Objective The today inland navigation is based on voice communication and on-board radar. With increasing traffic density, enlarging of vessels or combinations with a dec reasing manoeuvrability, and increasing requirements of education, training and certification, more information has to be available and presented to the crew. T he integration of auto pilot, trajectory control, and traffic situation in combi nation with data communication has to be defined. The use of advanced technologi es in inland waterway transport together with the harmonisation of human/machine interfaces and control devices will enhance the efficiency and safety of inland navigation. The general approach of the task will be the identification of the functional requirements to introduce RINAC as the control centre on board of an inland navigation vessel consisting of a navigation display and a communication console and including the integration of shore based radar and transponder syste ms, the integration of the existing sensor equipment on board, including new sen sor technologies and sophisticated auto pilots, and the integration of communica tion equipment on the basis of the available hydro-graphic and infra-structural information. %The question of importance to solve is, whether or not besides the navigation display, another display is required for additional information. The approach is based on safety and efficiency grounds. A schematic design of t he architecture of RINAC will be included and is one of the work packages. A scr utiny of present day training courses in the different countries needs to be car ried out and these courses need to be assessed in the light of the new developme nts in the control centre. A scrutiny of the present day certification in the di fferent countries (such as the "Rhein Patent" and the navigation license in the Netherlands) needs to be carried out and the harmonisation of a West European li cense needs to be evaluated. The Work package will use a number of scenarios whi ch also have been used in Research Task 15 "Incarnation". These scenarios concer n a number of traffic conditions. These may be the present situation: Netherland s-German border say ships that carry 100 Mt up river and 40 Mt down river is bas e line, and situations with 10%, 30 % and 100 % increase. The study will use ref erence ships: this may be a motor freighter of 1750 tons cargo capacity, but wil l also deal with a motor tanker, a chemical tanker, and a gas tanker. Special re quirements for push barge trains will be considered. Fields of science engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsradio technologyradarengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors Programme(s) FP4-TRANSPORT - Specific research, technological development and demonstration programme in the field of transport, 1994-1998 Topic(s) 6.2 - Inland navigation Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme STU - Study contracts, assessment contracts Coordinator NETHERLANDS ORGANISATION FOR APPLIED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH EU contribution No data Address 63,Oude Waalsedorperweg 2509 JG The Hague Netherlands See on map Total cost No data Participants (13) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all DAIMLERCHRYSLER AEROSPACE AG Germany EU contribution No data Address W"rthstrasse 85 89077 Ulm See on map Total cost No data EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT CENTRE FOR INLAND AND COASTAL NAVIGATION DUISBURG Germany EU contribution No data Address Kl"cknerstrasse 77- 77 a 47057 Duisburg See on map Total cost No data HOLLAND INSTITUTE OF TRAFFIC TECHNOLOGY B.V. Netherlands EU contribution No data Address Oude Apeldoornseweg 41-45 7300 AS Apeldoorn See on map Total cost No data INSTITUT FRANCAIS DE NAVIGATION France EU contribution No data Address 3,Ave Octave Gréard 75007 Paris See on map Total cost No data INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE SUR LES TRANSPORTS ET LEUR SECURIT_ France EU contribution No data Address avenue du G,n,ral Malleret Joinville 2 94114 Arcueil See on map Total cost No data INTERNATIONALE NAVIGATIE APPARATEN B.V. Netherlands EU contribution No data Address Wijnhaven 42 3000 BN Rotterdam See on map Total cost No data MARINE ANALYTICS B.V. Netherlands EU contribution No data Address Veerhaven 7 3001 KE Rotterdam See on map Total cost No data MARITIME SIMULATION CENTRE THE NETHERLANDS Netherlands EU contribution No data Address 6700 AA Wageningen See on map Total cost No data MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT, PUBLIC WORKS AND WATER MANAGEMENT Netherlands EU contribution No data Address Boompjes 200 3000 BA Rotterdam See on map Total cost No data OPEFORM France EU contribution No data Address rue de la Tour 1 92240 Malakoff See on map Total cost No data Polo Tecnologico Marino Marittimo Srl Italy EU contribution No data Address Via al Molo Vecchio 16126 Genova See on map Total cost No data SEVENCS ENTWICKLUNGSGESELLSCHAFT FsR GEO-INFORMATIK MBH Germany EU contribution No data Address Ruhrstrasse 90 22761 Hamburg See on map Total cost No data TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND Finland EU contribution No data Address S,hk"miehentie 3 02055 Espoo See on map Total cost No data
