Round Table - Communication and language in navigation on inland waterways
         
17 February 2009, CCNR, Strasbourg
         
       
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The Secretariat of the Central Commission would like to invite you to take part in a Round Table to be held at the Palais du Rhin in Strasbourg on Tuesday, 17 February 2009. The Round Table will be devoted to the language used in navigation on inland waterways, with the aim of both assessing the present situation which features the activity on the Rhine of an increasing number of boatmen using different languages and exploring ways in which the conditions for efficient, reliable communication may be ensured.

Communication constitutes an essential element of the operations involved in navigation on inland waterways.
A distinction may be drawn between communication:
- on board, among members of the crew;
- between vessels with a view to clarifying aspects in relation to navigation;
- between vessels and services on land, more particularly in terms of infrastructure and the civil engineering structures that form part of it;
- between a vessel and installations on land during the loading and unloading of cargo.

Since the opening of markets, including the employment market, constitutes an essential element of European integration, the inland waterways landscape also reflects European diversity in terms of the languages used.

In addition, the labour shortage on the traditional employment markets has given rise to the recruitment of a growing number of citizens of non-European countries.

Verbal/oral communication is a key aspect of maintaining a high level of safety in the operations involved in navigation on inland waterways. It is therefore important to draw up an inventory, to identify the trends observable in practice, and to embark on consideration of possible follow-up to the issue of the languages used in this sector. In view of the complexity of the issue, the aim of the Round Table is not to identify a universal language to be imposed on all operators, but rather to determine the conditions necessary to ensure fluid, simple and efficient communication.

           
         
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Communication and safety in navigation
Peter VAN DALEN, Director, IVW (Netherlands),
Awareness of a safety issue; general introduction

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Traffic control and communication with the fleet
Ko GOUD, DG Rijkswaterstaat, Waterdistrict Zeeuwse Delta,
The experiences on the level of traffic operations
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Mobility of navigation personnel

Rob PAUPTIT, Nautilus NL, on behalf of ETF
Language and employment in a European context
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Composition of crews and communication on board
  The examples on the Rhine and on the Danube        
Ronald VERSLOOT, CBRB, on behalf of EBU/ESO
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Capt. Peter STEINDL, Austrian Economic Chamber,
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Elementary communication requirements
Ad HELLEMONS, AQUAPOL
The possibility of enforcing requirements on communication
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The interface between two systems

Marc TWISK, SQAS-manager, CEFIC
„Tool kits“ of ISGINTT and CEFIC

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Communication in maritime navigation
Gurpreet S. SINGHOTA, Head of Operational Safety Section of IMO,
The “Seaspeak” toolkit

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Teaching and language
Arjen MINTJES and Rob van REEM, EDINNA
Practices and prospects in terms of training for navigation on inland waterways

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