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THE RHONE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER


1. Overview of CNR

2. Project context

3. Technical aspects

4. First feed back

THE RHONE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER


1. OVERVIEW OF CNR


THE RHONE RIVER

RHIN

SEINE

MOSELLE

PARISPARIS

RHÔNE

SAÔNE

FRANCE

Grand Port maritime de

Marseille

LYON


CNR --> Rhône concession since 1933

Main key areas

ENERGY PRODUCER100 % renewable

hydro / wind / solar NAVIGATION330 km14 locks

IRRIGATIONAND ENVIRONMENT

ENGINEERING

OVERVIEW OF CNR


OVERVIEW OF CNR

15 billion KWh / year

2nd largest french electricity producer

25 % of french hydropower production

3 % of french electricity production

PRODUCTION


THE RHONE WATERWAY

Navigation between Lyon and the sea

� 330 km of large gauge waterway

� 13 river locks (190 x 12 x 3 m)

� 1 maritime lock (135 X19X 5.50 m)

� 1 lifting bridge

� Air clearance :6.30m

� Water depth: 3m

19 dams

14 locks

19 power plants

SAONE

RHONE

Lyon

Grand Port maritime de

Marseille


RHONE TRAFFIC DATADATA 2012

� 5.1 million tons loaded

� 1 700 million tons x km

� 72 000 TEU

� 95 000 lock crossings (8 500 by night)

� 6 200 boats par year and per lock

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Trafic Marchandises Rhône en Mt


2. PROJECT CONTEXT

AIPCN-PIANC – Marseille May 2013

MODERNIZE THE WATERWAY

� CNR wishes to be considered as an exemplary concessionary , especially for its navigation activity,

� Adapt to traffic changes,

� Take into account increased concern for the safety of transport,

� Improve information for skippers and loaders,

� Transform the lock keeper activity.


MODERNIZE THE WATERWAY

Implantation of a center in Châteauneuf du Rhône

Monitor the waterway traffic conditions

Give information in real time

Manage traffic during flood periods

Improve services to skippers through the AIS system to be implemented

Organize and operate


3. TECHNICAL ASPECTS


FLEXIBILITY: any lock can be operated from any workstation.

VERSATILITY : adjust the number of operators according to the period (day-night, winter-summer)

STAFF : strengthening the local operating teams to operate the lock in case of malfunction.

TECHNICAL ASPECTS


LOCKS

CENTER CGN

PB VS SA GN BV BE LN CH BO CA AV BC BA SL

Central SCADA

OP1 OP2 OP3 OP4 OP5 OP6 OP7 Chief

INNOVATION

Private fiber optical network (1Gbyte/s)


� The center is open 24/7

� 8 identical workstations.

� from 5 am to 10 pm : 5 ou 6 operators and one chief-operator.

� from10 pm to 4 am: 3 operators and one chief operator.

� Complete staff : 39 people : 4 teams - 3x8 and 3 teams - 2x8 and 3 managers

Audit février

2011

ORGANIZATION


ORGANIZATION

19 dams

19 power plants

14 locks

BEFORE

Open from 5 am to 9 pmAFTER

Open 24/7


OPERATE MONITOR• 2 locks simultaneously

• High vigilance required

• Step by step processing

• A selection of locks simultaneously

• Radio VHF or phone communication to survey approaching boats

FLEXIBILITY

TWO TYPES OF ACTIONS


Remote control

AUDIOradio VHF, phone,

loudspeakers

4 SYSTEMS ON A LOCK

SAFETY emergency stop

VIDEOCameras, monitoring

INNOVATION


INTERFACES OPERATEURS

A specific audio interface was developed integrating phone, VHF

and loudspeakers


THE AUDIO SYSTEM


15 cameras per lock provide a precise vision of the different parts of the lock

VIDEO SYSTEM


In addition to operator interfaces, an emergency st op system is implemented in the center

The system allows the emergency stopand triggers the fire protection system ofthe lock (chamber and mirador)

SAFETY


A WORK STATION


A WORK STATION IN THE CENTER


SCHEDULE

INNOVATION

April 2009 : CGN + 2 locks

November 2009 : CGN + 2 +3 locks

November 2010 : CGN + 2 +3 + 5 locks

May 2012 : CGN + 2 +3 + 5+ 4 locks


4. FIRST FEED BACK


FIRST FEED BACK

• A socially challenging project

� Lock-keepers and technicians involved in the project sincethe first design steps and in the preliminary risk studies

� New jobs + interesting

� A complete reorganization of the navigation activity

� A very important training program (300 people)

• Manageable technical challenges

� Audio system development

� Deployment rate in conjunction with the reorganization of the operational units


FIRST FEED BACK

• Action consistency, improved information exchanges

• Ongoing Improvement process:

- correcting first dysfunctions

- changing operators habits

- adapting operation rules


TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

Next step: traffic management

� Optimize travel time with a better management of the lockages

� Identify abnormal situations

� To alert and inform


Traffic management

� Where are the boats?

� Where will they be in 15-30 minutes ?

� How to organize and optimize lockages (order of arrival, hazardous material transportation rules, leisure boats)

TRACKING TOOLS

� VHFcalls (difficult to precisely locate the calling boat), � last recorded lockage and estimated transit time,

� locks and river cameras (not a full coverage),

� AIS deployed in 2013, real-time monitoring of boats position combined with tracking software


Gestion du trafic du Rhône

GTR Software


Areas of work- Cooperation

� Develop exchanges of information with the surrounding systems (river and sea ports, others waterways),

� Simulation software to optimize lockages,

� Integrate the different sytems and simplify


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