Priority Area on Maritime Safety and Security -

To become a leading region in maritime safety and

security

Sanna Sonninen

PAC, PA SAFE

Director, Finnish Transport Safety Agency Trafi

The region's safety and security environment will continue to experience significant changes during the coming years:

• Maritime traffic is expected to increase, thus increasing the risk of accidents and vulnerability to pollution.

Cooperation already exists, but should be strengthened to make the region a world-leader in maritime safety and security.

EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region

5.4 A safe and secure region

PA Safe,Priority Area on Maritime Safety & Security

• Denmark and Finland serve as Priority Area Coordinators (PACs) for the Strategy´s Priority Area on Maritime Safety and Security and have undertaken to initiate projects and maintain a policy dialogue on behalf of the eight EU Member States of the Baltic Sea Region.

• The actual work is jointly carried out by the Danish Maritime Authority and the Finnish Transport Safety Agency (Trafi).

Flagship Projects () = completed project

• Conduct a technical feasibility study on a Baltic Sea Coastguard Network (Baltic Sea Maritime Functionalities Network - BSMF)

• Become a pilot region for the integration of maritime surveillance systems (Maritime Surveillance in the Northern European Sea basins – MARSUNO)

• Become a pilot region for e-Navigation (Efficient, Safe and Sustainable Traffic at Sea - EfficienSea)

• Develop a plan to reduce the number of accidents in fisheries The Baltic Sea Regional Advisory Council is the lead agent (BSRAC).

• Minimizing the risk of transporting dangerous goods by sea(Minimizing risks of maritime oil transport by holistic safety strategies, MIMIC)

• Development of Shipping Routes and e-Navigation in the Baltic Sea (MONALISA)

PA SAFE portfolio of ongoing/nearly completed projects, new projects with identified lead agents and unfunded project proposals without a lead:

Flagship Projects continued..

• Speed up re-surveying of major shipping routes and portsThe dialogue on this project is conducted within HELCOM and the Baltic Sea Hydrographic Commission (regional structure of the IHO).

• NEW! Development of Shipping Routes and e-Navigation in the Baltic Sea (MONALISA 2)

• To create a centre for knowledge and innovation in the field of maritime safety and security (Baltic Maritime Science Park - BMSP)

• To Ensure Safe and Efficient Winter Navigation in the Baltic Sea(Winter Navigation and Motorways of the Sea, WINMOS)

• Conduct a formal risk assessment for LNG carriersLead partner is being searched for.

Potential new FS Projects:• FAMOS - Finalising Surveys for the Baltic Motorways of the Sea

• Vessel Triage - Categorization system describing the safety status of a distress vessel

• ENSI - Enhanced Navigation Support Information

Priority Area Coordinators

Danish Maritime Authority (DMA)Carl Jacobsens Vej 31, DK-2500 Valby, DenmarkMr Bjarke Wiehe Bøtcher, Chief Adviser, Priority Area Coordinatore-mail: bbt@dma.dk, tel. +45 3268 9597

Finnish Transport Safety Agency (TRAFI)P.O. Box 320, FI-00101, Helsinki, FinlandMs Sanna Sonninen,Director, Priority Area Coordinator e-mail: sanna.sonninen@trafi.fiTel. +358 40 829 9769

Thank you for your attention!

Further information:

http://www.balticsea-region-strategy.eu/

http://pa-safe.dma.dk