MACHC ECC Working Group 1 Report

Katie Ries, NOAA

MACHC-Electronic Chart CommitteeGoal: Demonstrate and facilitate the use of official electronic chart data for safe, efficient, and environmentally-sensitive maritime navigation.

Objectives:

Facilitate the production and use of ENCs and RNCs

Improve hydrographic capacity of coastal statesIdentify sources for acquiring equipment,

software, and trainingSpeed up ENC production for key ports & major

shipping routesIncrease awareness of benefits of using EC data

MACHC-Electronic Chart CommitteeChair: Katie Ries, USA (NOAA)

Technical Coordinator: Rafael Ponce

Two Working Groups:

MesoAmerican Capacity Building Pilot Project

Improve capacity building of coastal state hydrographic offices in a defined area

 Initial focus: The IADB-administered, GEF-funded Gulf of Honduras Project

 

ENC Production and Distribution 

Improve ENC coverage of the entire region in the short to medium term, production of ENC data by national hydrographic offices

Electronic Chart CommitteeWorking Group 1 – MesoAmerican Capacity

Building Pilot Project

Working GroupMembers:

GuatemalaHondurasBelizeMexicoUKUSA

Project Objective:

To reverse the degradation of the coastal and marine ecosystems within the Gulf of Honduras by enhancing the prevention and control from maritime transport-related pollution in the major ports and navigation lanes, improving navigational safety to avoid groundings and spills, and reducing land-based sources of pollution draining into the Gulf.

Environmental Protection and Maritime Transport Pollution Control

Gulf of Honduras Project

Component 1: Building regional capacity for maritime and land-based pollution control.

Component 2: Building the information base for the Strategic Action Plan.

Component 3: Enhancing navigational safety in shipping lanes.

Component 4: Improving environmental management and hazard reduction in network of five ports within the Gulf of Honduras

Environmental Protection and Maritime Transport Pollution Control

Gulf of Honduras Project

Component 3: Enhancing navigational safety in shipping lanes

Focuses on improving the hydrographic and oceanographic cooperation in the region to both prevent and prepare for groundings and spills in the Gulf related to marine transportation operations

(references active collaboration with MACHC)

Environmental Protection and Maritime Transport Pollution Control

Gulf of Honduras Project

Gulf of Honduras Project and MACHC Involvement

Making the case for Hydrography

Regional hydrographic capacity analysis

Active involvement in the Puerto Barrio, Belize City, and Tegucigalpa project preparation meetings

Input in the project’s final design

Commitment to develop and help execute the hydrographic implementation plan

Components of Hydrographic Activity Implementation Plan

1. Executive Summary

2. Action Plan

3. Budget

Gulf of Honduras / MACHC 2009 ActivitiesEquipment delivered to countries

December 2008 –January 2009

NOAA Hydrographic Training conducted with representatives of 3 GoH countries (Norfolk, VA)February 2009

In-country hydrographic training for 3 GoH countriesFebruary-March 2009

Progress ReportGulf of Honduras 2009 Training

LCDR Chris van Westendorp, NOAAElliott Arroyo, NAVOCEANO

Belize Lessons Learned (Phase 1 Training)

Logistics planningVehicle availabilityBNCG detainment

duties

Equipment Deployment / Control

Troubleshooting methodology

Belize (continued)(Phase 1 Training)

In-survey plan modification

Emergency / safety planningCoxswain and Hydrographer duties / communication

Honduras:Basic needs for successful program

Vessel dedicated for hydrographic surveyAssigned survey personnel (i.e. electronics

technician)Permanently installed vessel hydrographic

equipmentIncreased IT proficiency (i.e. basic Microsoft

operations)Coxswain proficiency for driving survey linesCulture: Basic survey needs and logistics (i.e.

not typical office hours)

X

X

(Trainer assessment from Phase 1 Training)

Guatemala:Basic needs for successful program

X

XX

Vessel dedicated for hydrographic surveyAssigned survey personnel (i.e. electronics

technician)Permanently installed vessel hydrographic

equipmentIncreased IT proficiency (i.e. basic Microsoft

operations)Coxswain proficiency for driving survey linesCulture: Basic survey needs and logistics (i.e.

not typical office hours)

(Trainer assessment from Phase 1 Training)

Plans for Phase 2 Training(All Countries)Conduct Quality Assurance Checks

Reference from 2009 trainingConduct a Field Hydrographic Survey to IHO

StandardsCollect dataProcess dataConduct quality assurance

Be ready/able to transmit survey deliverables to UKHO for chart updates

Customized Phase 2 Training(Belize)Practice basic surveying principles

Side scan / single beam echosounder acquisition / analysis

Data post-processingTides

Calculate tidal datums from time series data & compare with existing vertical control network information

Practice benchmark network establishment / leveling

Customized Phase 2 Training(Honduras)Practice & Theory: Sidescan Sonar

Operation / data collection / analysisTarget detection & interpretation

TidesBottom to top review

GeodesyUsing dual-frequency receiverEstablishing geodetic control pointLinking horizontal / vertical control networks

Customized Phase 2 Training:(Guatemala)Survey Planning

100% versus 200% coverageHarbor versus Approaches

Boat operations & safetySteering survey lines (coxswain training)Single beam / side scan sonar acquisition and

processing operations Hypack / ImagenexBathymetry & Target analysis / investigation

Action Items…Travel arrangements communicated to IHO

Bureau for Phase 2 training: 30 November 2009GoH country representatives participating in

NOAA February 2010 Hydrotraining (Belize / Guatemala / Honduras)

2010 In-country trainers (NOAA/Navy hydrographers) Honduras: 11-25 April 2010 Guatemala: 25 April – 9 May 2010 Belize: 28 February – 14 March 2010

Action items (cont)…GoH countries identify one (1) English-

speaking participant for NOAA February 2010 Hydrotraining: 23 November 2009Introductory hydrography course (not for

experienced or prior-trained personnel)

NOAA / GoH Project send letter to GoH countries: 11 November 2009Invitation to NOAA February 2010

HydrotrainingAnnouncement of intent for in-country Phase 2

training

Action items (cont)…NOAA / Navy explore possibility of focused

tide station installation and water level analysis training and/or support: 31 January 2010

GoH countries ensure preparations made for in-country training: Prior to NOAA/Navy trainer arrivalVessel & personnelEquipment installation

Action items (cont)…GoH countries to document hydrographic

activity in-kind contributions using format provided by GoH Project Director: 31 December 2009

GoH countries produce progress report and results of Phase 1 Training for MACHC Chair to submit to IHO CBC: 31 January 2010

Action items (cont)…GoH countries and ECC WG1 Chair generate

& submit request throuch MACHC Chair for 2011 hydrographic training & support from IHO CBC: 15 March 2010

Questions…

Electronic Chart Committee

Report on ECC Working Group 2: ENC Production

Drivers to Regional ENC Coverage 30 % of world’s oil cargo transits the region.

Substantial proportion (0ver 50%) of the world’s cruise ships operate within the region.

Panama Canal expansion in 2014 expected to substantially increase its capacity from 6.6 million in 2010 to 8.4 million TEUs in 2015.

…IMO has passed mandatory carriage requirements for ECDIS for new tankers and cruise ships, …by 2012.

…IHO Member States should provide adequate coverage, availability, consistency and quality of ENCs by 2010.

RecommendationsAchieve adequate regional ENC coverage

by Dec-2010Utilize the medium scale INT Scheme as

baseline for adequate medium scale ENC coverage (usage bands 2/3).

Identify production status/gapsConsider producing medium scale ENCs

before medium scale INT charts.

Recommendations (cont)

Establish a plan with POCs for completing coverage and developing a regional ENC scheme including formalized progress updates.

Coordinate closely with the ICC to harmonize efforts

Encourage neighboring MS establish bilateral agreement on production responsibilities

Synchronize reporting with MACHC Chair, IHB and MACHC INT CC

MACHC ENC Data POCs• Brazil (Wesley

Cavaleiro)• Colombia

(Dagoberto David)• France (Yves

Guillam)• Netherlands

(Erwin Woomgoor)• UK (Phil Parker)• USA (Craig Winn)

• Cuba (TBD)• Mexico (Hugo

Cardenas)• Venezuela (Cap.

de Corb. Degoveia)

• Add RENC Representatives to this group—IC/ENC