Application and Prospect of New Technology in Inland Waterway Regulation

With the development of economy and society, the demand for inland river transportation is increasing. A large number of waterways is restricted by natural conditions and other factors. It is becoming more and more difficult to build a high-grade waterway. How to make full use of the limited waterway resources and improve comprehensive service capacity has become an important subject of inland waterway transportation. Based on the current situation and business scope of waterway regulation, this paper summarizes the requirements of waterway regulation. It also designs an intelligent waterway management system according to analyzing the applications of intelligent sensor, Internet of Things, big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, wireless communication in waterway management. This intelligent system can provide navigation security services including waterway maintenance, hydrometeorological, route planning, dynamic monitoring, automatic collision avoidance supporting, rescue service, and traffic flow management. It will bring a new form of modern shipping with more efficient production, more scientific management, more flexible and transparent service, and stronger guarantee. In the future, the application of waterway should gradually adapt to the development of economy and society. Finally, it will achieve the goal of the overall perception of shipping elements, the comprehensive sharing of shipping information, the comprehensive intelligence of shipping production, the comprehensive wisdom of shipping management, and the high quality of shipping service.