • HD – Camera • Laser illuminator (day / night operation) • 30 days non stop recording RoRIS2 – CCTV

9. New RADAR equipments – 13 sites • Solid State Technology • Frequency Diversity • Up to 45% increase in coverage RoRIS2 – Radar

10. RORIS software includes applications for several RIS Services • Electronic ship reporting • RIS Data Exchange • ECDIS vessel tracking • Notice to skippers • Calamity abatement support • Monitoring transports of dangerous goods • Synthetic traffic information • RORIS software also includes applications supporting the RIS core applications • National Ships Register • Hull Database • National Seafarer Register RoRIS Software Calamity Abatement Ship Reporting ECDIS Vessel Tracking Noticesto Skippers National Ships Register and Hull DB Syntetic traffic information National Seafarers Register RIS Data Exchange

11. email Skippers Ship Operators RIS Data Echange VTMIS ACN Electronic Ship Reporting RNA VTS Opertors Border Police Internal Portal Public Portal

12. Improved transport information exchange • More parties involved in electronic ship reporting • ship operators, agents • border police • transport management authorities • RIS Centers and RIS authorities • More ways of gathering the traffic and transport information • ERINOT e-mail messages • Internet web portal • RIS Data exchange • AIS Information • RNA internal portal • More ways of distributing the traffic and transport information • Internet web portal • RIS Data exchange • Statistics for the transport management authorities • Access for the Romanian border police Electronic Ship Reporting

13. Information about the itinerary (ports visited, ports of transit, route points) • Information about the ships of the convoy • Information about the cargo, passengers, crew • Information about the operations executed in visited ports (load/unload, embarking/debarking etc) • The entering and leaving permits • Information about ship position Data managed by ERI application

14. Authorities • Electronic position recording of all vessels in the system and their display on an electronic navigational chart: • AIS • Radar • Manual target • Supports traffic managements for VTS operators • Corelated information between ECDIS and RORIS internal portal • Providing positioning data through WEB ECDIS • Providing a projection of the traffic through Schematic ECDIS Ship operators ECDIS RNA VTS Operator Vessel tracking and tracing Schematic ECDIS Web ECDIS Radars AIS

15. Compliant with Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine Standard for Notice to Skippers, version 3.0 • 5 languages translation implemented: English, Romanian, Russian, Franch, German • 3 presentation forms to the final user: html, text and XML file • External subscriptions • Internet web acces (www.roris.ro) • All Romanian RIS authorities have access (RNA, ACN, AFDJ) • Internal procces flows and automated issueing of notices based on weather stations measurments Traffic and fairway Water level Fairway information Ice messages Weather related messages

16. Monitor the dangerous goods transports • Inform authorities in case of incident, focusing on traffic safety • Internet web portal • OASIS CAP standard messages • Emergency Notifications • National situation reports • Assess the situation created by the incident, including the effects • Initiate the intervention procedure • Participate in the coordination of intervention • Keep informed the intervention units and authorities responsible Calamity Abatement Calamity Abatement Service

17. National Ships Register Reference data for traffic and transport management • National under construction ships registers • National registration procedure of vessel • Certificates and inspections of the ships Hull Database • Minimum data sets of the european hull database • International data exchange of minimum data sets • European certificates (CCNI, ADN, Tonnage) National Registers National Ships Register and Hull DB National Seafarers Register Seafares Register • Seafarers and skippers licenses, certificates and competencies • Organize and perform examinations for licenses and certificates

18. RORIS 2 -Romanian approach in implementing

19. Emergency/ Fire dept Ship Owner/ Ship Operator Waterway/Naval Administrations ??? Ministry of.. Skipper VTS Operators RIS Stakeholders Port Operators Ship Agent Port Area

20. Main interests • To be kept informed • Safe sailing • On time • Services of interest • Weather information (NTS) • Water information (NTS) • Waterway Information - ex. blockages, works (NTS) • Most recent charts (IENC) • Port facilities and schedule (Public Portal) • Regulations and responsabilites (Public Portal) • Aids to navigations (ex signs) and good navigation condition • Provide neccesary transport/ship/crew documents (ERI) • Comply with the regulations Emergency/ Fire dept Ship Owner/ Ship Operator Waterway/Naval Administrations ??? Port Area Skipper VTS Operators Skippers Port Operators Ship Agents

21. Main interests • Traffic routing, monitoring, control assuring safety and efficiency • Services of interest • Traffic tracking and tracing (ECDIS) • Receive traffic alerts (ECDIS) • Ship reporting (ERI) • Dangerous goods monitoring (ERI, ECDIS) • Issue documents for enter/leave the port (ERI) • Provide assistance (comms) • Assess the events/incident, notify the authorities, help coordinate emergency actions (CAS) • Help maintain ships database • Validate ship reports and documents (ship, goods, crew etc) (ERI) Emergency/ Fire dept Ship Owner/ Ship Operator Waterway/Naval Administrations Port Area ??? Skipper VTS Operators VTS Operators Port Operators Ship Agents

22. Main interests • Track own fleet • Shorten time of voyage • Services of interest • Be informed about ship position and voyage status (Web ECDIS, ERI) • Plan the voyages (ERI) • + All of the skipper Emergency/ Fire dept Ship Owner/ Ship Operator Waterway/Naval Administrations Port Area ??? Skipper VTS Operators Ship owner/ ship operator Port Operators Ship Agents

23. Main interests • Provide services for ship in the interaction with port authorities • Services of interest • Be informed about port facilities and schedule (Public portal) • Monitor the status of voyage and position of ship (Web ECDIS, ERI) • Facilitate authorities – ship interaction • Provide necessary documents to authorities (ERI) • Obtain necessary documents from authorities (ERI) • Plan the operations in port (ERI) Emergency/ Fire dept Ship Owner/ Ship Operator Waterway/Naval Administrations Port Area ??? Skipper VTS Operators Ship agents Port Operators Ship Agents

24. Main interests • Provide services for ship in the interaction with port authorities • Services of interest • Be informed about port facilities and schedule (Public portal) • Monitor the status of voyage and position of ship (Web ECDIS, ERI) • Facilitate authorities – ship interaction • Provide necessary documents to authorities (ERI) • Obtain necessary documents from authorities (ERI) • Plan the operations in port (ERI) Emergency/ Fire dept Ship Owner/ Ship Operator Waterway/Naval Administrations Port Area ??? Skipper VTS Operators Ship agents Port Operators Ship Agents

25. Main interests • Provide services for ships operations in port • Services of interest • Informed about port facilities and schedule (Public portal) • Plan port operation based on planed voyages (ERI) • Keep records of port operations Emergency/ Fire dept Ship Owner/ Ship Operator Waterway/Naval Administrations Port Area ??? Skipper VTS Operators Port operators Port Operators Ship Agents

26. Main interests • Establish framework of procedures and regulations • Assure services for waterways, ports, ships, seafarers • Assure safety and efficiency of navigation, protection of the environment • Establish framework of collaboration with other parties • Services of interest • Coordinates traffic routing and control (ECDIS, comms) • Coordinates and control entries/exits in ports (ERI) • Monitors transports activities (ECDIS, ERI) • Inform about waterway/weather conditions (NTS) • Reporting tool for decisional support • Establish aids of navigation • Establish contracts and approves works on waterway • Monitors activities of commercial agents in port • Ship registrations and issuing certificates • Ship inspections • Seafarers examinations, registrations and issuing certificates Emergency/ Fire dept Ship Owner/ Ship Operator Waterway/Naval Administrations Port Area ??? Skipper VTS Operators Waterway/Naval Administrations Port Operators Ship Agents

27. Main interests • Prevent and reduce effect of incidents/calamities • Services of interest • Be informed and inform in real time (CAS, comms) • Monitors traffic situation on the affected area (ECDIS) • Follow previously agreed arrangements and intervention procedures • Quick access to information - available resources, contact data, latest information, situation reports (CAS) Emergency/ Fire dept Ship Owner/ Ship Operator Waterway/Naval Administrations Port Area ??? Skipper VTS Operators Emergency/ Fire department Port Operators Ship Agents

28. Emergency/ Fire dept • Who are “the others”? • Ministries • Border police • Corresponding authorities from other countries • Environmental authorities • … • Services of interest • Access to relevant information • Provide relevant information • Collaborative framework established • … Ship Owner/ Ship Operator Waterway/Naval Administrations Port Area ??? Skipper VTS Operators Others Port Operators Ship Agents

29. Romania – Inland ENCs

30. Inland ENC`s Coverage 2012 2013 Danube 1075 rkm 1075 rkm Bala branch 10 rkm 10 rkm Borcea branch - 68 rkm Macin branch - 100 rkm Sfantu Gheorghe branch - 109 rkm Danube – Black Sea Canal 92 rkm 92 rkm Total length 1177 rkm 1454 rkm

31. Accuracy of data inside Inland ENC`s

32. New Edition of Inland ENC`s • Second edition of romanian Inland ENC`s with: • New coverage • Preparation for the full interoperability with the RIS Index • Bathymetric layer bIENC`s

34. ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES New webpage for Inland ENC`s; Efficient process for updating IENC`s; Improving collaboration with Romanian shipowners;

35. PROJECTS

36. IRIS Europe 3

37. IRIS Europe 3 Budget: 10.000.000 euro Period: 2012 – 2014; Partners: AT, CZ, PL, SK, HU, RO, BG; Observers: GE, FR, NL, BE, HR, RS, UK Objective: • Improvementthe on-board equipment and shore-based infrastructure; • Testing and validation of technical feasibility, interoperability and compatibility of systems, services and applications;

38. IRIS Europe 3 • Enhancement of RIS key technologies and systems, RIS Services and applications; • Implementation of new harmonised RIS Services; • Contribution to the maintenance and amendment of standards and technical specifications.

39. IRIS Europe 3 Partner: Romania Beneficiar: AFDJ Galati; Role in project: coordinator • Bathymetric ENC ; • Transient waterlevelmodels; • Standardised IENC data exchange; • Pilot implementation of QoIS for Inland ECDIS; • Interoperability between RIS and maritime information services;

40. NEWADA duo Partner: AFDJ Galati; Role in project: coordinator WP3 (Hydrology, Hydrography , waterwaymaintenance) • Harmonised the quality, methods and implement standards H – H – WM ; • Papernavigationcharts; • AtoN`s technology; • Development of FIS Portal; • Communication with stakeholders;

41. Thank you for your attention! Romeo Soare – AFDJ RA Galati Email: romeo.soare@afdj.ro