The availability to RIS users, during navigation, of up-to-date and accurate information regarding the condition of the fairway and specific points like bridges, locks and inland ports is expected to improve the overall efficiency of the inland waterway sector. RIS should therefore include up-to-date exchanges of data with semi- and fully automated management of infrastructure systems of locks and movable bridges as well as with port community systems of inland ports.
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