Taking into account the variety of available technological solutions (VHF radio, mobile data communication services, GNSS, internet, etc.) emphasis in RIS is on services provided in facilitating information exchange between parties in inland navigation (e.g. fairway information services, traffic information services, traffic management, calamity abatement reports, information for transport logistics and information for law enforcement, etc.) Internationally harmonized standards on general RIS framework and specific RIS tools, such as Inland Electronic Charts Display and Information System (Inland ECDIS), electronic ship reporting, electronic data transmission to skippers, inland Automatic Identification (AIS) systems, elaborated and maintained by the international expert groups, constitute the basis of the existing EU, UNECE and River Commission instruments in this area.
Taking into account the variety of available technological solutions (VHF radio, mobile data communication services, GNSS, internet, etc.) emphasis in RIS is on services provided in facilitating information exchange between parties in inland navigation (e.g. fairway information services, traffic information services, traffic management, calamity abatement reports, information for transport logistics and information for law enforcement, etc.) Internationally harmonized standards on general RIS framework and specific RIS tools, such as Inland Electronic Charts Display and Information System (Inland ECDIS), electronic ship reporting, electronic data transmission to skippers, inland Automatic Identification (AIS) systems, elaborated and maintained by the international expert groups, constitute the basis of the existing EU, UNECE and River Commission instruments in this area.