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5 Automation on Inland Waterways
The objective of this Chapter is to summarise the current position (2019) for automation on Inland
Waterways in Europe and is included as a reference to reflect the increasing interdependence of
vessels operating between inland waterways and other sea areas.
5.1 SUMMARY
5.1.1 The Working Party on Inland Water Transport (IWT) (SC.3) of the Inland Transport Committee (ITC) of the United
Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and its subsidiary body (the Working Party on the
Standardization of Technical and Safety Requirements in Inland Navigation (SC.3/WP.3), act within the framework
of the policies, and under the general supervision of, ITC and operate in accordance with the UNECE Guidelines
for the establishment and functioning of Working Parties within UNECE.
5.1.2 In line with the objective of the UNECE transport subprogramme to facilitate the international movement of persons
and goods by inland transport modes and improve safety, environmental protection, energy efficiency and security
in the transport sector to levels that contribute effectively to sustainable transport, SC.3, assisted, where
appropriate, by SC.3/WP.3, carries out the following activities:
n Organize a pan-European policy dialogue on the inland water transport issues
n Promote a coordinated development of inland waterway infrastructure
n Address safety and operational requirements in inland navigation
n Promote integration of IWT in multimodal transport chains
n Prevention of pollution from vessels and resilience to climate changes
n Contribute to the harmonization of the legal framework for international IWT
5.1.3 Automation on inland waterways and smart shipping have been introduced in the agenda of SC.3 and SC.3/WP.3
since February 2018 (the fifty-second session of SC.3/WP.3), following the request of its member States that
work actively in this sphere. At its fifty-fourth session, the Working Party on the Standardization of Technical and
Safety Requirements in Inland Navigation (SC.3/WP.3) noted the working document on automation in inland
navigation submitted for the eighty-first session of ITC (ECE/TRANS/2019/16) that contained the definition of
automation levels in inland navigation adopted by the Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine (CCNR),
and decided to include automation in the agenda of its fifty-fifth session (ECE/TRANS/SC.3/WP.3/108, para. 70).
At its eighty-first session, ITC welcomed the actions taken by SC.3 and SC.3/WP.3 and considered this issue in
relation to its work on Intelligent Transport Systems.
5.1.4 This chapter reproduces the annex to resolution 2018-II-16 adopted by CCNR at its plenary meeting in December
2018, transmitted to the secretariat, and contains proposals for follow-up actions that may be undertaken by the
Working Party on Inland Water Transport (SC.3).
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