GOFREP (Gulf of Finland Reporting) System

1. GOFREP (Gulf of Finland Reporting)System Are Piel Head VTS Department Estonian Maritime Administration

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3. Covers ~ 30 000 km2 • Average depth ~ 37,5 m • Lots of shallows and underwater rocks • Constitutes ~ 5% of the Baltic Sea • The Gulf of Finland as a Sensitive Sea Area : • seashores and underwater ecosystems have been considered as beeing of high ecological value with a mixture of species found in oceans and freshwaters • the routes of the oil tankers cross seal breeding areas, and nesting and resting areas of migratory birds • important recreational areas for hundreds of thousands of people using the sea for boating, fishing, bird-watching etc. • millions of people cruisingwith high-class vessels between the capitals of the Baltic Sea • the sea is normally covered by ice100 days per year

4. 55 billioncubic metres gas per year

5. Finnish Valtion Teknillinen Tutkimuskeskus Finland Spread of oil spill (30 t) in average autumn weather Estonia

6. Port Calls (60 000 including west bound traffic) 25 000 same time 8,2 million per year (EE) 2006

7. 100 m 64 m

8. The Kazimah III: Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) with its length of 333 metres, width of 60 metres, draught of 22 metres and a deadweight tonnage of 317,000. Cargo 177 040 t in Tallinn.

9. Navigator of the Seas : Constructed at Aker Finnyards in Turku, Finland Length: 311.1 m (1,021 ft) Beam: 49.1 m (161 ft) Decks: 15 Speed: 22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph) Capacity: 3,114 passengers Crew: 1213 crew

12. Mission To prevent accidents at Sea To enhance marine environment protection To contribute to the safety of life at sea

13. Preconditions for GOFREP System • Economic development • Construction of new oil terminals • Increase of transportation of oil products and other chemical products • Increase of vessel traffic • HELCOM Copenhagen Declaration 10. September 2001Helsinki Commission (Baltic Marine Environment Protection) Estonia, Finland and Russia declared the preparedness to support a joint submission to IMO regarding the need for a new mandatory routeing and reporting system in the Gulf of Finland.

14. GOFREP Organisation Trilateral WG Strategy & Decision making Operational Sub-Committee Technical Sub-Committee Procedures, Technics Traffic Centres Personnel WG Problem analyses, ideas, brainstorming

15. GOFREP Mandatory Ship Reporting System in the Gulf of Finland Document of Joint Procedures Traffic Centres operator’s Manual DJP GOFREP Document of Joint Procedures • GOFREP • 1. July 2004 Version 2.0 (dated)

16. AIS, (Radar), VHF, Coverage Sillamäe

17. GOFREP System Full report Before departure or entering to the GOFREP area) Short report (Ch 61 or 81 reserv) Full report (Ch 61 or 81 reserv) GOFREP informatsion Based on full reports Made by AIS or VHF Sillamäe Sillamäe

18. St. Peterburg GOFREP Information Exchange Helsinki Short- Full- AIS (VHF) Reports XML file transfer Tallinn Violation reports +

19. General Operational Concept 1.To gather information (AIS data, traffic situation, weather, obstacles, dangerous goods...) 2. To distribute information to the ship masters to avoid collisions between ships, obstacles (shallow waters and rocks) 3. To monitorvessel traffic copmpliance with regulations 4. To respondadequately to emergency situations

20. Challenges/Lessons Harmonisation Safety Efficiency

21. IMO Mandatory Ship Reporting Systems

22. Harmonisation and Integration • SSN - Safe Sea Net (EMSA) • HWG – harmonisation working group • MARSUNO – Maritime Surveillance North • Vessel Traffic Monitoring and Information System layer

23. Expected Results • Harmonization of SRS, VTS and training – incl. regulations, procedures and quality measures - in order to • Reduce burden to ship masters, • Raise the quality of vessel traffic management and • Focus more on vessel traffic safety and environmental protection matters. • Share Best Practices - Better systematization, understanding and use of available information. - Better goal setting (S.M.A.R.T.)

24. Safety

25. Errors and Safety Statistically, millions of operational errors are made before a major safety breakdown occurs

26. Source: Icao Safety Management Concept Safety managementOn almost every voyage Flaps omitted Checklist works Effective warning Deviation Amplification Error Normal voyage

27. Filtering Errors To reduce an Error at the source of the error by reducing or eliminating the contributing factors • Benchmarking • (operators exchange) • - Effective incident reporting • (in/out) • - Inspection/quality control • (contradiction) • Training, working conditions • Organisation and working environment • Procedures, check-lists, regulations • Incident analyses & simulations To captuere an Error before it generates adverse consequences To increase anErrortolerance - the ability of the system to accept errors without serious consequences • Structure of water area • Systems, redundancy

28. Efficiency

29. Maritime Administration VTS & GoFREP Ministry of Economic Affairs & Communications Pilots Ministry of Environment Environmental Inspectorate Agents International Maritime Institutions HelCOM, IMO, IALA Ports MRCC Maritaime Police Politicians Border Guard Police Educational institutions Interested Parties & Interests Information Safety Environmental protection Effectiveness/Efficiency ....

30. Too much emphasis on effectiveness Effectiveness The job gets done, but... Efficiency ... limited resources are wasted Too much emphasis on efficiency Effectiveness Thejob does not get done, because... Efficiency ... available resources are underutilized Effectiveness The job gets done, and... Efficiency ... limited resources are not wasted Balanced emphasis on effectiveness and efficiency Balancing Efficiency & Effectiveness How to measure ?

31. Financial Ratios • Performance ratios • What return is the company making on its capital investment? • What are its profit margins? • Working capital ratios • How quickly are debts paid? • How many times is inventory turned? • Liquidity ratios • Can the company continue to pay its liabilities and debts? • Solvency ratios (Longer term) • What is the level of debt in relation to other assets and to equity? • Is the level of interest payable out of profits?

32. A Simple Balance Sheet of Business Entity It seems that a business entity is easier to measure than a state budgetary organisation Dividends Owners (State)

35. SSN - Safe Sea Net • SafeSeaNet enables the “receipt, storage, retrieval and exchange of information for the purpose of maritime safety, port and maritime security, marine environment protection and the efficiency of maritime traffic and maritime transport”.  • This information is gathered: • by Automatic Identification System (AIS) based position reports - which are sent by vessels and received by coastal stations • on notification messages (such as pre-arrival, ship’s voyage, HAZMAT and Incident Report notifications) sent by designated authorities in participating countries

36. HWG – Harmonization Working Group It is a forum where authorities and partners can discuss matters in relation to ship reporting systems and vessel traffic services and share best practice in order to make the Baltic Sea region and the Norwegian waters safer and give the shipping the feeling of one united sea area with the same level of service and procedures. HWGon Ship Reporting Systems (SRS) and Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) was established in 2007.

37. MARSUNO – Maritime Surveillance North MARSUNO – Maritime Surveillance North (2010 – 2011) The pilot project supports the policy process of the EuropeanCommission to create a Common Information Sharing Environmentfor the EU maritime domain. The MARSUNO project consists of 24 authorities from 10 countries. Work groups: • Integrated Border Management – Law Enforcement • Vessel Traffic Monitoring Information Systems • Maritime Pollution Response • Search and Rescue • Fisheries Control • Maritime Situational Awareness