In 1996, the AGN agreement (European Agreement on Main Inland Waterways of International Importance) established a network of the European waterway system within the framework of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T). Three waterways of international importance are located in Poland, one of which is the E-waterway connecting the Baltic Sea with the Danube, which in Poland runs along the Oder Waterway from Świnoujście through Szczecin and Wrocław to the border with the Czech Republic. Until recently, the Polish inland waterway network was a blank spot on the EU map. In addition to unregulated rivers, there was a lack of comprehensive bathymetric surveys and navigational charts for Polish inland shipping routes.Maritime University of Szczecin, as part of the research and development project “Technology for building the Lower Oder RIS system”, was the first in Poland to attempt the production of electronic navigational charts, according to the S-57 Inland ENC standard [9], for the area from the Szczecin Water Junction to Ognica. The culmination of the 2-year project implementation includes, among other things, 8 electronic navigational chart cells containing full bathymetry, covering a total of 96 km of class Vb waterway. It is worth emphasizing that no standard regarding the quality and accuracy of hydrographic measurements has been developed for inland waters. (…)
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Source: Logistyka Magazine 6/2011