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Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission
Expert Working Group for Mutual Exchange and Deliveries of AIS & Data Tallinn, Estonia, 12-13 June 2018
AIS EWG 29-2018
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Document title Outcome of HELCOM MARITIME 17-2017
Code 2-2
Category INF
Agenda Item 2 – Matters arising from other HELCOM meetings
Submission date 15.05.2018
Submitted by Secretariat
Reference
Background
The 17th Meeting of the HELCOM Maritime Working Group (MARITIME 17-2017) was held on 10-12 October 2017 in St. Petersburg, Russia, in accordance with the decision of HELCOM MARITIME 16-2016 and HOD 51-2016. The Outcome of the Meeting is set out in the Annex to this document.
Action requested The Meeting is invited to take note of the information contained in this document.
Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission
Maritime Working Group St. Petersburg, Russia, 10-12 October 2017
MARITIME 17-2017
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OUTCOME OF THE 17TH MEETING OF THE MARITIME WORKING GROUP (MARITIME 17-2017)
Table of Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….2
Agenda Item 1 Adoption of the Agenda ................................................................................................ 2
Agenda Item 2 Matters arising from HELCOM meetings ....................................................................... 2
Agenda Item 3 Ballast water .................................................................................................................. 4
Agenda Item 4 Airborne emissions from ships and related measures .................................................. 5
Agenda Item 5 Sewage discharges from ships and port reception facilities ......................................... 7
Agenda Item 6 Other ship-generated wastes and port reception facilities (including marine litter) ... 8
Agenda Item 7 Anti-fouling systems .................................................................................................... 10
Agenda Item 8 Detection, investigation and prosecution of offenders of anti-pollution regulations 10
Agenda Item 9 Safety of navigation and related matters .................................................................... 10
Agenda Item 10 HELCOM publications, implementation and reporting ............................................... 11
Agenda Item 11 Activities within other organizations and initiatives ................................................... 12
Agenda Item 12 Any other business ...................................................................................................... 13
Agenda Item 13 Election of Chair and Vice-Chairs ................................................................................. 13
Agenda Item 14 Future work and meetings .......................................................................................... 13
Agenda Item 15 Outcome of the Meeting ............................................................................................. 14
Annex 1 List of Participants…………………………………………………………………………………………………..15
Annex 2 Speech by the Chair and proposal on the use of the Baltic Sea Fund Prize
2017 money………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…18
Annex 3 Work Plan of the sub-group Green Technology and Alternative Fuels for
Shipping (GREEN TEAM) in 2018-2019…………………………………………………………………….20
Annex 4 Work Plan for 2016-2018 of the Cooperation Platform on Special Area
According to MARPOL Annex IV………………………………………………………………………………22
Annex 5 Proposal for revision of HELCOM RECOMMENDATION 34E/2……………………………….…23
Annex 6 Proposal for revision of HELCOM Recommendation 19/10………………………………….…..25
Annex 7 Proposal for revision of HELCOM Recommendation 10/11………………………………………27
Annex 8 Contact addresses of the HELCOM Maritime Working Group………………………………….28
Annex 9 Work Plan for the HELCOM Maritime Working Group 2016-2018……………………………33
List of Documents ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..37
List of Presentations ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..38
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OUTCOME OF THE 17TH MEETING OF THE MARITIME WORKING GROUP (MARITIME 17-2017)
Introduction
0.1 The 17th Meeting of the HELCOM Maritime Working Group (MARITIME 17-2017) was held on 10-12 October 2017 in St. Petersburg, Russia, in accordance with the decision of HELCOM MARITIME 16-2016 and HOD 51-2016.
0.2 The Meeting was attended by Delegations from all the Contracting Parties to the Helsinki Convention except Lithuania, and by Observers from Coalition Clean Baltic (CCB), Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), and European Sea Ports Organization (ESPO). The Meeting noted the regrets and apologies by INTERTANKO for not being able to be represented. Ms. Ditte Folke Kikkert Henriksen, representing PA Ship and PA Safe of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region participated as an invited guest. The List of Participants is contained in Annex 1.
0.3 Mr. Yuri Kostin, Deputy Head of the Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transport, opened the Meeting and welcomed the participants to St. Petersburg and wished the participants a fruitful Meeting.
0.4 Mr. Nikolay Glebov, Principal Vice-Rector of the Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland Shipping welcomed the participants to the premises of the University and wished the participants pleasant and productive days.
0.5 The Meeting was chaired by the Chair of HELCOM MARITIME, Ms. Anna Petersson, Sweden. In her welcoming address the Chair thanked the Russian Federation for hosting the Meeting and for the excellent facilities.
0.6 Mr. Jorma Kämäräinen, Finland, and Ms. Natalia Kutaeva, Russia, the Vice-Chairs of HELCOM MARITIME, acted as Vice-Chairs of the Meeting. Mr. Hermanni Backer, Professional Secretary, acted as secretary of the Meeting assisted by Ms. Teija-Liisa Lehtinen, Professional Assistant and Mr. Alexey Bakhtov, Project Researcher (EnviSuM).
Agenda Item 1 Adoption of the Agenda
Documents: 1-1, 1-2
1.1 The Meeting adopted the Agenda as contained in document 1-1.
Agenda Item 2 Matters arising from HELCOM meetings
Documents: 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4
2.1 The Meeting took note that the HELCOM Maritime Working Group was awarded the Baltic Sea Fund Prize 2017 for its work to reduce pollution from maritime traffic in the Baltic Sea (document 2-1).
2.2 The Meeting took note of the speech of the Chair on the Baltic Sea Fund Prize and the plans for spending the prize money as included in Annex 2.
2.3 The Meeting took note of the outcome of HELCOM 38-2017 high-level segment: “HELCOM’s Implementation Outlook of the Ocean-related SDGs in the Baltic Sea - A Roadmap to Agenda 2030 (HELCOM-A2030)” (document 2-2).
2.4 The Meeting took note that the report submitted to HELCOM 38-2017 “Measuring progress for the same targets – HELCOM and UN Sustainable Development Goals” will serve as the 2016 HELCOM
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activities report, marking ten years of implementation of the Baltic Sea Action Plan (c.f. Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings No. 150).
2.5 The Meeting took note of the information on the outcomes of recent HELCOM meetings (document 2-3), particularly discussions at the Heads of Delegation and Helsinki Commission meetings:
Preparations for the next HELCOM Ministerial Meeting, planned to take place 6 March 2018 in Brussels, hosted by the EU Commissioner Karmenu Vella on behalf of the HELCOM EU presidency are well underway with discussions on the contents carried out during HOD 51-2016 (December 2016, Helsinki), HELCOM 38-2017 (March 2017, Helsinki), HOD 52-2017 (June 2017, Brussels), HOD 52A-2017 (September 2017, Online).
The drafting of the Ministerial Declaration for the HELCOM Ministerial Meeting 2018 is carried out under four main themes with dedicated leads: Theme 1 – Reflecting the current state, pressures and impacts on the Baltic Sea, led by Finland; Theme 2 – Renewing the Baltic Sea Action Plan beyond 2021 and towards 2030, led by the EU; Theme 3 – Enhancing economic and social analysis and innovation to implement ecosystem approach, led by the Secretariat; Theme 4 – Implementing SDGs and regional ocean governance, led by Sweden.
An online HOD meeting to be organized on 13 November 2017 and HOD 53-2017 (December 2017, Helsinki) will consider further the drafting of the Declaration.
The designation and regional follow-up of the Baltic Sea NECA status was presented at, and submitted as a HELCOM voluntary commitment (Ocean Action 15614) to the 2017 UN Oceans Conference, which convened at the UN Headquarters in New York on 5-9 June 2017 with Sweden and Fiji as leads.
The first version of the ‘State of the Baltic Sea’ report (HOLAS II) has been released on 11 July 2017 in both pdf publication and website (www.stateofthebalticsea.helcom.fi) format, and there is ongoing work related to a regional consultation and forthcoming update of the assessment by June 2018.
2.6 The Meeting discussed specific issues emerging from HOD and the meetings of sub-groups of HELCOM MARITIME under relevant Agenda Items (c.f. material under other Agenda Items).
2.7 The Meeting took note that the 22nd Meeting of the Response Working Group (RESPONSE 22-2016) was held on 8-10 November 2016 in Riga, Latvia and that RESPONSE 23-2017 was held on 14-16 June 2017 in Helsinki, Finland. The RESPONSE 24-2018 meeting will take place on 10-12 April 2018 in Klaipeda, Lithuania.
2.8 The Meeting took note that the Fifth Meeting of the HELCOM Expert Group on environmental risks of hazardous submerged objects (SUBMERGED 5-2016) was held in Helsinki, Finland, 4-5 October 2016.
2.9 The Meeting took note that the HELCOM BALEX DELTA 2017 exercise was carried out in August 2017 in Kaliningrad Russia, where sixteen ships and three helicopters from five Baltic coastal states formed the HELCOM fleet, simulating a real-time search and rescue operation and an oil spill response.
2.10 The Meeting took note that the HELCOM BALEX DELTA 2018 exercise to be carried out in August 2018 in Karlskrona, Sweden, will be a larger exercise as it is supported by the Balex Delta 2018 project partly funded from the EU DG ECHO exercise call.
2.11 The Meeting took note that the HELCOM-led OPENRISK project is working in 2017-2018 to develop methodology for maritime risk assessments to enable regional organizations such as HELCOM to carry out regular risk assessments using a common and transparent methodology.
2.12 The Meeting took note that the 13th Meeting of the Joint HELCOM-VASAB Maritime Spatial Planning Working Group (HELCOM-VASAB MSP WG 13-2016) was held on 24-25 November 2016 in Riga, Latvia and that HELCOM-VASAB MSP WG 14-2017 was held on 10-11 May 2017 in Stockholm, Sweden.
2.13 The Meeting took note of the Recommendations from the Baltic SCOPE (2015-17), a completed regional MSP project led by Sweden (document 2-4).
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Agenda Item 3 Ballast water
Documents: 3-1, 3-2, 3-3
Ratification and implementation of BWM Convention
3.1 The Meeting recalled that the 2004 IMO Ballast Water Management Convention (BWMC) entered into force on 8 September 2017.
3.2 The Meeting took note that HOD 51-2016 (Helsinki, Finland, 14-15 December 2016) approved the regional Baltic Sea plan for harmonized ratification and implementation for the 2004 IMO Ballast Water Management Convention (BWMC).
3.3 The Meeting took note of the following information on national ratification progress from those HELCOM Contracting Parties which have not yet ratified the BWMC:
Estonia has an ongoing national process aiming at ratification.
Latvia has an ongoing national process aiming at ratification.
Poland will submit the instrument of ratification to the Secretary General of IMO in the beginning of 2018 and is in the process of revising national legislation.
3.4 The Meeting took note that HELCOM 38-2017 (Helsinki, Finland, 28 February - 1 March 2017) adopted the Terms of Reference for the Joint HELCOM/OSPAR Task Group on Ballast Water Management Convention Exemptions (HELCOM-OSPAR TG BALLAST), 2017-2020.
3.5 The Meeting took note that the Seventh Meeting of the Joint HELCOM-OSPAR Task Group on Ballast Water Management Convention Exemptions (HELCOM-OSPAR TG BALLAST 7-2016) was held on 29-30 November 2016 in Brussels, Belgium and that the next meeting of TG BALLAST (8-2017) will take place on 16-17 November 2017 in Helsinki, Finland.
3.6 The Meeting took note of the successful Interreg Baltic Sea Region Project application COMPLETE (Completing management options in the Baltic Sea Region to reduce risk of invasive species introduction by shipping). The project, with HELCOM participation, will be implemented during October 2017-October 2020 (document 3-3 and presentation 1 by Ms. Susanne Heitmüller on behalf of Ms. Katja Broeg).
3.7 The Meeting suggested that the tasks of the ad hoc Correspondence Group on Ballast Water Management (CG BALLAST), re-established at MARITIME 16-2016, can be partly covered in substance by upcoming activities of the COMPLETE project, and decided to discontinue CG BALLAST, pending the confirmation from the Chair of the CG. If needed, the CG could be re-established at MARITIME 18-2018.
3.8 The Meeting requested the Co-Chairs of TG BALLAST to consider whether some of the work in the ToRs of CG BALLAST could be covered by the sub-group.
Regionally harmonised A-4 exemptions and related risk assessments
3.9 The Meeting took note that during spring 2017 the Co-Chairs of TG BALLAST have engaged the sub-group members in extensive consultations on the revision needs of the HELCOM OSPAR Joint Harmonized Procedure on exemptions (JHP) and that the Co-Chairs are currently drafting revision proposals for submission to the upcoming TG BALLAST 8-2017 meeting in Helsinki, Finland.
3.10 The Meeting took note of information by Finland on the progress and status of work within the Expert Group established by MARITIME 16-2016 under the MARITIME WG with the task to continuously update the Baltic Sea target species list for the JHP risk assessment (presentation 2 by Mr. Ville-Veikko Intovuori on behalf of Ms. Maiju Lehtiniemi), including the outcome of discussions so far:
Pathogens like Vibrio cholerae, Escherichia coli should be added to the target species list but as they are present in almost all harbors, there should be a quantitative limit for them, definitely not only present/absent like for the other species in the Baltic Sea target species list.
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Certain already widely spread species in the Baltic Sea should be deleted from the list, e.g. Cercopagis pengoi.
Marenzelleria neglecta cannot be on species level in the list as these polychaetes will be identified in port samplings on genus level (including all Marenzelleria species in the Baltic: M. neglecta, M. arctia, M. viridis).
Work continues and updating of the Baltic Sea target species list will be one of the aims in the new project COMPLETE.
Other BWM related activities
3.11 The Meeting took note of the Literature Review of the Indicative Ballast Water Analysis Methods submitted by Finland (document 3-2) including the following overall conclusions:
Three different methods - PAM (Pulse Amplitude Modulation fluorometry), ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate) and FRR (Fast Repetition Rate fluorometry) - were found to be best suited for the conditions in Finland and the Baltic Sea, based on overall reliability and user-friendliness, the time required for obtaining the results as well as the procurement and operating costs.
Each of the studied methods has its own advantages. Accordingly, the best way to conduct the indicative sampling would be to use the PAM and ATP methods together. The advantage of such a combination is that all organism categories described in the Convention could be analysed and, at the same time, test results would be more reliable.
The final report of the study can be downloaded from this link.
The study has been submitted to IMO MEPC and will be submitted in the future also to the Paris MoU on Port State Control.
3.12 The Meeting thanked Finland for sharing the results of the literature study, encouraged further field tests of the methods and highlighted that the field of ballast water sampling is developing rapidly and several emerging methods might be viable in the future.
3.13 The Meeting took note of the information from Denmark that there is intensive ongoing work to implement port monitoring in Danish ports and that the Danish shipowners have been asked by the national Administration to inform on their intent to apply for exemptions.
3.14 The Meeting took note that a joint Danish-Swedish study on the application of the Same Risk Area concept in shared sea areas will likely be available in June 2018.
3.15 The Meeting welcomed the information that the German national implementation documents on the BWMC have been translated into English and are available via the internet for interested parties.
Agenda Item 4 Airborne emissions from ships and related measures
Documents: 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-4-WP.1
Airborne emissions form ships
4.1 The Meeting took note of information on emissions from Baltic Sea shipping in 2016 submitted by Finland (document 4-3).
4.2 The Meeting took note that on page 4 of document 4-3 the year “2015” in the title of the table should be corrected to “2016”.
4.3 The Meeting took note that the estimates are based on advanced ship specific modelling using AIS messages from the HELCOM AIS network and ship details.
4.4 The Meeting took note that in several Baltic Sea countries the SOx concentrations measured in coastal areas have dropped significantly in coastal monitoring stations since 2014.
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4.5 The Meeting took note of the question by CLIA regarding the relative positive performance of cruise ships for SOx and NOx emissions and that they are looking forward to receive more information from Finland.
NECA
4.6 The Meeting took note that IMO MEPC 70 agreed to the proposals to designate the North Sea and the Baltic Sea as emission control areas for NOx Tier III control with an effective date of 1 January 2021 as well as that the final amendments were adopted by MEPC 71 (3-7 July 2017).
4.7 The Meeting took note that HELCOM has released a leaflet “Cleaner exhaust gases from Baltic shipping – The new NECA regulations”.
SECA
4.8 The Meeting took note of information on the Interreg-project EnviSuM “Environmental Impact of Low Emission Shipping: Measurements and Modelling Strategies” with HELCOM involvement (document 4-2) and welcomed Mr. Alexey Bakhtov, EnviSuM Project Researcher.
4.9 The Meeting took note of the information from Mr. Aleksandr Surikov (Port of Vysotsk) on the outcome of the Sulphur Expert Meeting held on 12-14 September 2017 in Cornwall (Ontario, Canada).
4.10 The Meeting took note that the highly successful event with participants from many countries discussed topics of shared interest such as use of “sniffers” and aerial surveillance, fines and availability of low sulphur fuel, being the latest in a series of technical global meetings on implementing SECA-regulations , with origins in the informal information exchanges at the fringes of IMO meetings.
4.11 The Meeting took note of the information from Denmark that the next meeting is expected to take place in Belgium during the second half of 2018 and that participation from all HELCOM countries would be very welcome.
4.12 The Meeting took note that the EU continues to develop EU wide inspection capacity including the THETIS database for PSC.
4.13 The Meeting took note that the Russian Federation does not have any connection with THETIS–S module, however they have the interest for access.
Alternative Fuels and Green Technology
4.14 The Meeting took note of the outcomes of the First Meeting of the HELCOM MARITIME Sub-group on Green Technology and Alternative Fuels for Shipping (GREEN TEAM 1-2017) and the joint segment of Regional Cooperation Day held on 5 September 2017 on the Island of Donsö in Gothenburg, Sweden (document 4-1).
4.15 The Meeting welcomed the information that Finland will host the next GREEN TEAM meeting in 2018 and that the Donsö Shipping Meet (Donsö, Sweden) is willing to host a GREEN TEAM meeting in 2019.
4.16 The Meeting considered the proposal for updating HELCOM GREEN TEAM Work Plan for 2018-2019 (document 4-4) and revised the proposal based on the outcome of GREEN TEAM 1-2017 and other input (document 4-4-WP.1) and agreed to it as included in Annex 3.
4.17 The Meeting was of the opinion that the GREEN TEAM is a good and timely initiative which has potential to be useful.
4.18 The Meeting took note of the information from Sweden on the recent Green Ship concept in Sweden on financial incentives to reduce emissions from ships and that the Swedish Maritime Administration has agreed to take on the work to do the revision of HELCOM Recommendation 28E/13.
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Other activities related to airborne emissions
4.19 The Meeting took note that in Finland the availability and use of alternative fuels has been promoted by national initiatives and that it has also been an important topic for the Finnish Maritime Cluster.
4.20 The Meeting took note that there is an ongoing activity within IMO led by Sweden to develop guidelines for the International Code for Ships using Gases and other Low Flashpoint Fuels (IGF Code) to allow the use of alcohols in fuel cells on board ships.
4.21 The Meeting agreed that regarding the task on standards for the bunkering of alternative fuels it should be ensured that eventual work in this field will not double the work at IMO or ESSF.
4.22 The Meeting took note that CLIA is involved in a joint study with INTERFERRY, ECSA and EGCSA to study the composition and effects of wash waters of scrubbers.
4.23 The Meeting took note of the information from Russia about scientific analysis of emissions from ships at the Murmansk commercial seaport as an example of common trends between port calls and emissions from ships. The information is available on the website: http://portnews.ru/news/246555/.
Agenda Item 5 Sewage discharges from ships and port reception facilities
Documents: 5-1, 5-1-WP.1, 5-2
Work within the PRF Cooperation Platform and port reception
5.1 The Meeting took note of the outcome of the meeting of the Cooperation Platform on Special Area According to MARPOL Annex IV (CP PRF 7-2017), held in Hamburg, Germany, 13 September 2017, as presented by the moderator.
5.2 The Meeting took note that the draft outcome of CP PRF 7-2017 has been circulated by the Secretariat on Tuesday 10 October to the participants of CP PRF 7-2017 and the final outcome will be available during the week 16-20 October 2017.
5.3 The Meeting considered the draft work plan for 2016-2018 of the Cooperation Platform on Special Area According to MARPOL Annex IV (document 5-1) and updated it as included in Annex 4.
5.4 The Meeting took note of the experiences of the CLIA Europe Baltic Exercise on Sewage (presentation 3 by Mr. Paul Altena).
5.5 The Meeting welcomed the initiative, thanked CLIA and looked forward to further results if the exercise is repeated in 2018.
5.6 The Meeting took note of the comment from EU that emergency discharge is a complicated matter in EU waters as the EU PRF directive does not foresee such force majeure situations
5.7 The Meeting recalled that CLIA presented a proposal for emergency discharge at IMO MEPC in 2016 in order to clarify the current situation where the MARPOL refers only to the safety of the ship.
5.8 The Meeting took note of the status of updating the port specific information in the HELCOM 2017 Overview on Port Reception Facilities (PRF) (document 5-2) and welcomed the HELCOM overview as a very useful document which provides insight to the regional dimensions of the subject of sewage PRFs –which is commonly lost in the local discussions within a single municipality.
5.9 The Meeting approved the publishing of the 2017 overview as an electronic HELCOM publication and mandated the Secretariat to incorporate outstanding corrections and input from the Contracting Parties and Observers with a view of publishing the overview by December 2017/January 2018.
5.10 The Meeting agreed that the updated HELCOM PRF Overview should be submitted to IMO MEPC 73.
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5.11 The Meeting was of the opinion that the updating of the information could be made easier by using an existing database (GISIS) or developing a new online database to disseminate and update the information.
5.12 The Meeting encouraged the Meeting participants to update the information included in the IMO GISIS.
5.13 The Meeting took note of interim results of the project “Development of a Best Practice Guidance for the handling of waste water in Ports of the Special Area Baltic Sea” by PIA (presentation 4 by Mr. Markus Joswig) including, i.a., the following points:
PIA, contracted by BSH is working on a best practice guidance for the handling of waste water in ports of the Special Area Baltic Sea which will include identified issues as well as recommendations/solutions with both benefits and drawbacks for solutions. Dependent on possible different wastewater composition the guidance will identify specific instructions on how to deal with potential problems concerning the reception, handling and treatment. PIA has carried out a survey addressing ports in the region for the necessary background information and will also contact WWTPs in the Baltic Sea to get information on their experiences with sewage from ships.
The guidance will include a chapter on general information and provide a comprehensive collection of data from existing reports and literature.
While the final report will be delivered in 2018 and presented at HELCOM MARITIME 18-2018 some advance material will be available earlier to enable better preparations to the MARPOL Annex IV first application date in 2019.
Developments in on-board sewage treatment technology
5.14 The Meeting took note of the presentation by Mr. Wei Chen, Wärtsilä, Finland, on non-conformities of type approved on-board sewage treatment plants, the needs to impose enforceable criteria to ship’s discharge qualities and the contribution of food-waste to eutrophication (presentation 5). The participants are invited to submit further information related to carbon and nutrient content of food-waste and the possible conversion of food-waste into grey water during treatment process.
5.15 The Meeting recalled that there is a general need for more enforcement and control after the actual type approval process.
5.16 The Meeting thanked Finland for the enlightening information on on-board sewage treatment and recalled also the submission of the Netherlands and co-sponsors to the last MEPC on this same issue.
5.17 The Meeting highlighted that the type approval of on-board sewage treatment plants is a little developed field due to the limited global focus on the subject and welcomed the information that in Germany a standard (DIN) for testing, operation and compliance control of on-board sewage treatment plants is under development.
5.18 The Meeting took note of the comment by the EU that in case certified equipment on board EU Member States flagged vessels is identified as not meeting the applicable standards the MED-certificates could be withdrawn.
Agenda Item 6 Other ship-generated wastes and port reception facilities (including marine litter)
Documents: 6-1, 6-2, 6-3
Overall PRF developments
6.1 The Meeting took note of information by the European Union on revision of Directive 2000/59/EC on port reception facilities (presentation 6 by Mr. Maik Schmahl) including, i.a., the following points:
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Supporting study for an Impact Assessment for the Revision of Directive 2000/59/EC on Port
Reception Facilities has been published on the DG MOVE maritime studies website.
The selected policy option was MARPOL alignment of the PRF Directive – with a special focus on
Marine Litter, including a 100% No-Special-Fee for Garbage, but also covering MARPOL Annex VI
waste and cargo residues.
SA draft is in EU Commission inter service consultations, translation will be completed during
November 2017. The proposal is expected to be adopted by the Commission in December 2017,
followed by the legislative process in Council and the European parliament.
An Information and monitoring system will be set up, linking a PRF module in THETIS and EU Safe
Sea Net system.
6.2 The Meeting took note of the clarification from the EU that in principle the revision should take place without prejudice of existing regional frameworks and the “No-Special-Fee” system or mandatory delivery applied in the Baltic Sea should not be directly affected by the revision of the EU PRF Directive.
6.3 The Meeting took note of the comment from ESPO that the consultation in the ESSF has been very useful for ESPO and that they are looking forward to the draft of the revised Directive.
Marine Litter and MARPOL Annex V
6.4 The Meeting recalled the HELCOM Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter (RAP ML) adopted in 2015 and developed based on a decision by the 2013 HELCOM Ministerial Meeting.
6.5 The Meeting took note of the update on the follow-up of the implementation of the Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter (RAP ML) in the Baltic Sea (document 6-2).
6.6 The Meeting took note that a workshop on implementation of the Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter (WS RAP ML 2-2017) will be held in Vilnius, Lithuania, on 23 October 2017. The Workshop will be held back-to-back with the Seventh Meeting of the HELCOM Working Group on Reduction of Pressures from the Baltic Sea Catchment Area (PRESSURE 7-2017) on 24-26 October 2017.
6.7 The Meeting took note that work on marine litter has been completed recently within NOWPAP MERRAC (a regional seas organisation in the NW Pacific area with Russian Federation, China, Japan and Republic of Korea as members) which could be useful for the work in the Baltic Sea. The material is available behind this link.
6.8 The Meeting welcomed German efforts in bringing the litter issue to the global arenas, including G7 and G20, and noted that a national roundtable on marine litter has been a very useful way to engage different types of stakeholders and to identify effective solutions.
6.9 The Meeting took note of the draft report ‘Sanctions, penalties and fines issued by OSPAR and HELCOM Contracting Parties for waste disposal offences at sea’ (document 6-3), containing the results of the questionnaire on MARPOL Annex V implementation in the Baltic Sea region as follow-up of HELCOM Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter.
Bulk cargo including fertilizers
6.10 The Meeting considered fertilizer cargo handling on the basis of the “Draft report on potential sources of nutrient inputs: Baltic Sea ports handling fertilizers” submitted by CCB to HOD 52-2017 (document 6-1 and presentation 7 by Mr. Mikhail Durkin), including the comments:
As large amounts of fertilizers are handled in Baltic Sea ports and as best handling practices are not always followed, significant amounts may end up to the Baltic Sea via dusting, wash waters from tanks or water from washing piers.
Proper use of the handling equipment could be one way to minimise loads from this source. Some ports of the world in USA and Canada apply best practice codes for handling bulk cargo.
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6.11 The Meeting took note of the comment from Finland that total bulk handling volumes do not necessarily tell of the risk of pollution as many fertilisers include significant shares of elements such as Potassium (K) which does not contribute to eutrophication. For concrete progress detailed estimates of handling volumes of different fertilizer types would be needed.
6.12 The Meeting took note of the comment from Sweden that in many cases information asked for by CCB (such as fertilizer types, port facilities) is unfortunately classified making a national response difficult.
6.13 The Meeting took note of the view from Russia that assessments should be based on national statistics and details on the national permitting systems.
6.14 The Meeting took note of the comment from Germany that even if a number of accidents involving fertilizer carriers have taken place, their environmental effects have not been assessed, that the CCC sub-committee of IMO has a circular on fertilizer cargo handling. Furthermore, any input to develop test criteria for bulk cargo residues as “Hazardous for the Maritime Environment” (HME) according to MARPOL Annex V and Resolution MEPC.219(63) would be very welcome.
6.15 The Meeting agreed that there is a need for more information on the issue and this information should be collected by an official data request/questionnaire from the HELCOM Secretariat.
6.16 The Meeting requested the Secretariat and Sweden with the help of CCB to develop during spring 2018 a draft questionnaire which will be circulated for comments to interested Contracting Parties and Observers before it is sent out in its final form.
6.17 The Meeting further requested the Secretariat, Sweden, CCB and other interested parties to draft a document to MARITIME 18 -2018 based on the information received.
Agenda Item 7 Anti-fouling systems
Documents: 7-1
7.1 The Meeting took note of information about the two Swedish projects Hull Detox and CHANGE – Reducing the use and presence of harmful antifouling systems on recreational craft (document 7-1).
7.2 The Meeting took note that an EU proposal for a new work programme item has been approved by IMO regarding the possibility to include Cybutryne (CAS No 28159-98-0), also known as Irgarol, as a substance to be covered under the AFS Convention.
Agenda Item 8 Detection, investigation and prosecution of offenders of anti-pollution regulations
8.1 The Meeting considered the progress in the Correspondence Group on updating of HELCOM Recommendation 19/14 on a harmonized system of fines in case a ship violates anti-pollution regulations (CG FINES) and decided to discontinue the Correspondence Group and agreed to return to the issue of revising Recommendation 19/14 in the future if needed.
Agenda Item 9 Safety of navigation and related matters
Documents: 9-1, 9-2, 9-2-Rev.1, 9-3, 9-4, 9-5
9.1 The Meeting took note that the Seventh Meeting of HELCOM Group of Experts on Safety of Navigation (SAFE NAV 7-2016) was held on 29 September 2016 in Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as that SAFE NAV 8-2017 was held on 28 September 2017 in Stockholm-Arlanda, Sweden (c.f. document 9-4).
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9.2 The Meeting took note that SAFE NAV 8-2017 agreed that a single data request for ship accident data for both 2016 and 2017 should be circulated by the Secretariat in January 2018.
9.3 The Meeting considered the proposal by Sweden for amending HELCOM Recommendation 34E/2 concerning test of Sea Traffic Management in the Baltic Sea (document 9-2-Rev.1) , noting the information in Annex 2 regarding the test bed of Sea Traffic Management in the Baltic Sea (presentation 8 by Mr. Fredrik Larsson).
9.4 The Meeting took note of the presentation by Mr. Sergei Rostopshin (Rosmorport) on the present status and further development of Pilot e-Navigation project (presentation 9). Attention was drawn to the need for uniform procedures for further use of the national e-navigation testing areas.
9.5 The Meeting further considered the revised proposal by SAFE NAV 8-2017 for amending HELCOM Recommendation 34E/2 (document 9-5), agreed to the proposal as included in Annex 5 with minor adjustments and requested the Secretariat to submit it to HELCOM HOD for adoption if appropriate.
9.6 The Meeting took note of the comment from Estonia that advance notification to coastal states of, for instance, the towing of a ship on its way to a recycling facility would help in ensuring public safety and environmental protection along the intended route and that such functionality could be added to the STM route exchange concept.
HELCOM AIS
9.7 The Meeting took note of the information on the successfully completed migration of the HELCOM AIS Server from Denmark (DMA) to Norway (NCA) (document 9-1).
9.8 The Meeting took note that the 28th Meeting of HELCOM Expert Working Group for Mutual Exchange and Deliveries of AIS & Data (AIS EWG 28-2017) was held on 7-8 June 2017 in Stockholm, Sweden.
9.9 The Meeting took note that the 29th meeting of AIS EWG will be held in Tallinn, Estonia, during the period 12-14 June 2018.
Re-surveys update
9.10 The Meeting took note of the status report of HELCOM-BSHC Baltic Sea Re-survey Scheme submitted by Finland (document 9-3 and presentation 10 by Mr. Seppo H. Mäkinen), endorsed the presented future actions and encouraged the Contracting Parties to participate in EU INEA CEF Motorways of the Sea, DG REGIO Interreg and Cohesion funding programmes to ensure the resources for hydrographic surveys in order to meet the Re-Survey Scheme timetables agreed by the HELCOM Ministerial Meeting (Copenhagen, October 2013). The meeting also took note on the update regarding the EU-funded project FAMOS.
9.11 The Meeting thanked Sweden and Finland for their activity in Baltic Sea re-surveys, including ensuring funding.
Agenda Item 10 HELCOM publications, implementation and reporting
Documents: 10-1, 10-1-Rev.1, 10-1-Rev.2, 10-2, 10-2-WP.1, 10-3
HELCOM Maritime Assessment 2017
10.1 The Meeting took note of the current status of the Draft HELCOM Maritime Assessment (document 10-3) and of the plans to submit it for approval by the online meeting of HELCOM HOD on 13 November 2017.
10.2 The Meeting took note and supported the request from Germany that the Maritime Assessment should be adopted at the HOD 53-2017 Meeting in December to enable more time for circulation and ensure a high quality publication.
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Baltic Sea Clean Shipping Guide 2017
10.3 The Meeting considered and updated the Baltic Sea Clean Shipping Guide (document 10-1) and approved the Guide as included in document 10-1-Rev.2 for the revised 2017 edition, incorporating recent developments relevant to MARPOL Annex IV, Annex VI NECA as well as the September 2017 entry into force of the 2004 Ballast Water Management Convention.
10.4 The Meeting agreed that in a future edition of the guide it would be useful to include information on relevant EU and Russian Federation regulations to complete the picture, if necessary.
HELCOM Recommendations
10.5 The Meeting took note of the proposals and information on the revision needs of HELCOM Maritime related Recommendations (document 10-2).
10.6 The Meeting considered and approved submission by the Secretariat to HOD with the aim to withdraw HELCOM Recommendations 2/2, 21/2, 22E/5 and 24/8 (“Obsolete Recommendations”) from the list of valid HELCOM Recommendations.
10.7 The Meeting considered and approved revisions to HELCOM Recommendation 19/10 “Application by the Baltic Sea States of guidelines for holding tanks/oily water separating or filtering equipment for ships of less than 400 tons gross tonnage” for HOD decision as included in Annex 6.
10.8 The Meeting considered and approved revisions to HELCOM Recommendation 10/11 “International co-operation on liability for damage resulting from vessel-based pollution” for HOD decision as included in Annex 7.
10.9 The Meeting welcomed the information that Latvia is willing to lead work to revise HELCOM Recommendation 23/1 by the next meeting and requested the Contracting Parties and Observers to submit revision suggestions directly to Latvia ([email protected]).
10.10 The Meeting agreed to discontinue the work on the Correspondence Group to revise HELCOM Recommendation 28/3 on “Guidelines on bunkering operations and ship to ship cargo transfer of oils, subject to Annex I of MARPOL 73/78, in the Baltic Sea Area” (CG STS) and that further work to consider the environmental effects/risks of bunkering operations and ship to ship transfers in the Baltic Sea, and also the revision of HELCOM Recommendation 28/3 should take place as part of the Green Team work plan (c.f. Annex 3).
Agenda Item 11 Activities within other organizations and initiatives
Documents: 11-1
11.1 The Meeting took note of the information on EU activities and co-operation on clean shipping (presentation 11 by Mr. Maik Schmahl), including update on the European Sustainable Shipping Forum (ESSF) activities, financing support to green shipping (e.g. Horizon 2020, BONUS Programme) and contributions of PA Ship and PA Safe.
11.2 The Meeting took note of the update on recent and upcoming activities of EUSBSR Policy Areas Ship and Safe presented by Ms. Ditte Folke Kikkert Henriksen, Policy Coordinator (presentation 12).
11.3 The Meeting took note of the information by Sweden on a system for recycling leisure boats, “Båtretur”, which is a national network for environmentally friendly collection and recycling of boats. More information is available on the website www.batretur.se.
11.4 The Meeting took note of the preliminary list of upcoming HELCOM and other meetings (document 11-1) and decided to make use of it when scheduling the next meeting of HELCOM MARITIME as well as other activities. The Contracting Parties are requested to provide any updates to the meeting list.
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Agenda Item 12 Any other business
Documents: 12-1, 12-2, 12-3
12.1 The Meeting checked and updated the information in the list of contact addresses of
HELCOM MARITIME (document 12-1) as contained in Annex 8.
12.2 The Meeting took note of the outcome of the First Meeting of the HELCOM Expert Network
on Underwater Noise (EN-Noise 1-2017) held in Gothenburg, Sweden, 4 October 2017 (document 12-2).
12.3 The Meeting noted the progress in the implementation of the regional underwater noise
roadmap (document 12-3).
12.4 The Meeting took note of the comment from Russia that the content of documents 12-2 and
12-3 is very technical and there is a need to explain the material in an understandable way.
12.5 The Meeting took note of the information by the Secretariat on recruitment of Mr. Markus
Helavuori, Finland, for the post of the Professional Secretary for the Maritime, Response and Fish Groups as
of 1 March 2018.
12.6 The Meeting thanked Mr. Hermanni Backer for his excellent dedicated work as Professional
Secretary for the Maritime and Response Groups and wished him success.
12.7 The Meeting took note that concerns were raised by CLIA regarding the new fairway dues in
Sweden based on the CSI (Clean Shipping Index) and CLIA stressed that the CSI is not suitable for cruise
ships.
12.8 The Meeting took note that CLIA published in August 2017 an environmental overview
including up to date information on current installations and plans which can be accessed via:
https://www.cruising.org/cruise-vacationer/industry-facts/environmental-innovation/industry-
environmental-technologies-and-practices.
12.9 The Meeting took note that CLIA has published in 2017 an assessment of the environmental
performance of the cruise industry “Evaluation of Cruise Industry: Global Environmental Practices and
Performance” which can be accessed via: http://cruising.org/docs/default-source/research/environment-
research-2017.pdf.
Agenda Item 13 Election of Chair and Vice-Chairs
13.1 The Meeting re-elected Ms. Anna Petersson, Sweden, as Chair and Ms. Natalia Kutaeva, Russia, and Mr. Jorma Kämäräinen, Finland, as Vice-Chairs of HELCOM MARITIME for the next two-year period (2018-2019).
Agenda Item 14 Future work and meetings
Documents: 14-1, 14-1-Rev.1
14.1 The Meeting considered and updated the Work Plan for HELCOM MARITIME 2016-2018 (document 14-1-Rev.1) as contained in Annex 9.
14.2 The Meeting thanked Germany for the kind offer to investigate the possibility to host the next HELCOM MARITIME in 2018.
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14.3 The Meeting agreed that MARITIME 18-2018 will be held during October, taking into account the dates of other important meetings (c.f. document 11-1).
14.4 The Meeting welcomed the kind offer by the EU to investigate the possibility to host MARITIME 19-2019 at EMSA, Lisbon.
14.5 The Meeting thanked Russia for hosting the HELCOM MARITIME 17-2017 meeting as well as for the great hospitality and the excellent facilities.
Agenda Item 15 Outcome of the Meeting
15.1 The Meeting adopted the draft Outcome of the Meeting. The final Outcome, incorporating corrections by the Meeting, will be prepared by the Secretariat in consultation with the Chair of the Meeting and made available in the HELCOM Meeting Portal.
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Annex 1 List of Participants *) Head of Delegation
Name Organization Email address Telephone
Chair
Anna Petersson Swedish Transport Agency [email protected] +46 76 7211018
Denmark
Ulrik Berggreen *) Danish Environmental Protection Agency [email protected] + 45 9358 8153
Estonia
Agnes Pilv *) Ministry of the Environment [email protected] +372 53426162
Heiko Heitur Ministry of the Environment [email protected] +372 626 0755
Reet Laos Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications
[email protected] +372 6256334
European Union
Maik Schmahl *) European Commission [email protected] +32 2296 9303
Finland
Jorma Kämäräinen Vice-Chair of MARITIME
Finnish Transport Safety Agency [email protected] +358 40 5155407
Markus Helavuori Ministry of Transport and Communications [email protected] +358 295342055
Ville-Veikko Intovuori Finnish Transport Safety Agency [email protected] +358 40 1848976
Kristiina Isokallio Ministry of the Environment [email protected] +358 50 5819618
Jarmo Mäkinen Finnish Transport Agency [email protected] +358 400795714
Seppo H Mäkinen Finnish Transport Agency [email protected] +358 40 5047505
Wei Chen Adviser
Wartsila Water System Ltd [email protected] +44 1202662000
Germany
Susanne Heitmüller *) Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) [email protected] +49 40 3190 7417
Markus Joswig Testing Institute for Wastewater Technology (PIA GmbH)
[email protected] +49 241 7508 215
Uwe Lohmann Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
[email protected] +49 228 3004635
Holger Steinbock BG for Transport and Traffic, Ship Safety Division [email protected] +49 40 3613 7217
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Latvia
Laura Mazmaca State Environmental Service [email protected] +371 67408166
Poland
Joanna Lyjak *) Ministry of Maritime Economy and Inland Navigation
[email protected] +48 22 583 85 79
Wojciech Wasowski Maritime Office Gdynia [email protected] +48 663885504
Russia
Natalia Kutaeva Vice-Chair of MARITIME
FBI "Marine Rescue Service of Rosmorrechflot" (MRS)
[email protected] +7 910 452 1993
Oleg Chernov Russian Maritime Register of Shipping [email protected] +7 931 227 0019
Alexander Frolov Russian Chamber of Shipping [email protected] +7 926 6587212
Vladimir Kondratev Russian Maritime Register of Shipping [email protected] +7 89052818977
Victoria Marich Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland Shipping
[email protected] +7 921 9485881
Peter Parinov Port Authority of St. Petersburg [email protected] +8 812 327 40 50
Alexander Petrov Central Marine and Research Institute (CNIIMF) [email protected] +7 921 9530086
Sergei Rostopshin FSUE Rosmorport [email protected] +7 921 7577009
Nikolay Stupakov FSBI "The Administration of the Baltic Sea Ports" [email protected] +7 9213489374
Aleksandr Surikov Port of Vysotsk
Olga Tsyrkun Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transport [email protected] +7 9295554812
Gennady Yevdokimov Central Marine and Research Institute (CNIIMF) [email protected] +7 921 6469647
Sweden
Karin Fransson *) Swedish Transport Agency [email protected] +46 10 4953246
Fredrik Karlsson Swedish Maritime Administration [email protected] +46 10 4784632
Observers
CCB
Mikhail Durkin Coalition Clean Baltic [email protected] +46 739770793
CLIA
Paul Altena Cruise Lines International Association Europe [email protected] +32 2 709 0138
ESPO
Kirsti Tarnanen-Sariola European Sea Ports Organization (ESPO) [email protected] +358 50 564 6465
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Invited guests
Ditte Folke Kikkert Henriksen Danish Maritime Authority [email protected] +45 91376226
HELCOM Secretariat
Hermanni Backer Helsinki Commission [email protected] +358 46 850 9199
Teija-Liisa Lehtinen Helsinki Commission [email protected] +358 46 850 9203
Alexey Bakhtov Helsinki Commission [email protected] +358 40 543 3820
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Annex 2 Speech by the Chair and proposal on the use of the Baltic Sea Fund Prize 2017
money
This group, the HELCOM Maritime Working Group- all of us, was awarded the Baltic Sea Fund Prize 2017 for
its work to reduce pollution from maritime traffic in the Baltic Sea. The Prize included, besides the prestige,
a monetary sum of 20,000 euro which naturally makes us face the difficult question how the money should
be used.
According to the Baltic Sea Fund the justification of awarding the HELCOM Working Group the prize is that
we have through persistent long-term work successfully acted as a catalyst to bring about international
agreements for the benefit of the Baltic Sea environment.
While we may take our work for a cleaner and safer shipping in the Baltic Sea for granted, our group is
actually one of very few exceptions globally to the general rule of avoiding substantial work on clean and
safe shipping in regional cooperation.
And more than that, our work has been a particularly successful example that this kind of regional
cooperation on effective cross sectoral cooperation on ship based pollution can be carried out for the
benefit of the marine environment, shipping community and according to international maritime law.
Even if purely regional recommendations have occasionally been adopted, the core of the clean shipping
work within HELCOM has, after all, been to support IMO processes by the preparation of proposals for new
measures, and regionally harmonized implementation of existing, global regulations by the Baltic Sea
coastal states within a number of topics.
This strong link to IMO work has practically eliminated concerns of a separate and parallel regional shipping
regime in the Baltic Sea due to HELCOM work. In contrast, it can be argued that IMO has benefited of the
initiatives emerging from us, by developing environmental regulation of shipping globally.
I believe our approaches and lessons learned have the potential to inspire also other regions to explore
deeper cooperation in the field of environment and shipping. However our work is not always as visible as
one would wish.
THE PROPOSAL:
1. We propose that the 20,000 euro prize money received with the Baltic Sea Prize will be used to inspire
regional cooperation on shipping and the environment in other regions of the world based on the HELCOM
experience and to increase global awareness of the HELCOM work in this field, particularly within IMO.
2. As opportunities to do this in a way that we could create impact are difficult to predict in
advance/presently, the funds received with the Baltic Sea Prize will be utilized when such opportunities for
future dedicated action to further the overall aim defined under point 1 arise. The aim would be to utilize
the funds within three years.
3. The targeted action will be jointly proposed to the Contacting Parties by the Secretariat and the serving
chair of the Maritime Working Group.
4. Every time funds are used the HELCOM logo and the 2017 Baltic Sea Prize logo below should presented in
the output.
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5. The output from the use of the funds should be communicated to the Baltic Sea Fund and the Maritime
Working Group.
This proposal has been circulated today to the HELCOM Heads of Delegation for their feedback.
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Annex 3 Work Plan of the sub-group Green Technology and Alternative Fuels for
Shipping (GREEN TEAM) in 2018-2019 NO ToR NO WP ITEM RESPONSIBLE TARGET DATE COMMENT
1 2 Confirming registered participants of the sub-group, keep invited and keep it open for more to join
2 3, 4 Establish the GREEN TEAM reporting mechanism and method based on the traffic light idea where green shows agreed solutions, yellow issues needed to be discussed further and red main barriers and obstacles hindering green development and investments in our vulnerable sea area.
Finnish Maritime Cluster
30 June 2018 The background information is from the results of the questionnaire in 2015 and the outcome of the ZVT reports. The outcome will be arranged into the following themes: • Vessel (technology and design) • Infrastructure (port development) • Finance (to cope with the transition towards a new normal) • Regulation (new and updates) • R&D (new identified areas and support moving forward)
3 3, 4 Report the outcome of the GREEN TEAM reporting mechanism and method to HELCOM MARITIME 18
autumn 2018 For accept at the HELCOM MARITIME in 2018 The main barriers, obstacles and challenges hindering the development and investments in green technology and alternative fuels in shipping
4 3, 4 Develop a GREEN TEAM outcome reporting structure, based on the internal reporting, and establish a permanent reporting mechanism to inform HELCOM MARITIME working group of the latest information gathered from the industry and ZVT reports.
1 January 2018
Ongoing procedure when implemented
5 5 Considering the regulatory bottlenecks/challenges hindering green investments, and define the so far established solutions on a regional level and within the mandate of HELCOM MARITIME
GREEN TEAM 2-2018
Base the information on ZVT reporting and, if decided by this group, an extra survey among the other stakeholders
6 5 Common standards (e.g. various issues related to alternative fuels, bunkering operations and Ship to Ship transfer (revision of recommendation 28/3)) could be considered taking into account the ongoing work in other processes including the European Sustainable Shipping Forum and avoiding double work
GREEN TEAM 2-2018
Support existing initiatives and identify new needs
7 6 Considering effective incentives to accelerate green investments, propose a way forward with a common Baltic Sea incentive scheme, where significant benefits to society and sea are addressed. Possible new incentive schemes will be addressed.1
30 July 2018 This will be based on the information on already existing information such as the ZVT ECA Bonus Pre-study, Joint University Project ZERO.8 measurements and monetization to find societal/sea benefits, Environmental Performance Indicators etc.
1 Action number 7-9 should have a broad interpretation and may be relevant in many different areas such as, for example, improvement of onboard waste handling
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8 6 Existing regional and local incentive systems to be compiled and compared (such as index, tax exemptions etc). Any clear inadequacy will be recognized.
30 July 2018 The information of the following existing incentives in the Baltic Sea region will be outlined and their harmonized use investigated:
Environmentally differentiated fairway dues
Environmental Ship Index
Tax exemption on onshore power supply for shipping
9 6 Updating the Guidelines of HELCOM Recommendation 28E/13 on Economic Incentives
Swedish Maritime Administration supported by the Finnish Maritime Cluster
MARITIME 18-2018
All Contracting Parties to submit incentive schemes in use; other members to submit identified good practices
10 6 Explore the possibilities, taking into account existing financial instruments for the Region and financial institutions in the Region, of developing a Baltic Sea financial instrument for risk sharing and guarantee mechanisms, including pricing based on society and sea benefits, together with the public and private sector to find workable solutions to enhance investments in Green technology and alternative fuels
30 December 2018
The sub-group will identify and recommend a possible financial institution to lead this work.
11 7 Continue to coordinate the GREEN TEAM activities with other regional organisations and platforms in the framework of Green Tech and Alternative Fuels (IMO, ESSF, EGMP working group in CBSS, BDF, SPI, EUSBSR and others)
ongoing
12 9 Continue the started work on a joint information portal / digital or in real life (seminars) where exchange of knowledge and lessons learned are conducted
ongoing 1. Suggestion is to coordinate a follow-up together with CBSS, to the Roadmap start-up WS in 2014, in September 2017
2. Some with special focus on the implementation of NECA and NOX abatement technologies
* ZVT is a collaboration method and project platform for a safer, more environmentally, climate and energy efficient transport by
sea. Within the platform representatives of industry, academy, agencies and administrations meet to share experiences and find
common, workable and sustainable solutions. Today there are over 20 ongoing Joint Industry or University Projects (JIP, JUP),
comprising over 160 collaboration partners from 10 countries that are using the ZVT method, reporting lessons learned and sharing
knowledge. The ZVT reports have been gathered during the last five years from the on-going real life investments projects in the
field of sustainable shipping covering the fields of Vessel, Infrastructure, Finance, R&D and Regulation. www.zerovisiotool.com
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Annex 4 Work Plan for 2016-2018 of the Cooperation Platform on Special Area According to MARPOL Annex IV Further work is needed regarding following issues Activities Deadline within the
Cooperation Platform Final deadline Responsibilities
I….Updated information on Sewage PRFs in the Baltic Sea
Baltic-wide, port-wise and berth specific information on the capacity to receive sewage (flow rate and total volume) and sewage delivery by ships to these facilities -including best practices and challenges (to be updated every Second year)
The HELCOM Overview should be updated by January 2018 and completed (cover all ports and provide all the needed information for planning ship-itineraries)
Submission of PRF Overview to MEPC 73
Development of report to be discussed at CP PRF
Cooperation Platform used as a circulation list for commenting drafts.
Update the PRF Overview by January 2018
Secretariat to lead work and circulate template for data submissions. Each Contracting Party shall provide updated information on each of their ports].
CLIA provides information based on the simulation exercise.
Collecting information on the port and ship specific amounts, practical discharge rate and composition of sewage from cruise ships in the Baltic Sea
CLIA Simulation exercise with active involvement of all stakeholders.
Considering the possibility to, in the future, migrate the PRF overview material to an electronic/ database version for easier updating and access.
Cooperation Platform event 2018
Cooperation Platform event 2018
CLIA, Ports, Contracting Parties, NGOs
II Sewage composition and treatment
Sharing information on composition of sewage from passenger ships in the Baltic
Publish (e.g. as an Annex of the PRF Overview) and disseminate available information on composition of sewage from passenger ships in the Baltic.
Cooperation Platform event 2018
Cooperation Platform event 2018
Ship operators, ports and waste water treatment plants
HELCOM PRESSURE group (WWTPs) HELCOM MARITIME
III Technical issues related to sewage
Exchanging information and best practices on technological solutions related to management and treatment of sewage and greywater, if greywater is mixed with blackwater, from cruise ships applied in different Baltic sea ports
Expert events/ workshops in connection with BPO and other stakeholder conferences 2017/2018
By cooperation Platform event 2018
All Participants
Other HELCOM groups beyond MARITIME, especially PRESSURE
Exchanging information and best practices on on-board management and treatment of sewage and greywater, if grewater is mixed with blackwater, in the Baltic Sea and its relation to delivery to PRF
Expert events/ workshops in connection with BPO and other stakeholder conferences 2017/2018
By Cooperation Platform event 2018
All Participants
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Annex 5 Proposal for revision of HELCOM RECOMMENDATION 34E/2 Adopted xx yy having regard to Article 20, Paragraph 1 b) of the Helsinki Convention
FURTHER TESTING AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONCEPT OF EXCHANGE OF VOYAGE PLANS AS WELL AS OTHER E-NAVIGATION SOLUTIONS TO ENHANCE SAFETY OF NAVIGATION AND PROTECTION OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT IN THE BALTIC SEA REGION
THE COMMISSION,
RECALLING the 1992 Helsinki Convention and its Article 8 and the Annex IV on Prevention of pollution from ships, including Regulation 1 on Cooperation, Regulation 8 on Improved hydrographic services and promotion of the use of Electronic Navigational Charts (ENC) and Regulation 9 on Use of Automatic Identification Systems (AIS),
RECALLING the Declaration on the safety of navigation and emergency capacity in the Baltic Sea area (HELCOM Copenhagen Ministerial Declaration) of 2001, HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan of 2007 (Cracow) and HELCOM Ministerial Declaration 2010 (Moscow), and HELCOM Ministerial Declaration 2013 (Copenhagen) including the commitments to undertake measures to improve mariners’ abilities to assess and interpret hydrographic content in nautical charts and publications either in printed or digital form, especially in the Electronic Chart Display and Information System, and to investigate new tools to improve safety of navigation,
RECALLING the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), 1982, the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974, as amended; International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto and by the Protocol of 1997 (MARPOL); Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972 (COLREG), as amended and the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW) as amended, as well as for HELCOM member states being also EU member states Directive 2002/59/EC of 27 June 2002 establishing a Community vessel traffic monitoring and information system (VTMIS),
RECALLING the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) e-Navigation strategy of 2008, the subsequent work to develop and implement a IMO Strategy Implementation Plan for e-navigation and the ongoing work carried out within the International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA) e-Navigation Committee on aspects of e-navigation relating to aids to navigation,
RECALLING the relevant HELCOM Recommendations including 23/3 on Enhancing the use of pilots in route T and the Sound by notification to departing ships and establishment of an early warning system, 25/7 on safety of winter navigation in the Baltic sea area; 28E/11 Further measures to improve the safety of navigation in ice conditions in the Baltic sea, including advancing high quality training programmes in navigation in ice conditions; 28E/13 on introducing economic incentives as a complement to existing regulations to reduce emissions from ships, and 33/1 Unified interpretation in relation to access to and use of HELCOM AIS,
NOTING the recent e-navigation related projects carried out in the Baltic region within i.a. the MONALISA, MONALISA 2.0, STM Validation Project, ENSI, EfficienSea, EfficienSea 2 and the Russian e-Navigation Pilot Project in the Gulf of Finland,
RECOGNISING that the Baltic Sea test bed of Sea Traffic Management (STM) is a good start and that the second test phase should begin in 2019 and there is a need to widen the test globally and see to that various initiatives are working in the same direction,
NOTING that e-navigation, as the harmonized collection, integration, exchange, presentation and analysis of marine information, will be defined by IMO onboard and by IALA ashore by electronic means to enhance
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berth to berth navigation and related services for safety and security at sea and protection of the marine environment,
RECOGNISING the potential of e-navigation in helping to protect the Baltic marine environment from shipborne pollution stemming from collisions and groundings by bringing improvements to navigation safety through the reduction of risk,
RECOGNISING the potential of e-navigation in helping to reduce carbon, sulphur and nitrogen emissions from ships in the Baltic Sea through more efficient vessel handling, and as a monitoring tool helping in introducing economic incentives as a complement to existing regulations to reduce emissions from ships,
RECOGNISING FURTHER the potential of exchange of voyage plans in the Baltic Sea for increased safety of navigation and improved environmental performance as well as for increased competitiveness of environmentally friendly maritime transport without violating international regulations,
WITHOUT PREJUDICE to international agreements and legislation of the Contracting Parties,
RECOMMENDS the Governments of the Baltic Sea countries to further test the concept of exchange of voyage plans, including a legal assessment for example in regard of liability and ownership of a distributed route on the basis of the general practice of the master as the liable person in respect of accepted conventions and regulations, as well as other e-navigation services such as promulgation of Maritime Safety Information (MSI), Notice to Mariners (NM), ship to ship route exchange, Route optimization, Route Cross-checking, Route and port monitoring, Ice routeing, Port call optimization, Port call synchronization, Flow optimization, Facilitated reporting, Pilot route distribution, and efficient exchange of SAR information in the Baltic Sea region,
RECOMMENDS the Governments of the Baltic Sea countries to bring forward/develop concrete solutions suitable for testing and validating e-navigation services in the Baltic Sea region and to take necessary actions to support the technical developments, including defining the relevant performance and technical standards, and potentially define the regulatory framework,
RECOMMENDS the Governments of the Baltic Sea countries to closely cooperate with the private sector and within international organisations and associations to develop common technical protocol in order to secure an unhampered information flow between ship-ship and ship-shore,
ENCOURAGES the Governments of the Baltic Sea and other relevant parties to take part in the coming test period for Sea Traffic Management (STM) exchange of voyage plans in shore-based systems and services e.g. VTS, ice-breaking, Search and Rescue and pilotage,
ENCOURAGES the Governments of the Baltic Sea and other relevant parties to take the necessary steps so that ships with suitable equipment and sailing in the Baltic Sea may have the ability to share their voyage plans ship to shore and shorter route messages between ships, or if not possible other information on their voyage plans,
RECOMMENDS the Governments of the Baltic Sea countries to cooperate closely within IMO and IALA in order to inform and involve the organizations about the results and outputs from any projects within the Baltic Sea region that may enhance safety and security at sea and protection of the marine environment. This may include further perspective research in the field of e-navigation,
RECOMMENDS that the appropriate HELCOM Group analyses these tests and the concrete solutions developed and, if appropriate, prepare draft text for joint input by the Baltic Sea countries to IMO and IALA,
RECOMMENDS FURTHER that the Governments of the Baltic Sea and other relevant parties bring the Baltic Sea STM test and other Baltic Sea region e-navigation developments to the attention of IMO to enable further global progress.
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Annex 6 Proposal for revision of HELCOM Recommendation 19/10
HELCOM RECOMMENDATION 19/10 Adopted 26 March 1998 and amended xx yy, having regard to Article 13, Paragraph b) of the Helsinki Convention
APPLICATION BY THE BALTIC SEA STATES OF GUIDELINES FOR HOLDING TANKS/OILY WATER SEPARATING OR FILTERING EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPS OF LESS THAN 400 TONS GROSS TONNAGE *)
THE COMMISSION,
RECALLING Regulation 4 of Annex IV of the 1974 Helsinki Convention concerning the application of Annex I of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) for ships trading in the Baltic Sea Area,
RECALLING ALSO Paragraph 3, 6 and 9 of Regulation 15 and Paragraph 9 of Regulation 34 of Annex I of MARPOL concerning methods for the prevention of oil pollution from machinery spaces of ships of less than 400 gross tonnage,
NOTING Paragraph 4 and 5.2 of Regulation 14 of Annex I of MARPOL concerning obligation of the Administration to ensure that ships of less than 400 gross tonnage for machinery spaces are equipped, as far as practicable, to retain on board oil or oily mixture or discharge them in accordance with the requirements of Paragraph 6 of Regulation 15 of Annex I of MARPOL,
RECOGNIZING the need for supplementary guidelines to the above mentioned MARPOL Regulations in order to achieve uniform provisions for the Prevention of Pollution of the Baltic Sea Area by oil from machinery spaces of ships of less than 400 gross tonnage,
RECOGNIZING ALSO the need to avoid the retention of oil or oily mixtures in machinery space bilges due to the risk of polluting the sea during bilge pumping,
REALIZING that the presence of oil or oily mixtures in machinery spaces bilges would add fuel to an engine room fire,
RECOMMENDS that the Governments of the Contracting Parties shall apply the attached Guidelines for the prevention of pollution of the sea by oil from machinery spaces of ships of less than 400 gross tonnage,
RECALLS that the Governments of the Contracting Parties were requested to implement the Guidelines as soon as possible and not later than 1 January 2002 for both new and existing ships of less than 400 gross tonnage,
REQUESTS ALSO the Governments of the Contracting Parties to report on the implementation of this Recommendation in accordance with the reporting format on the implementation of the Baltic Strategy for Port Reception Facilities for Ship-generated Wastes and Associated Issues.
*) Applicable to all ships referred to in Regulation [16 (5) of Annex I] of MARPOL
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HELCOM Recommendation 19/10 ATTACHMENT
Guidelines for the prevention of pollution of the sea by oil from machinery spaces of ships of less than 400 gross tonnage 1. Such ships should be fitted with approved oily-water separating or oil-filtering equipment and sufficient tank capacity for oily residues, which enable the ship to comply with Paragraph 3 of Regulation 15 of Annex I of MARPOL; or 2. Such ships should be equipped with holding tank/tanks to retain generated oily bilge water and other generated oily residues on board for subsequent discharge to reception facilities, which enable the ship to comply with Paragraph 9 of Regulation 15 and Paragraph 9 of Regulation 34 of Annex I of MARPOL; 3. Tanks required by paragraphs 1. and 2. above should be equipped with pumping facilities and standard discharge connection to enable pipes/hoses of reception facilities to be connected. *) The tank/tanks should have adequate capacity taking into account the type and condition of the ship, trading pattern, time at sea, etc.; 4. For ships of less than 24 meters in length the Administration may allow other arrangements than stated in paragraphs 1.-3. above. 5. For any ship whose constructional features are such as to render the above mentioned arrangements unreasonable or impracticable the Administration may allow other equivalent protection against pollution by oily residues
*) Ships should preferably be equipped with the quick release connection shown in figure 1. of the European Standard EN 1305, but may alternatively be equipped with a standard discharge connection referred to in Regulation 13 of Annex I of MARPOL.
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Annex 7 Proposal for revision of HELCOM Recommendation 10/11
HELCOM RECOMMENDATION 10/11
Adopted 15 February 1989 and amended xx yy, having regard to Article 17 of the Helsinki Convention
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ON LIABILITY FOR DAMAGE RESULTING FROM VESSEL-BASED POLLUTION
THE COMMISSION,
RECALLING that under Article 17 the Contracting Parties undertake, as soon as possible, jointly to develop and accept rules concerning responsibility for damage, resulting from acts or omissions in contravention of the present Convention,
NOTING the importance of the achievements made within the International Maritime Organization as regards liability regimes for vessel-based pollution,
NOTING FURTHER the current work within that Organization to bring into force the liability regime created by the Protocol of 2010 to the International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea, 1996 (HNS PROT 2010),
RECOGNIZING that the cooperation between the Baltic Sea States within the International Maritime Organization in matters relating to the protection of the marine environment of the Baltic Sea Area from vessel-based pollution should be further enhanced,
RECOMMENDS the Governments of the Contracting Parties to the Helsinki Convention to:
a) accede to/ratify and enforce existing Conventions concluded under the auspices of the International Maritime Organization, such as the Protocol of 2010 to the International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea, 1996 (HNS PROT 2010), the Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks, 2007 (Nairobi WRC 2007) and the 1971 Convention relating to Civil Liability in the field of Maritime Carriage of Nuclear Material,
b) cooperate fully within the International Maritime Organization with a view to elaborating further regimes on liability for pollution damage.
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Annex 8 Contact addresses of the HELCOM Maritime Working Group
CONTACT ADDRESSES OF HELCOM MARITIME IN THE CONTRACTING PARTIES
*) = Head of Delegation
Name Organization Email address Telephone
CHAIRS
Ms. Anna Petersson Chair of HELCOM MARITIME
Swedish Transport Agency Civil Aviation and Maritime Department
[email protected] +46 76 7211 018
Mr. Jorma Kämäräinen Vice-Chair of MARITIME
Finnish Transport Safety Agency (Trafi) Marine Environment and Security
[email protected] +358 40 515 5407
Ms. Natalia Kutaeva Vice-Chair of MARITIME
FBI "Marine Rescue Service of Rosmorrechflot" (MRS) Marine Environment Protection Division
[email protected] +7 495 626 18 06
DENMARK
Mr. Ulrik Berggreen *) Ministry of Environment and Food
Agency for Water and Nature Management
[email protected] + 45 7254 4829
ESTONIA
Mr. Rene Reisner *) Ministry of the Environment Marine Environment Department
[email protected] +372 518 5142
Ms. Katarina Oganjan Ministry of the Environment [email protected] +372 556 57568
Ms. Marit Mätik Ministry of the Interior Migration and Border Policy Department
[email protected] +372 5886 1455
Mr. Kaspar Anderson Ministry of the Environment [email protected] +372 626 990
Ms. Agnes Pilv Ministry of the Environment [email protected] +372 626 2937
Mr. Heiko Heitur Ministry of the Environment [email protected] +372 626 0755
EUROPEAN UNION
Maik Schmahl *) European Commission DG Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE)
[email protected] +32 2296 9303
Ms. Clémentine Leroy European Commission
DG Environment
[email protected] +32 2295 0944
new contact to be nominated European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)
Sector B.3.2 - Marine Environment
Unit B.3 - Marine Environment & Port State Control
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FINLAND
Ms. Anita Mäkinen *) Finnish Transport Safety Agency (Trafi) Strategy
[email protected] +358 40 162 4592
Mr. Jorma Kämäräinen Vice-Chair of MARITIME
Finnish Transport Safety Agency (Trafi) Marine Environment
[email protected] +358 40 515 5407
Mr. Ville-Veikko Intovuori Finnish Transport Safety Agency (Trafi) Marine Environment
[email protected] +358 40 184 8976
Mr. Seppo H. Mäkinen Finnish Transport Agency
Hydrographic Office
[email protected] +358 295 343 420
Ms. Kristiina Isokallio Ministry of the Environment Marine Protection
[email protected] +358 50 581 9618
GERMANY
Ms. Susanne Heitmüller *) Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) [email protected] +49 40 3197417
Ms. Katja Broeg Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) [email protected] +49 40 31907415
Mr. Holger Steinbock BG for Transport and Traffic Ship Safety Division
[email protected] +49 40 3613 7217
Ms. Sabine Reuland Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) [email protected] +49 40 3190 7411
Ms. Katharina Koppe Federal Environmental Agency (UBA) [email protected] +49 340 2103 2050
LATVIA
Ms. Laura Mazmaca *) State Environmental Service Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development
[email protected] +371 2954 4526
Ms. Evija Smite State Environmental Service, Fisheries Control Division
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development
[email protected] +371 28310013
Mr. Juris Skrube Maritime Administration of Latvia
Maritime Safety Department
[email protected] +371 6706 2177
LITHUANIA
Mr. Robertinas Tarasevicius *) Lithuanian Maritime Safety Administration [email protected] +370 46 469 602
Ms. Simona Jonuskiene Lithuanian Maritime Safety Administration [email protected] +370 6982 3567
Ms. Egle Vysniauskaite Ministry of Transport and Communications
Water and Railway Transport Policy Department
Water Transport Division
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POLAND
Ms. Joanna Łyjak *) Ministry of Maritime Economy and Inland Navigation [email protected] +48 22 583 8579
Mr. Wojciech Wasowski Maritime Office Gdynia [email protected] +48 663885504
Ms. Magdalena Wesolowska Maritime Office in Szczecin [email protected] +48 91 4403 303
RUSSIA
Ms. Natalia Kutaeva *) Vice-Chair of MARITIME
FBI "Marine Rescue Service of Rosmorrechflot" (MRS) [email protected] +7 495 626 18 06
Mr. Sergey Khodko Ministry of Transport
Department of State Policy for Maritime and River Transport
Mr. Viktor Grishkin Russian Maritime Register of Shipping [email protected]
Mr. Vladimir Kondratev Russian Maritime Register of Shipping [email protected]
SWEDEN
Ms. Karin Fransson *) Swedish Transport Agency [email protected] +46 10 495 3246
Ms. Nariné Svensson Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation [email protected] +46 761322290
Ms. Anna Petersson Chair of HELCOM MARITIME
Swedish Transport Agency Civil Aviation and Maritime Department
[email protected] +46 76 7211 018
CONTACT ADDRESSES OF HELCOM MARITIME IN THE OBSERVER ORGANIZATIONS
Name Organization Email address Telephone
BALTIC PILOTAGE AUTHORITIES COMMISSION (BPAC)
Ms. Pernilla Bergstedt
Baltic Pilotage Authorities Commission (BPAC)
Swedish Transport Agency
Maritime Department
Mr. Frank Adler Gottlieb
Baltic Pilotage Authorities Commission (BPAC)
Lodstilsynet
BALTIC PORTS ORGANIZATION (BPO)
Mr. Bogdan Oldakowski Baltic Ports Organization [email protected] + 48 58 627 2467
Mr. Gun Rudeberg
Baltic Ports Organization (BPO)
Ports of Stockholm
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BALTIC SEA FORUM (BSF)
Mr. Kurt Bodewig Baltic Sea Forum (BSF) [email protected]
BALTIC SEA PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE (BSPC)
BSPC Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference (BSPC)
Landtag Meclenburg-Vorpommern
COALITION CLEAN BALTIC (CCB)
Mr. Mikhail Durkin Coalition Clean Baltic [email protected] +46 739 770 793
CRUISE LINES INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION (CLIA)
Mr. Andreas Chrysostomou Cruise Lines International Association [email protected] +32 2 709 0139
Mr. Paul Altena Cruise Lines International Association [email protected] +32 2 709 0138
EUROPEAN BOATING ASSOCIATION (EBA)
Mr. Peer Bent Nielsen European Boating Association (EBA) [email protected] +45 2135 1454
Ms. Emma Barton European Boating Association (EBA) [email protected] +44 2380604222
Mr. Carl Gerström European Boating Association (EBA) [email protected]
Ms. Gunilla Antas European Boating Association (EBA)
Finnish Sailing and Boating Federation
[email protected] +358 50 3747 461
EUROPEAN COMMUNITY SHIPOWNERS' ASSOCIATION (ECSA)
Mr. Benoit Loicq European Community Shipowners' Association (ECSA) [email protected] +32 2 510 6125
Ms. Maria Deligianni European Community Shipowners' Association (ECSA) [email protected] +32 2 510 6130
Mr. Olof Widén Finnish Shipowners' Association [email protected] +358 400 723355
Mr. Matthias Ploetzke German Shipowners’ Association [email protected] +49 40 3509 7226
Mr. Carl Carlsson Swedish Shipowners' Association [email protected] +46 709 932 530
EUROPEAN SEA PORTS ORGANISATION (ESPO)
Ms. Kirsti Tarnanen-Sariola European Sea Ports Organization (ESPO) [email protected] +358 50 564 6465
COASTAL & MARINE UNION (EUCC)
Ms. Nardine Stybel EUCC - The Coastal Union Germany [email protected] +49 381 5196420
FEDERATION OF EUROPEAN PRIVATE PORT OPERATORS (FEPORT)
Mr. Conor Feighan Feport - Federation of European Port Operators [email protected]
Mr. Diego Teurelincx Feport - Federation of European Port Operators [email protected]
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INTERFERRY
Mr. Johan Roos Interferry [email protected] +32 479 676 984
INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF SHIPPING (ICS)
new contact to be nominated International Chamber of Shipping (ICS)
INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO)
IMO International Maritime Organization (IMO) [email protected]
INTERTANKO
Mr. Dragos Rauta INTERTANKO [email protected] +47 9288 6272
LOCAL AUTHORITIES INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATION (KIMO INTERNATIONAL)
Ms. Arabelle Bentley KIMO Secretariat [email protected] +44 1595 744 807
OSPAR COMMISSION
Mr. John Mouat OSPAR Commission [email protected] +44 207 430 5200
REGIONAL MARINE POLLUTION EMERGENCY RESPONSE CENTRE FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA (REMPEC)
Mr. Gabino Gonzalez Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre for the Mediterranean Sea (REMPEC)
[email protected] +356 2133 7296
WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATURE (WWF INTERNATIONAL)
Ms. Metta Wiese WWF Sweden [email protected]
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Annex 9 Work Plan for the HELCOM Maritime Working Group 2016-2018
ACTION INTERSESSIONAL ACTIVITIES/RESPONSIBLE RESULTS/TIME FRAME
Measures and actions enhancing maritime safety
Propose additional safety measures, including routeing measures HELCOM MARITIME Meetings of HELCOM MARITIME Meetings of HELCOM SAFE NAV
Follow-up implementation of HELCOM Recommendation 34E/2 on e-navigation
HELCOM SAFE NAV HELCOM AIS EWG
Continuous
Maintain and update the “HELCOM Transit Guide for the Baltic Sea” – chart and web page version
Lead countries: - chart - Germany - web page version - Denmark
Continuous
Contribute to HELCOM Maritime Spatial Planning work with maritime input
HELCOM - VASAB MSP WG HELCOM Secretariat HELCOM MARITIME
Continuous
Follow-up, contribute to and utilize the results of various risk assessments of shipping accidents in the Baltic Sea
In co-operation with HELCOM RESPONSE OPENRISK project
Meetings of HELCOM SAFE NAV
Continue the development of AIS Application Specific Messages and promote their use in the Baltic Sea
HELCOM AIS EWG
Continuous
Co-operate with the Monitoring Working Group of BSHC to speed-up hydrographic re-surveys and support other hydrographic activities and follow-up the implementation of the Revised re-survey scheme and its time schedules agreed during the 2013 HELCOM Ministerial Meeting
Contracting Parties HELCOM MARITIME
National analyses on the need to revise the re-survey scheme areas based on traffic density maps
Co-operate with Baltic Icebreaking Management to further improve the safety of navigation in ice conditions
Contracting Parties Meetings of HELCOM MARITIME
Implement actions to facilitate the use of ECDIS in the Baltic Sea
HELCOM MARITIME Meetings of HELCOM MARITIME
Implement HELCOM Recommendation 31E/5 on Mutual Plan for Places of Refuge
Contracting Parties In co-operation with HELCOM RESPONSE
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Consideration of the ways to further reduce emissions and discharges from shipping
Follow-up the designation of the Baltic Sea as a Special Area under Annex IV of MARPOL for sewage discharges from passenger ships
HELCOM MARITIME Cooperation Platform on Special Area according to MARPOL Annex IV Germany as lead for HELCOM work on PRF Best Practices
Continuous
Follow-up new developments regarding availability of technology to treat sewage to Special Area standards and promote harmonised application of Special Area requirements
HELCOM MARITIME Cooperation Platform on Special Area according to MARPOL Annex IV
Continuous
Investigate and consider introduction of economic incentives for reducing emissions from ships, which are not covered by Annex VI Tier III
Contracting Parties GREEN TEAM
Meetings of HELCOM MARITIME
Investigate and consider alternative fuels and green technology for shipping, including following up improvements in Tier III technologies
HELCOM MARITIME GREEN TEAM Joint platform on alternative fuels and green technology for shipping, together with CBSS
HELCOM MARITIME
Follow-up implementation of more stringent limits of SOx emissions that came into force in 2015
HELCOM MARITIME Continuous
Assessment whether there is room/need for other HELCOM measures to address emissions from shipping
HELCOM MARITIME Continuous
Port Reception Facilities
Carry out activities according to the work plan for 2016-2018 of the Cooperation Platform on Special Area according to MARPOL Annex IV
HELCOM MARITIME Members of the Cooperation Platform on Special Area according to MARPOL Annex IV
Continuous Meetings of the PRF Cooperation Platform (events in cooperation with other actors)
Monitor the availability of PRF for sewage in the Baltic Sea region, and upgrade if necessary
Contracting Parties Continuous
Submit HELCOM Overview on Sewage PRFs to IMO MEPC Contracting Parties HELCOM MARITIME
MEPC 73
Identify further gaps in availability of PRF for other ship-generated wastes than sewage, mandatory delivery of waste and the application of the “no-special-fee” system, and propose measures to fill in these gaps
Contracting Parties
Continuous
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Regional implementation of the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments
Carry out work according to the Baltic BWMC implementation plan enabling harmonized implementation and ratification of the BWMC
HELCOM MARITIME COMPLETE Project
HELCOM MARITIME 18-2018
Implementing a harmonized BWMC A-4 exemption system in the Baltic Sea
HELCOM MARITIME in co-operation with OSPAR HELCOM-OSPAR TG BALLAST
Continuous
Regularly update the Baltic Sea target species list HELCOM MARITIME Target Species List Expert (Correspondence) Group led by Finland Information on progress will be provided to HELCOM STATE & CONSERVATION and TG BALLAST
Continuous
Co-operation to ensure enforcement of regulations and detection, investigation and successful conviction of offenders of anti-pollution regulations
Co-operate with the Paris MoU and EMSA, e.g. to obtain statistics on PSC or national inspections from the EMSA databases THETIS and THETIS-S
HELCOM Secretariat Contracting Parties
HELCOM MARITIME 18-2018
Apply for advisor status of HELCOM to Paris MoU on Port State Control
HELCOM MARITIME
Action to be reconsidered during HELCOM MARITIME 18-2018 with alternative ways to deliver the needed information exchange.
Collection and analyses of the statistics on ships’ movements in the Baltic and on environmental impact of shipping/experience exchange
Monitor emissions from ships in the Baltic Sea Area Lead country: Finland
Annual reports on emissions to HELCOM MARITIME meetings
Collect and compile information on shipping accidents in the Baltic Sea
HELCOM Secretariat/ Contracting Parties
Annual HELCOM report on shipping accidents Accident data 2016/2017 to be requested in January 2018.
Analyse and use annual HELCOM reports on illegal discharges observed during aerial surveillance
In co-operation with HELCOM RESPONSE Meetings of HELCOM MARITIME
Uphold, maintain and further develop the HELCOM AIS System
HELCOM AIS EWG Continuous
Analyse AIS based information on the shipping in the Baltic Contracting Parties HELCOM Secretariat
Continuous HELCOM Maritime Assessment
Regulating access to AIS information according to HELCOM Recommendation 33/1
HELCOM AIS EWG national contact points HELCOM Secretariat
Continuous
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HELCOM Assessment on Maritime Activities HELCOM MARITIME HELCOM Secretariat
By end of 2017
Produce thematic assessments and GES relevant indicators related to Maritime Activities to support work of HELCOM GEAR and STATE & CONSERVATION
HELCOM MARITIME HELCOM Secretariat
Continuous
Information to mariners
Update and disseminate the revised HELCOM Baltic Sea Clean Shipping Guide
HELCOM Secretariat Update when needed
Other tasks stemming from implementation of the HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan (Maritime Activities segment)
Further address marine litter, including the problem of “ghost fishing”
[KIMO] HELCOM PRESSURE WS RAP ML October 2017 Contracting Parties
According to the Baltic Sea Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter agreed by 2015
Further consider noise from shipping and leisure vessels and its environmental effects according to HELCOM roadmap on underwater noise and in light of the developments at the international level in IMO
HELCOM MARITIME
HELCOM MARITIME 18-2018
Exchange information about offshore activities HELCOM MARITIME HELCOM RESPONSE
Continuous
Consider an assessment of pleasure craft activities in the Baltic Sea region including, i.a., environmental impacts and risks of accidents
EBA, Contracting Parties by 2018
Consider joint proposals to IMO on clean and safe shipping in the Baltic Sea
HELCOM MARITIME
Continuous
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List of Documents Name Category Submitted by Date
1-1 Provisional Agenda.pdf DEC Secretariat 6.2.2017
1-2 Annotations to the Provisional Agenda.pdf CMNT Secretariat 28.8.2017
2-1 HELCOM Maritime Working Group awarded the Baltic Sea Fund Prize 2017.pdf
INF Secretariat 28.8.2017
2-2 HELCOM Implementation Outlook of the Ocean-related SDGs in the Baltic Sea.pdf
INF Secretariat 28.8.2017
2-3 Information on the outcomes of recent HELCOM meetings.pdf INF Secretariat 19.9.2017
2-4 Recommendations from the Baltic SCOPE project.pdf CMNT Secretariat 1.10.2017
3-1 Regional Baltic Sea plan for harmonized ratification and implementation for 2004 IMO BWMC.pdf
INF Secretariat 28.8.2017
3-2 Literature Review of the Indicative Ballast Water Analysis Methods.pdf INF Finland 27.9.2017
3-3 COMPLETE-Completing management options to reduce risk of invasive species introduction by shipping.pdf
INF Secretariat 29.9.2017
4-1 Outcomes of HELCOM GREEN TEAM 1-2017 and the joint segment of Regional Cooperation Day.pdf
INF Secretariat 20.9.2017
4-2 EnviSuM Project.pdf INF Secretariat 20.9.2017
4-3 Emissions from Baltic Sea Shipping in 2016.pdf INF Finland 28.9.2017
4-4 Proposal for updating HELCOM GREEN TEAM Work Plan for 2018-2019.pdf CMNT Secretariat 5.10.2017
4-4-WP1 HELCOM GREEN TEAM Work Plan for 2018-2019.pdf DEC Secretariat 11.10.2017
5-1 Work Plan for 2016-2018 of the Cooperation Platform on Special Area According to MARPOL Annex IV.pdf
DEC Secretariat 28.8.2017
5-1-WP1 Work Plan for 2016-2018 of the Cooperation Platform on Special Area According to MARPOL Annex IV.pdf
DEC Secretariat 11.10.2017
5-2 2017 HELCOM Overview on Port Reception Facilities (PRF).pdf DEC Secretariat 19.9.2017
6-1 CCB Draft Report on potential sources of nutrient inputs - Baltic Sea ports handling fertilizers.pdf
CMNT Secretariat 28.8.2017
6-2 Update of the follow-up implementation of the RAP ML.pdf CMNT Secretariat 19.9.2017
6-3 Sanctions, penalties and fines issued by OSPAR and HELCOM Contracting Parties for waste disposal offences at sea.pdf
INF Secretariat 29.9.2017
7-1 Hull Detox and CHANGE – Reducing the use and presence of harmful antifouling systems on recreational craft.pdf
INF Sweden 29.9.2017
9-1 Migration of HELCOM AIS Server.pdf INF Secretariat 28.8.2017
9-2-Rev1 Proposal for amending HELCOM Recommendation 34E-2.pdf DEC Sweden 20.9.2017
9-3 Status Report of HELCOM-BSHC Baltic Sea Re-survey Scheme.pdf INF Finland 27.9.2017
9-4 Outcome of SAFE NAV 8-2017.pdf INF Secretariat 29.9.2017
9-5 Proposal for amendment of HELCOM Recommendation 34E-2.pdf DEC Secretariat 5.10.2017
10-1 Baltic Sea Clean Shipping Guide - revised 2017 edition.pdf DEC Secretariat 19.9.2017
10-1-Rev1 Baltic Sea Clean Shipping Guide - revised 2017 edition.pdf DEC Secretariat 12.10.2017
10-1-Rev2 Baltic Sea Clean Shipping Guide - revised 2017 edition.pdf DEC Secretariat 12.10.2017
10-2 Proposals and information on the revision needs of HELCOM Maritime related Recommendations.pdf
DEC Secretariat 19.9.2017
10-2-WP1-Proposals for revision of HELCOM Recommendations 19-10 and 10-11.pdf
DEC Drafting group 11.10.2017
10-3 Draft HELCOM Maritime Assessment.pdf CMNT Secretariat 5.10.2017
11-1 Preliminary list of HELCOM and other meetings.pdf INF Secretariat 19.9.2017
12-1 Contact addresses and Observers of HELCOM MARITIME.pdf CMNT Secretariat 28.8.2017
12-2 Outcome of EN-Noise 1-2017.pdf INF Secretariat 5.10.2017
12-3 Progress in implementing the underwater noise roadmap.pdf INF Secretariat 6.10.2017
14-1 Work Plan for HELCOM MARITIME 2016-2018.pdf DEC Secretariat 28.8.2017
14-1-Rev1 Work Plan for HELCOM MARITIME 2016-2018.pdf DEC Secretariat 12.10.2017
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List of Presentations
No. Title Submitted by
1 COMPLETE - Completing management options in the Baltic Sea Region to reduce risk of invasive species introduction by shipping
Germany
2 Target species list - updates Finland
3 CLIA Europe Baltic Exercise on Sewage CLIA
4 Best Practice Guidance for the handling of waste water in ports Germany
5 Black and grey water solutions on ships - Progress and challenges Finland
6 Revision of Directive 2000/59/EC on port reception facilities European Union
7 Fertiliser ports in the Baltic Sea CCB
8 Proposal for amendment of HELCOM Recommendation 34E-2 Sweden
9 Present status and further development of Pilot e-Navigation project Russia
10 Safer routes for shipping: Speed up re-surveys in the Baltic Sea Finland
11 Clean Shipping: EU Activities and Co-operation European Union
12 Policy Area on Maritime Safety and Security (PA Safe) and Policy Area on Clean Shipping (PA Ship)
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