Safety at Sea- an initiative in the North Sea

André KronebergNorwegian Coastal AdministrationBodø, 2 September 2005

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The Norwegian Coastal Administration Key facts about S@S Results

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The Norwegian Coastal Administration Key facts about S@S Resulta

The Norwegian Coastal Administration is responsible for a wide range of maritime services…

Sailing corridors

Navigational installations

Pilots

Vessel Traffic Services (VTS)

Aids to Navigation

Fishing ports

National transport planning

Emergency preparedness – acute oil pollution

…increasing safety at sea along the Norwegian coastline

83 000 km of coastline

18 counties

282 municipalities

57 public traffic ports

763 state owned fishing ports

1000 employees

Budget - 1200 million NOK p.a.

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The Norwegian Coastal Administration Key facts about S@S Co-operation between national, regional and local authorities

Safety expensive? Try an accident!

Source: North Sea Foundation

Safety at Sea aims to reduce probability and impact of incidents and accidents in the North Sea

No serious accidents at sea

in the North Sea Region

Harmonise and materialise risk management- national and regional level

- strategic and operational level

Vision

Objective

A B C D E F

6 demo projects

22 partners from 6 countries participate in the project

Norway DenmarkSweden Flanders Netherlands UK

Norwegian Coastal Administration

Møre og Romsdal County

Sogn og Fjordane County

Rogaland County

Port of Florø

Swedish Maritime Administration

The Royal Danish Administration of Navigation/ Hydrography

Technical University of Denmark

Ministry of the Flemish Community - Administration of Waterways and Maritime Affairs

Flanders Hydraulics

University of Ghent

The Flemish Federation of Nautical Industries

National Institute for Coastal & Marine Mgt.

North Sea Foundation

Wadden Society

AVV Transport Research Centre

Zealand Directorate

Directorate Transport Safety

North Sea Directorate

British Maritime Technology

Northern Lighthouse Board

Trinity House Lighthouse Service

The total budget for the project is 4,9 million EUR

2,280; 46 %

2,688; 54 %

EU

S@S consortium

Policy recommendations regarding maritime safety in the North Sea are established through 6 demonstration projects

A. Oil transport analysis

B. AIS and Aids to Navigation

C. Emergency preparedness

arrangements

D. Offshore wind farm development

E. Marine Rescue Co-ordination Centres

F. Small and high speed crafts

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The Norwegian Coastal Administration Key facts about S@S Results

The objective is to establish a North Sea AIS server in order to improve operational as well as strategic risk management

A fully operational collecting system of AIS data from all North Sea countries

Online AIS data will be accessible enabling improved operational decision support in connection with undesired events and accidents

Storage of collected data in a spatial database enabling statistics reports generated from a a selection of crossing lines and filter parameters

Demo B

Online AIS data improves operational decision support and feeds into the spatial database for strategic risk analysis

Demo B

Crossing lines…

Online AIS data…

The objective is to improve methodology and guidelines for emergency preparedness arrangements

Main deliverables:

Rules for classification of sensitive areas

Rules for emergency preparedness arrangements (including location of depots and places of refuge)

Rules for operational decision making

Demo C

The procedures for emergency preparedness are revisited and improved through a cooperation between different stakeholders

National level Regional level Local level

Norwegian Coastal Administration

Møre og Romsdal County

Port of Florø

Sogn og Fjordane County

Rogaland County

Through the demo project on the West coast of Norway, the new procedures will be developed and fine-tuned prior to a national roll-out

The model will also be presented to the other countries involved in the Safety at Sea project for feedback and discussion

Norwegian case

Demo C

The new model for selecting places of refuge aims to develop truly integrated coastal zone management

Traditional model Centrally anchored at national

level Semi-closed process of

decisions Limited understanding of

decisions in the regions Lack of local nautical expertise

New model Improved integration between

national, regional and local level More open process of

decisions – common understanding

Will include improved system for continuously updating of decision basis

The model is of interest to other countries

Demo C

The objective is to introduce a harmonised framework for planning and approval of offshore wind farms in the North Sea

Harmonized transnational framework, based on Formal Safety Assessments, for the planning and approval of offshore wind farms in the North Sea

Project scope covers impacts on shipping for an individual wind farm, but also more complex issues associated with the cumulative and in-combination effects of multiple offshore wind farms

So far, UK and Belgium have agreed to implement the new methodology

Demo D

3D navigation simulation near a wind farm…

Demo D

Real-time weather forecasts for highspeed crafts

Today, there is increasing passenger traffic with small and fast crafts, like catamarans

These crafts have speed limitations according to weather conditions and seastate

On a demo site in Norway, a buoy has been installed measuring waves- and current conditions and transmitting this information to the web by GSM technology

By using this information it is easier for the Captain to make informed decisions regarding routes or cancellation of the trip

Demo F

For more information…

www.safetyatsea.se

andre.kroneberg@kystverket.no

Appendix

Place of refuge

Place of refuge means a port, the part of a port or another protective berth or anchorage or any other sheltered area identified by a Member State for accommodating ships in distress

Member States, having consulted the parties concerned, shall draw up, taking into account relevant guidelines by IMO, plans to accommodate, in the waters under their jurisdiction, ships in distress

Source: Directive 2002/59/EC – “Traffic monitoring”

Demo C

1. A nautical review of potential places for refuge

Based on nautical and maritime condition exclusively Criteria and guidelines for such location

2. Technical and sector review - mapping of interest

Collection of data regarding environment, population and industry etc.

Sorting out the most critical areas

3. On-site inspections

Inspection of the remaining potential places4. Consequence assessment

A GIS-based ”NIMBY-analysis” (Not In My Back Yard) The locations are classified based on suitability and total

consequence

5. Consultation

• The proposals are distributed to the relevant parties and stakeholders (local communities etc.) for consultation and feedback

6. Conclusion

• The consequence assessment are handled in the County Councils and referred to the Coastal Administration

Integrated coastal zone planning(a draft New model for places of refuge)

Demo C