Baltic Sea Sub-area Co-ordinator

BALTICO SwedenBALTICO Sweden

presentation at the

B lti M tiBaltico MeetingGdynia

22-23 June 2010

MissionThe BALTICO-office at the Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA), Hydrographic Office, is acting as:

- Baltic Sea Sub-area co-ordinatorN ti l di t f S d

acting as:

- National co-ordinator of Sweden- NAVTEX co-ordinator for the Baltic Sea

Sub-areaSub area- Editor of the Swedish NtM- Co-ordinator for the updating service of

Swedish ENC and paper charts

Navigational Warnings from Baltic Sea NationsBALTICO receives navigational warnings from all National Co-ordinators in the Baltic Sea Sub-area. The duty officer at Baltico evaluates the received warnings as follows:

- is the message dealing with the originators national waters

- have the same or related information been received before from an other nation or source

- is the warning appropriate for Navtex

- if yes, does the warning need immediate broadcast on Navtex or could it wait until scheduled time

- which Navtex-transmitter shall be used

- could the text be shortened before transmission on Navtex, without changing the meaning

- is additional information needed from the originator

- is the warning rather a Baltic Sea Navigational W i h i l iWarning than a national warning

- is the warning a supposed Navarea warning and consequently need to be sent to Navarea One Co-ordinator

- should the information be included in Notices to Mariners

- should the information be forwarded to other Swedish or foreign authorities

Action is taken in accordance with these assessmentsassessments.

Report from ships

Hazards, incidents and observations at sea inside the Swedish EEZ-limit, which may be subject to a Navigational Warning (or other action to avoid accidents), g g ( ),shall be reported to BALTICO / MSI SWEDEN as follows:

VHF Call MSI SWEDEN orSTOCKHOLMRADIO on channel 16 or traffic channels as shown in the following map

Telephone +46 11 19 10 45or020 33 11 66 (H24 - Free of charge in ( gSweden)

MSI SWEDEN is performing all trans-p gmissions of MSI in Swedish waters on VHF, MF and NAVTEX, with exception of NAVTEX in the U-area.

STOCKHOLMRADIO is keeping a continuous watch on VHF Ch 16 as well as VHF traffic channels and MF.

During summertime (May – October) three daily shipping forecast for Swedish coastal waters is transmitted on VHF.

MSI SWEDEN is operating the stations I, J and H.

TALLIN RADIO is operating the station U

StatisticsNumber of warnings Number of warnings % on

sent to BALTICO transmitted on NAVTEX NAVTEX

2008Sweden 484 97 20Finland 15 13 87Russia, Petersb. 19 16 84Russia Kaliningr 32 32 100Russia, Kaliningr. 32 32 100Estonia 9 5 56Latvia 23 22 96Lithuania 44 34 77Poland 87 72 83G 103 71 69Germany 103 71 69Denmark 314 105 33TOTAL 1130 467 41

2009Sweden 456 97 21Finland 30 28 93Russia, Petersb. 29 29 100Russia, Kaliningr. 49 49 100Estonia 6 3 50Estonia 6 3 50Latvia 29 24 83Lithuania 30 27 90Poland 72 70 97Germany 86 73 85Denmark 311 98 32Denmark 311 98 32TOTAL 1098 498 45

Contact :

Tel: +46 11 19 10 45 h24020 33 11 66 h24 (free of charge for calls from Sweden)

Fax: +46 11 23 89 45 office hours

e-mail: ntm.baltico@sjofartsverket.se office hoursmsi@sjofartsverket.se after office hours

VHF: 16 and traffic channels via Stockholmradio

Postal: Swedish Maritime AdministrationBALTICOSE-601 78 NorrköpingSWEDEN

Web: http://www.sjofartsverket.se/baltico