How Automatic Identification System (AIS) Is Being Used to Improve Navigation Safety Lock Operations Management Application Michael Winkler

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1 How Automatic Identification System (AIS) Is Being Used to Improve Navigation Safety Lock Operations Management Application Michael Winkler June 2016

2 LOMA system overview USCG AIS data capabilities: AIS archive, validation, etc. AIS aboard vessels Internal applications: LPMS/LOSAT CPT Other apps AIS Service Manager Internal and external Navigation data sources: Met/hydro Commodity Voyage plans Other Data Storage Internal/ External web access Web Services: XML, RSS, etc. Industry Public Lock Operator GUI Other Gov t agencies

3 LOMA AIS equipment deployment (February 2015) 130+ locations AIS AtoN transceivers Interoperability with USCG

4 FY15 Product Development LOMA AIS Coverage (nominal 12nm) LOMA coverage: 3,878 river miles 32% of USACE-maintained 12,000 miles

5 USCG AIS coverage Nationwide AIS (NAIS) program

6 Full LOMA Feed

7 Current LOMA Capabilities Lock operator situational display AIS vessel information Zone Management Playback capability

8 AIS System Overview Ship - Ship (Collision avoidance) Mountains Ship - Shore (VTS, Report of Ships) Shore - Ship Traffic Control Station (VTS-Center) Station Ashore

9 Olmsted & LOMA 375 Wide Nav Pass

10 New AIS Information AToN discrepancy Synthetic AIS AToN Virtual AIS AToN Geographic Notices Vessels awaiting lockage Lock status River current Water depth Weather

11 LOMA capabilities: AIS transmit capability Text messages, water levels, weather, geographic notice and other messages Development work with US Coast Guard Build on USCG developments Integrate USACE and USCG AIS capabilities Information transmitted where it s needed, regardless of who operates the transceiver Test beds: Louisville Port of Pittsburgh Lower Ohio River

12 emsi Demonstration What When Distribute electronic Maritime Safety Information (e-msi) information using the Automatic Identification System (AIS) A one-two year demonstration project starting late 2015/early 2016 Where Who Why Along a reach of the Lower Ohio River and adjacent reaches of the Mississippi River upstream and downstream from Cairo. a group of volunteer towboats will be configured to receive and display information transmitted over AIS work with a group of operators during the demonstration to gain practical experience on distributing e-msi via AIS and other means and to learn what benefit system users have gained from the service To establish the coverage of the existing transmitters and determine where there are holes in coverage

13 emsi Transmitters

14 Data Sources Source Information Update Rate USCG AToN Data Base USACE Lock Management Data Base Real, Synthetic, Virtual AIS AToNs Vessels awaiting lockage, Lock status As updated As updated by lock master NOAA Weather Hourly Weather Stations Weather Every minute NOAA/NWS/USACE Water Depth Hourly ORFC Predicted Current Daily Olmsted Notice to Navigation Interest Restricted areas, traffic patterns As needed

15 LOMA - Transmit Additional information provided as overlay to IENC: Weather Water levels Lock status Lock Currents

16 Weather observations via AIS aboard vessel

17 Water Level observations aboard vessel

18 Lock Order Message Used by Saint Lawrence Seaway since 2002 Improves efficiency, lock utilization, mitigates racing & wait time Allows Locks to perform Maintenance based on que Allows industry to save fuel

19 Lock Order via AIS aboard vessel

20 Lock Approach Current Models Develop and run current models Library of output Communicate to users based on real-time conditions Output database Web services Vessel display Model output AIS message (LOMA or USCG) AIS transceiver

21 William Strait

22 Virtual Aid to Navigation

23 Synthetic Buoys Olmsted & 53

24 USCG Districts

25 USCG LNM

26 Synthetic Buoys Olmsted

27 Synthetic Buoys Olmsted

28 Synthetic Buoys Olmsted

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