Implementation of River information services on Danube River in Serbia

Kick-Off meeting for the project "Implementation of River Information Services on the Danube River in Serbia” was held on September the 18th 2009, in facilities of the Delegation of the European Commission in Belgrade. Representatives of a Delegation of the European Commission in Belgrade, Plovput (beneficiary of the project and future RIS operator in Serbia), and consortium led by Selex Sistemi Integrati (company which will perform system integration), took part at the meeting. Also, consortium led by ic Consulenten Ziviltechniker gmbh (company which will be in charge of supervision on Implementation of RIS on the Danube River in Serbia) participated at the meeting.

Implementation of the project Implementation of River Information Services in Serbia, financed from IPA 2007, started in 2009. and lasted till 2014. The result of this project is operational RIS system, consisting of sub-systems for tracking and tracing of vessels (15 base stations), notices to skippers, voyage planning, correction of GDP signal according to IALA standard, etc. Having in mind its’ concept and design, the RIS system in Serbia is one of the most sophisticated systems on the whole stretch of the Danube River.

The Directorate for Inland Waterways Plovput is a beneficiary of the project Implementation of River Information Services in Serbia.

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