Threats and New Protection Measures in Inland Navigation

Abstract

The density of navigation in the world waterways is considerable, especially because it is more profitable, when compared to other forms of transport. In this paper the authors propose new measures for security protection of inland waterways and of ships and ports in inland navigation. Because of various kinds of threats in inland waterways navigation it is proposed to develop the International Ship and Port facility Security Code (ISPS) code suited to such navigation. Therefore the working title of the document is proposed as International Ship and Port Facility Security Code in Inland Waterways (ISPSIW). KEY WORDS: safety, threats, protection, inland navigation

Safety Issues, Security and Risk Management in Nautical Tourism

“…Certain processes in the ports of nautical tourism increase the impact of various forms of environmental pollution. So, the environmental impact of nautical tourism can be divided into three stages: construction, use and end of use (Kasum, Vidan and Baljak, 2010). Vessels in nautical tourism have impact on the environment during their stay in ports of nautical tourism and sailing.…”

“…Elements of risk management in nautical tourism. The conclusion is that extant nautical tourism risk management measures, such as: strategic marina management (Kasum, Bozic-Fredotovic and Vidan, 2009), security (Kasum, Vidan and Baljak, 2006), navigation safety (Kasum et al 2006-B;Kasum, Baljak and Vidan, 2007;Kasum, Gržetić and Marušić, 2007;Kasum, Vidan and Skračić, 2010), the security of the environment in nautical tourism (Kasum, Vidan and Baljak, 2010), e-navigation (IHO, 2018), critical infrastructures (EPCIP, 2018) should be applied and new measures developed (Kasum, Vidan and Baljak, 2006). It is important to sensitize the global community about the problems and potential risks in nautical tourism, develop and implement an appropriate standardized risk management model in nautical tourism on a global level.…”

Proposal of Measures for Increasing the Safety Level of Inland Navigation

“…The data may be available by means of VHF (Very High Frequency) or MF (Medium Frequency) devices, NAVTEX, INMARSAT etc. It is also proposed to organise the global coordination service of such information -World Wide Inland Water Information Service -WWIWIS (Kasum et al, 2010).…”

“…It is considered that the density of inhabited places along the waterway ( nm G ) equals the ratio between the total number of inhabited places along the waterway ( m N ) and the length of the waterway ( l ) (Kasum et al, 2010;Vidan et al, 2009;Vidan et al, 2012):…”

“…the waterway ( na G ) is the ratio between the number of inhabitants there ( S ) and the length of the waterway ( l )(Kasum, et al, 2010;Vidan, et al 2012): potentially jeopardized objects along the waterway ( no G ) is considered to equal the ratio between the number of jeopardized objects ( O ) and the length of the waterway ( l )(Kasum et al, 2010;Vidan et al, 2012):…”