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Northern European Panel – HAMBURG 2009. MARINE ISSUES Fredrik Larsson Marine Manager. NEP – Hamburg 2009. PILOTAGE - Joint Pilotage User Group in the Danish Straits - Pilot ladders/boarding arrangement Electronic charts (ECDIS vs. ECS) Officer Attraction & Retention
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Northern European Panel – HAMBURG 2009 MARINE ISSUES Fredrik Larsson Marine Manager
NEP – Hamburg 2009 • PILOTAGE - Joint Pilotage User Group in the Danish Straits - Pilot ladders/boarding arrangement • Electronic charts (ECDIS vs. ECS) • Officer Attraction & Retention • Young Seafarers Focus Group • Crew accommodation standards - The ongoing revision of STCW
Joint Pilotage User Group in the Danish Straits • International Strait • Pilotage not mandatory • Danish Pilot Act • Transiting • Anchoring • Calling Danish ports • Sensitive environment • Navigational challenge • Congested • Shallow (16.5 - 15 m) • Strong currents • Poor radar targets
Joint Pilotage User Group in the Danish Straits Carrots and sticks: • MSC.Res.138(76) & SN.1/Circ.263 • Draft >11 m • Use of ECDIS www.lodstilsynet.dk (Danish Pilotage Authority) • Industry Best Practice • PSCA next port notified • Flag state notified • Owner/Charterer notified • Insurance • Charter Party clauses
Joint Pilotage User Group in the Danish Straits INTERTANKO Danish Straits Clauses Time & Voyage Time Charters "Where the vessel is to pass through the entrances to the Baltic Sea the vessel shall comply with the recommendations set out in the IMO Resolution MSC.138(76) adopted on 5 December 2002 as amended from time to time including the use of pilots for the passage. Charterers shall reimburse owners for any pilotage expenses incurred by compliance with these recommendations." Voyage Charters “Where the vessel is to pass through the entrances to the Baltic Sea the vessel shall comply with the recommendations set out in the IMO Resolution MSC.138(76) adopted on 5 December 2002 as amended from time to time including the use of pilots for the passage. Charterers shall reimburse owners for any pilotage expenses incurred by compliance with these recommendations on any ballast passage to a port of loading or on the laden passage unless such expenses have already been taken into account in the freight payable in accordance with the terms and conditions of Worldscale.” www.intertanko.com
Pilot ladders/boarding arrangements SOLAS V/23 IMO Res. A.889(21) ISO 799:2004 MSC/Circ. 568/Rev.1 • Major causes of accidents are defects in the ladder treads or side ropes or a lack of proper attachment of the ladder to the vessel. • During 2006 alone 8 Pilots died in accidents connected to boarding of vessels • Shipping companies have a legal obligation to provide a conforming ladder and ship-borne fittings. • Pilots have the right to: • - decline to board vessels offering defective ladders • - report defects in boarding ladders to port state control authorities
Ensure safe rigging Inspection Supervising rigging Training Compliance www.impahq.org Industry Safety Campaign
Considered dangerous by Pilots IMO requires steps of the ladder to rest against the ships side. Proposed changes to IMO instrument to widen the gap to 6 m. Rubbing Strakes/Sponsons
Pilot ladders/boarding arrangements Amendments to IMO Instruments? • All pilot ladders to be tagged for the purposes of inspection, survey and record keeping • Means to secure the lower platform (accommodation ladders) to the ships side • Banning mechanical pilot hoists • [6] m gap in rubbing strakes/sponsons • NAV SC to discuss further in 2009
Electronic charts (ECDIS vs. ECS) SOLAS Chapter V: • V/2 – Defines the nautical chart • V/19 – Specifies the equipment to be carried on different types of ships • V/27 – Specifies the requirement to keep charts & publications up to date
Navigational Charts SOLAS V/2: Nautical chart or nautical publication is a special-purpose map or book, or a specially compiled database from which such a map or book is derived, that is issued officially by or on the authority of a Government, authorized Hydrographic Office or other relevant government institution and is designed to meet the requirements of marine navigation. (Commonly referred to as “official charts and publications”)
Chart carriage requirement SOLAS V/19: All ships irrespective of size shall have: 19.2.1.4: nautical charts and nautical publications to plan and display the ship’s route for the intended voyage and to plot and monitor positions throughout the voyage; an Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) may be accepted as meeting the chart carriage requirements of this subparagraph; 19.2.1.5: back-up arrangements to meet the functional requirements of subparagraph 2.1.4, if this function is partly or fully fulfilled by electronic means;
Nautical information SOLAS V/27 Nautical charts and nautical publications, such as sailing directions, lists of lights, notices to mariners, tide tables and all other nautical publications necessary for the intended voyage, shall be adequate and up to date.
Meeting carriage requirements These requirements could either be met by: • Carriage of official* and up to date paper charts OR; • Carriage of a type-approved ECDIS using official* electronic charts such as ENC and/or RNC with an appropriate back-up arrangement. *Official Charts are charts issued by or on the authority of a Government (HO/Others). All other charts are by definition not official and are not accepted by SOLAS.
ENC: Electronic Navigational Chart Based on source data or official charts of the resp. HO Resp/Liability lies with the issuing HO RNC: Raster Navigational Chart Facsimile of official paper charts Resp/Liability lies with the issuing HO Official Electronic Charts
What is ECDIS? ECDIS equipment is specified in the IMO ECDIS Performance Standards (IMO Resolution A.817 (19)) as follows: “Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) means a navigation information system which, with adequate back up arrangements, can be accepted as complying with the up-to-date chart required by regulation V/19 & V/27 of the 1974 SOLAS Convention, by displaying selected information from a system electronic navigational chart (SENC) with positional information from navigation sensors to assist the mariner in route planning and route monitoring, and by displaying additional navigation-related information if required. “
You have an ECDIS when: Your system have been tested and approved, meeting the standards developed by: • IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) • IHO (International Hydrographic Organization) • IMO (International Maritime Organization) *Approval is normally conducted by recognized organisations or by marine classification societies nominated by Flag States
Back up requirements IMO Res MSC.232(82) as amended: • Facilities enabling a safe take-over of the ECDIS functions should be provided to ensure safe navigation in case of an ECDIS failure • Facilities enabling a safe take-over of the ECDIS functions should be provided in order to ensure that an ECDIS failure does not develop into a critical situation. This should include a timely transfer to the back-up system during critical navigation situations. • A back-up arrangement should provide means of safe navigation for the remaining part of a voyage in the case of an ECDIS failure. Common back-up options: • A second ECDIS, connected to an independent power supply and a separate GPS position input; or • An appropriate up to date folio of official paper charts for the intended voyage Paper less navigation? Consult your flag administration!
ECDIS Mode: “Vector mode” Using ENC data Back up: Paper charts; or Independent separate ECDIS RCDS Mode: “Raster mode” Using RNC data Back up: Paper charts The two ECDIS “Modes”
What is ECS? Electronic Chart System: • Any Electronic Chart System not being approved as ECDIS • Paper chart remains the official basis for navigation (SOLAS). • Ranges from vastly sophisticated systems to handheld systems
ECDIS – Soon mandatory! The proposed draft amendments will require ships engaged on international voyages to be fitted with an Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) as follows: - Tankers of 3,000 gross tonnage and upwards constructed on or after 1 July 2012; - Tankers of 3,000 gross tonnage and upwards constructed before 1 July 2012, not later than the first safety equipment survey* on or after 1 July 2015; Administrations may exempt ships from the application of the requirements above when such ships will be taken permanently out of service within two years after the implementation date specified. *The first safety equipment survey means the first annual survey, the first periodical survey or the first renewal survey for safety equipment, whichever is due first after the date specified.
ECDIS/ECS Training • Included in the revised STCW (2012) • If a ship is fitted with ECDIS, the shipowner has a duty to ensure that users of such a system are properly trained in the operation and use of electronic charts and are familiar with the shipboard equipment before using it operationally at sea. • If a ship has ECS fitted, the shipowner has a duty to ensure that users of such a system are properly trained in the operation and use of electronic charts, are aware of the limitations compared to ECDIS and are familiar with the shipboard equipment before using it operationally at sea.
Officer Attraction/Retention • Young Seafarers Focus Group • INTERTANKO & International Transport Federation (ITF) cooperating on establishing a focus group of young serving seafarers drawn from the various associations to articulate their particular concerns and to enable them to raise their issues to industry • The broad concept is for the focus group to: • Investigate and clearly establish the issues of concern for young seafarers themselves • Give a voice to young seafarers in the international regulatory environment • Generate positive publicity for seafarer issues • Meet with the IMO Secretary-General
Officer Attraction/Retention Accommodation Standards Human Element in Shipping Committee • Review of the Class standards available for accommodation conditions (ABS Habitability Guide and others) • Compare these standards with the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC 2006) with the aim of raising the bar as a best practice • Lighting • Vibration • Noise • Indoor Climate (Humidity, Temperature, Air Speed) • Age requirement
Officer Attraction/Retention Crew Communication • Home Comfort • Email access • Internet access (Broadband) • Private communication • Education • Security • Cost • “Best Practice”!
Revision of STCW Process began in 2006 • STCW = Minimum Standards • Excluding articles of the Convention • Ensure existing standards are not downscaled • Inconsistencies, outdated provisions, interpretations, IMO instructions and technological advances • Convention and Code • Short Sea shipping / Offshore industry Communication
Revision of STCW • Security Training (ISPS, SSO, Piracy, Ratings) • Standardised Medical Certification • Fire-fighting courses (Tankers, Ratings…) • BRM/ERM • Leadership skills for officers • Environmental Awareness • Electronic/Electro-technical officers • DCE competencies (Seatime) • ECDIS + Hyperbolic navigation • DP • Alcohol limits during watchkeeping and other shipboard duties • Work/Rest hours • Responsibility of Companies (Refresher training…) • GMDSS operators • LNG Training • Able Seafarer Deck/Engine & Training Requirements • Ice covered waters
NEP – Hamburg 2009 THANK YOU fredrik.larsson@intertanko.com