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International Regulations to improve Maritime safety to avoid oil spills

International Regulations to improve Maritime safety to avoid oil spills. 29 August 2011 Dr Anita Mäkinen Finnish Transport Safety Agency. Increasing international shipping. At every moment > 2000 vessels trafficking in the Baltic Sea.

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International Regulations to improve Maritime safety to avoid oil spills

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  1. International Regulations to improveMaritimesafety to avoidoilspills 29 August 2011 Dr Anita Mäkinen Finnish Transport Safety Agency

  2. Increasing international shipping At every moment > 2000 vessels trafficking in the Baltic Sea

  3. Oil shipping in the Gulf of Finland > 150 million tonnes /year

  4. 2009 • Number of ships, Number of ships crossing AIS fixed lines in the Baltic Sea according to the type of the vessels, 2009.

  5. Helsinki Convention, 1974/1992 HELCOM Recom-mendations IMO International Law of the Seas, UNCLOS MARPOL 73/78 Convention SOLAS STCW OPRC, CLC EU Directives EU Regulations: Strategy for the BalticSea Region National Legislation Shipping is international activity – and alsoregulatedInternationally

  6. International MaritimeOrganization (IMO) • In 1948 an international conference in Geneva adopted a convention formally establishing IMO • The Purposes of IMO • to provide machinery for cooperation among Governments in the field of governmental regulation and practices relating to technical matters of all kinds affecting shipping engaged in international trade • to encourage and facilitate the general adoption of the highest practicable standards in matters concerning maritime safety, efficiency of navigation and prevention and control of marine pollution from ships". • The Organization is also empowered to deal with administrative and legal matters related to these purposes. IMO Headquartes, Albert Embankment, Lontoo. www.imo.org source: IMO

  7. The most important IMO Conventions • International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, SOLAS • International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ship, MARPOL • International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, STCW

  8. International Conventions on OilPollutionPreparedness, Response and Compensation A. International Convention on OilPollutionPreparedness, Response and Co-operation (OPRC) Parties to the OPRC convention are required to establish measures for dealing with pollution incidents, either nationally or in co-operation with other countries. Ships are required to carry a shipboard oil pollution emergency plan, the to be developed by IMO. Operators of offshore units under the jurisdiction of Parties are also required to have oil pollution emergency plans or similar arrangements which must be co-ordinated with national systems for responding promptly and effectively to oil pollution incidents. B. International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage (CLC) The Civil Liability Convention was adopted to ensure that adequate compensation is available to persons who suffer oil pollution damage resulting from maritime casualties involving oil-carrying ships.   C. International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage (FUND) The 1969 Brussels Conference considered a compromise proposal to establish an international fund, to be subscribed to by the cargo interests, which would be available for the dual purpose of, relieving the shipowner of the burden by the requirements of the new convention and, providing additional compensation to the victims of pollution damage in cases where compensation under the 1969 Civil Liability Convention was either inadequate or unobtainable. source: IMO

  9. DIRECTIVES AND REGULATIONS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION • Directives • Directive 2009/21/EC “Compliance with flag State requirements” • Monitoring Directive 2002/59/EC (the 'VTM Directive) with amending acts • Directive 2011/15/EU • Regulations • Regulation (EC) No 417/2002 and No 1726/2003 on the phasing out of single-hull tankers • The directives and regulations of the European Union supplement the IMO regulations

  10. Not only Regulations • In spite of the numerous Regulations enforced we do have shipping accidents in the Baltic Sea. • According to HELCOM statistics 105 shipping accidents (10 of oil spill) happened in 2009. • Thus, operative collaboration such as GOFREP in the Gulf of Finland is needed. • Furthermore, we do have Helcoms Baltic Sea Action Plan and • EU´s Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, which are both good forum for collaboration Baltic wide among all Baltic Sea to enhance Maritime and Environmental Safety.

  11. THE EU STRATEGY FOR THE BALTIC SEA REGION A SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT AND OPTIMAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT • To make the BalticSeaRegion a safe and secureplace • To make the BalticSeaRegion a prosperousplace • To make the BalticSeaRegion an accessible and attractiveplace • To make the BalticSeaRegion an environmental-lysustainableplace • IMPLEMENTATION THROUGH 15 • PRIORITY AREAS

  12. COORDINATION OF PRIORITY AREAS PL/FI DE SE DK DK TO REDUCE NUTRIENT INPUTS TO PRESERVE BIO- DIVERSITY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES CLEAN SHIPPING CLIMATE CHANGE FI y) EE SE/PL DK LV INTERNAL MARKET HINDRANCES RESEARCH AND INNOVATION ENTREPRENEUR- SHIP, SME’S, HUMAN RESOURCES SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & FISHERIES ENERGY MARKETS LT FI/DK DK FI DE x) TRANSPORT LINKS EDUCATION, TOURISM & HEALTH MARITIME SAFETY & SECURITY PROTECTION FROM MAJOR EMERGENCIES CROSS BORDER CRIME x) =DE/Mecklenburg-Vorpommern /NDPHS y) = fisheries coordinated by SE 9.11.2014 12

  13. Priorityarea 13: To become a leading region in maritime safety and security (PA13) Flagshipprojects: For example a) MONALISA – project; leadSwedishMaritimeAdministration develops Motorways of the Sea,containseco‐efficiente‐navigationsolutions b) “Efficient, Safe and Sustainable Traffic at Sea (abbreviated EfficienSea)- project; LeadDanishMaritimeSafetyAdministration; • 16 partners from Estonia, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Poland and Sweden Among the objectives of the EfficienSea project, it is worth highlighting the work on modelling dynamic risk [which will improve possibilities for traffic surveillance services to distinguish high risk traffic] • the work on improved data exchange and data content of marine and maritime information; • the development of a proto type for so-called e-Navigation and the testing of this in the Baltic Sea; aimed at providing more accurate information for navigation while reducing information complexity; • the work on improving the attractiveness of the maritime sector as a career choice for young people

  14. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EU STRATEGY FOR THE BALTIC SEA REGION • Requires common policies • Instruments and • Funding at the EU level • International actions and cooperations. • The Strategy is under revision – • it is time to act now!

  15. Thankyou for yourattention! • anita.makinen@trafi.fi

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