Transnational Maritime Safety
Projects within European Maritime
Policy
Maritime Safety
Umbrella Operation
“Co-operating to create,
maintain and implement a
safer maritime environment”
Richard Hill
Maritime Safety
Co-ordinator
MSUO: The Goal
An INTERREG cross programme enhancement that
assists Maritime Safety projects by:
• Providing a European and International Network
for co-operation on maritime safety,
• Promoting project outcomes to establish Europe
and partners at the forefront of maritime safety
activity,
• Increasing project competence in maritime
safety by closing gaps in knowledge and
encouraging cooperation,
• Assisting programmes to become a collective
driving force for maritime safety on the European
and international agenda
Safety @Sea (NS)
NMC & NMCII
Save the North Sea
POWER
Forum Skagerrak
EMDI
Cycleau
COREPOINT
SAIL
FINESSE
MAYA II
MESH
DELTA
Safety @ Sea (NP)
Eurobaltic
Baltic MaSTER
COASTMAN
BALANCE
ASTRA
InterBaltic
Umbrella Outcomes
• Communication of Information
- between projects
- national, European and international level
• Project to Project Cooperation
- Prevention
- Preparedness and Response
- Integration
• Project Development
The Future
Project Development
2007-13
Maritime Coastal Areas
&
Motorways of the Sea
Hypothetical Model
Maritime Coastal Areas
Contribute to:
• Internal Market
Institutional
Preparedness
• economic
competitiveness
• balanced and
sustainable
development
• economic and social
cohesion
Motorways or the Sea
Linkages to INTERREG
Motorways of the Sea (TEN-T)
Transnational/ Cross-Border (2007-13)
Provide facilities and
infrastructure:
Integrated territorial development:
• Strategic level
• Strategic level
• Administration
• Water and coastal management;
• Information systems
• Improving accessibility,
advanced communications and
information technologies;
• Safety and security
measures
• Risk prevention, incl. maritime
safety;
• Network should connect at
least two ports in two
member states
• Encouraged bilateral maritime
co-operation (distance above
150 km) on a wider range of
topics
Resource & Activity Identification/ Monitoring
Port
Saltmarsh & Mudflat
(SPA, Ramsar, etc.)
Marina & Fishing Harbour
Amenity Beaches & Bathing Waters
Jetski & Windsurfing
Possible
Wind farm
Offshore fisheries
Sailing
Shipping Route
Seabird colony (SPA)
Sand and Gravel Extraction
Sensitive Marine Site (SAC)
Risk Assessment
Other Factors:
Seasonality (activity and weather)
Cargo type/ volume (pollution)
Operation Risks (fire, explosion,
crew error, structural failure)
Habitat Damage
Grounding & Collision
Amenity Loss
Stakeholder Conflict
Economic Loss
Collision
Wildlife Disturbance
Grounding
Loss of Life?
Risk Management & Prevention
Spatial and temporal zoning
Relocation
Rerouting
Traffic separation
Refuge Areas
(AIS & VTMS)
Institutional Preparedness
& Response
At Sea Response & SAR Plans
Port Oil Spill Preparedness
Shoreline Response Plans incl:
- habitat/ sensitivity mapping
- priorities
- protection strategy (booms)
- clean up strategy
- waste disposal
Future Project Goals
• “Strategy”: High level projects which deliver maritime safety
improvements
• “Eligibility” Ensure Interreg projects meet eligibility criteria of
Programmes (development and operational phases);
• “Compatibility” Use IMO, European and national sources
(conventions, directives, legislation, regulations and guidance),
as “starting point” to ensure compatibility of project with existing
maritime governance (http://www.imo.org/home.asp)
• “Responsibility” ensure Regional Organisations and “Competent
National Authorities”, European Authorities (e.g. OSPAR, HELCOM,
Bonn, MARPOL 73/78, OPRC 90, EMSA) are involved and / or kept
informed
Future Role of MSUO
1. Assist Project Development to ensure
“Strategy”, “Eligibility”, “Compatibility” and
“Responsibility”
2. Develop New PPCs in cooperation with
projects to provide and disseminate information
between projects & close gaps in knowledge
3. Disseminate outcomes International and
European levels (IMO, OSPAR, Bonn, HELCOM,
EMSA, etc.)
Marine/Coastal Area
Spatial Development
Continuous, pro-active and adaptive process of
resource management for sustainable development
of marine, sea and coastal areas.
The process provides a mechanism for bringing
together the multiplicity of users, stakeholders, and
decision-makers in order to secure more effective
ecosystem management whilst achieving economic
development.
Should seek to strengthen and harmonize sectoral
management and spatial planning using tools such
as: ICZM, EIA, Contingency Planning, etc.
Conclusion
• Share experience and outcomes to ensure a safer
marine environment with no duplication of effort
• Use MSUO to ensure ´Strategy, Eligibility,
Compatibility and Responsibility
• Develop new projects for the future (2007-2013)
• Link Proposed Projects to Risk
Assessment/Prevention (Maritime Safety) and
Management of Water & Coastal Areas (marine
policy) under new Programme
Contact
Richard Hill – Maritime Safety Co-ordinator
Email: crbrh@vibamt.dk
Website: www.maritime-safety.org
Address:
MSUO
co: InterregIIIB North Sea Programme
Jernbanegade 22
8800 Viborg
Denmark
Maritime Safety: A Definition
Activities that seek to save human
life, ensure the safety of ships and
cargo, protect the marine
environment and safeguard the
maritime economic and social
assets communities depend upon
Motorways of the Sea
Sea based transport routes that are a “real
competitive alternative to land transport” and which
contribute to the Trans European Transport Network
(TEN-T) as a major element in:
• implementing and developing the Internal
Market;
• economic competitiveness;
• balanced and sustainable development;
• re-enforcing economic and social cohesion,
and; ensuring interconnection and
interoperability.
Europe
Collision
30%
Loading/
Discharging
2%
Other/
unknown
9%
Groundings
32%
Fire &
Explosion
16%
Hull Failure
11%
Incidence of Spills >700 Tonnes by Cause 1970- 2004
Sources: ITOPF, IOPC Fund, CEDRE, Interreg Projects
Major Oil Spills Since 1967
Source: ITOPF
Project to Project Cooperation (PPC)
• Passenger Vessel Safety
• Available Maritime Data
• Risk Assessment and
Acceptance
• Information Technology
(modelling, monitoring and
GIS)
• AIS best practice
• Impact of Small Oil Spills
• Communication of
Information
• Themed Seminars
-Refuge Areas
-At Sea & Onshore Response
-Involving Stakeholders and
Decision-makers
• Training
• Protection Measures for
Motorways of the Sea
• Informing EU Maritime Policy
Tanker Routes &
Motorways of the Sea
Motorways of the Sea
Norwegian
Coast
200 tankers/ yr
Gulf of Bothnia
3000 tankers/ yr
Baltic:
160 million tonnesGulf
/ yr
of Finland
6300 tankers/ yr
Skagerrak
7500 tankers/ yr
(Aframax)
Dover Straits (NE only)
567 million tonnes/ yr
Straits of
Gibraltar
5000 tankers/ yr
Mediterranean:
700 million tonnes/yr
Bosphorus
5500 tankers/ yr
(Suezmax)
Suez Canal
2800 tankers/ yr
(Suezmax)