COMPRIS: Consortium Operational Management Platform For River Information Services

摘要

In the transport branch and definitely in inland shipping the use of information and communication technology (ICT) is increasing. ICT is potentially an important instrument for promoting transport over water. It can provide inland shipping with a competitive edge over road transport. In the European context, in recent years, an ICT-concept for traffic and transport management for inland shipping has been developed by the name of River Information Services (RIS). This concept is being detailed in the INDRIS project. The name INDRIS stands for Inland Navigation Demonstrator for River Information Services. The project was commissioned by the European Union and was a joint venture of national public authorities, the transport branch, industry and research institutes from the Netherlands, Austria, Germany, Belgium, Italy and France. The project did run in the period from January, 1998, through June, 2000. The INDRIS project did lead to the European wide acceptance of the RIS concept.