Table 1 Common gaps/themes to be adapted

UNECE

 CEVNI (UNECE 2021)

Definition, responsibilities and qualifications of ‘master’

Bačkalov (2020)

Definitions, responsibilities and qualifications of ‘crew’, ‘qualified person’, ‘helmsman’ and ‘person responsible’; crewing requirements; certificates; communication; manual operations by the personnel on board; remote control from the onshore station; acquisition and transfer of data

N/A

 ADN (UNECE 2023)

Definition, responsibilities and qualifications of ‘master’; crewing requirements; remote control from the onshore station

Bačkalov (2020)

Definition, responsibilities and qualifications of ‘crew’; manual operations by the personnel on board; certificate; remote control from the onshore station

N/A

EU

 Directive 2016/1629/EC (European Parliament and Council of the European Union 2016)

Certificate; remote control from the onshore station; definitions, responsibilities and qualifications of ‘inspection bodies’, ‘chairman’ and ‘experts’

N/A

 Directive 2008/68/EC (European Parliament and Council of the European Union 2008)

Certificate

N/A

 Directive 2017/2397 (European Parliament and Council of the European Union 2022)

Definitions, responsibilities and qualifications of ‘persons involved in the operation of a craft navigating’, ‘deck crew members’, ‘passenger navigation experts’ and ‘boatmaster’; certificate; communication; crewing requirements; remote control from the onshore station; manual operations by the personnel on board

N/A

 Directive 2014/112/EC (Council of the European Union 2014)

Definition, responsibilities and qualifications of ‘boatmaster’; remote control from the onshore station

Nzengu et al. (2021)

Definitions, responsibilities and qualifications of ‘navigation personnel (crew members)’ and ‘shipyard personnel’

N/A

 Regulation 1177/2010 (European Parliament and Council of the European Union 2010)

Manual operations by the personnel on board

N/A

CESNI

 ES-TRIN (CESNI 2023b)

Manual operations by the personnel on board; remote control from the onshore station; crewing requirements

Nzengu et al. (2021)

Acquisition and transfer of data; manual operations by the personnel on board; remote control from the onshore station; crewing requirements

Bačkalov (2020)

Crewing requirements; manual operations by the personnel on board

Erasmus School of Law (2019)

Communication; definitions, responsibilities and qualifications of ‘shipboard personnel’, ‘boatmaster’ and ‘crew’; certificate

N/A

 ES-QIN (CESNI 2019)

Manual operations by the personnel on board; remote control from the onshore station; certificate; communication; acquisition and transfer of data

Verberght (2019)

Definitions, responsibilities and qualifications of ‘boatman’, ‘crew’, ‘shipboard personnel’ and ‘passenger navigation experts’

N/A

 ES-RIS (CESNI 2023a)

Definitions, responsibilities and qualifications of ‘crew’, ‘conning (navigating) skipper’ and ‘boatmaster/shipmaster’; acquisition and transfer of data; communication; remote control from the onshore station; manual operations by the personnel on board; certificate

N/A

CDNI

 CDNI (CDNI Secretariat 2023)

Definition, responsibilities and qualifications of ‘boatmaster’; manual operations by the personnel on board

Nzengu et al. (2021)

Certificate; remote control from the onshore station; communication

N/A

River Commissions

 CCNR

  RPR (CCNR 2023b)

Definition, responsibilities and qualifications of ‘master’; manual operations by the personnel on board; crewing requirements; remote control from the onshore station

Nzengu et al. (2021)

Definitions, responsibilities and qualifications of ‘crew’ and ‘other persons on board’; certificate; communication; acquisition and transfer of data

N/A

  RPN (CCNR 2023c)

Crewing requirements; definition, responsibilities and qualifications of ‘ADN expert’

Nzengu et al. (2021)

Crewing requirements

Erasmus School of Law (2019)

Certificate; definitions, responsibilities and qualifications of ‘boatmaster’, ‘(deck) crew (members)’, ‘shipboard personnel’, ‘safety personnel’ and ‘passenger navigation expert’; communication; remote control from the onshore station; manual operations by the personnel on board

N/A

  RVIR (CCNR 2022b)

Certificate

N/A

Danube Commission

 DC (Danube Convention 1948)

Definition, responsibilities and qualifications of ‘pilots’

N/A

Moselle Commission

 PRNM (Moselle Commission 2022)

Definitions, responsibilities and qualifications of ‘boatmaster’, ‘crew’ and ‘other persons on board’; communication; acquisition and transfer of data; certificate; manual operations by the personnel on board

N/A

Sava Commission

 NRSRB (Sava Commission 2013)

Definitions, responsibilities and qualifications of ‘boatmaster’, ‘crew’ and ‘other persons on board’; certificate; crewing requirements; remote control from the onshore station; acquisition and transfer of data; communication

N/A

 MRSSRB (Sava Commission 2019)

Manual operations by the personnel on board; communication; acquisition and transfer of data

N/A

CCNR/Danube Commission/Moselle Commission

 HRIN (CCNR, Danube Commission Moselle Commission 2017)

Manual operations by the personnel on board; communication; acquisition and transfer of data

N/A