RISING, the project co-financed by the European Commission DG TREN (Department General for Transport and Energy) within the 7th Framework Program for Research and Technological Development that lasted from February 2009 until January 2012. The aim of the project was to increase efficiency of co-modal transport-logistics processes using Inland Waterway Transport (IWT). The RISING project provided support to the expansion of River Information Services onto private operators in order to integrate inland navigation into intermodal transport networks.

Project Mission

The EU, which has recognized the importance of RIS for an improved economic development of the inland waterway sector, has obliged the Member States to the implementation of Directive 2005/44/EC which ensures the deployment of RIS as well as the development of new RIS for transport logistics purposes. Inland Waterway Transport has become an integral part of the intermodal (door to door) transport sector; as such the sector has to comply with requirements of supply chain management. Effective transport infrastructure and Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) must be further developed which will play a key role in this process. Therefore, there was a need to exploit existing and identify RIS for almost every step of an IWT based process (planning > execution > completion), ranging from voyage planning, fleet management, transport monitoring and event management.

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