Baltic Ordnance Safety Board

SWEDEN, GERMANY, DENMARK, POLAND, LITHUANIA, LATVIA, ESTONIA, FINLAND

HELCOM SAFE NAV 4/2014Helsinki 2014-02-04

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Aim

• To make BOSB known to HELCOM

• First step to a cooperation between HELCOM & BOSB in order to merge the civil and military efforts to enhance

the maritime safety in the Baltic Sea

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180 000 mines laid in 2200 minefields 1848-1945

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The sea traffic today passes over most of the former mined areas

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International Mine Clearance activities 1995-2008

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1. MCOPEST 952. BALTIC SWEEP 963. MCOPEST 964. MCOPLAT 975. MCOPLIT 976. OPEN SPIRIT 977. BALTIC SWEEP 988. MCOPEST 989. MCOPLAT 9810. MCOPLIT 9811. OPEN SPIRIT 9812. BALTIC SWEEP 9913. MCOPLAT 9914. MCOPLIT 9915. OPEN SPIRIT 9916. EST/FIN MCMOP 0017. MCOPLAT 0018. CLEENEX 0119. MCOPEST 0120. OPEN SPIRIT 0121. EST/FIN MCMOP 0122. MCOPLIT 0223. OPEN SPIRIT 0224. BALTRON PASSEX 0325. EST/FIN MCMOP 0326. MCOPLAT 0327. OPEN SPIRIT 0328. BALTRON PASSEX 0429. MCOPEST 0430. OPEN SPIRIT 0431. MCOPLIT 0532. OPEN SPIRIT 0533. MCOPLAT 0634. OPEN SPIRIT 0635. HOD EST 0736. OPEN SPIRIT 0737. MCOPLIT 08

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Mine Clearance Operations 1995-2008 (Pre-BOSB)

916 mines and

208 UXO detected

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PURPOSE OF BOSB

An initiative by nations in the surroundings of the Baltic Sea area with the aim of making a joint effort to collect and share information about HO and related data and to prioritize areas of interest in the Baltic Sea area in

order to enhance maritime safety

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BOSBMemorandum of Understanding

• Enhancing public awareness of the threat from HO in the Baltic Sea area

• Increasing the efficiency of HOD activities in order to reduce the risk of encountering HO during maritime activities in the Baltic Sea area

• Identifying and prioritizing strategic HO risk areas

• Assisting Participants in the selection of areas for HOD activities

• Assisting Participants with a presentation of the detailed compiled common picture during planning and preparation for HOD activities

• Providing Participants with data in support of parties other than the Participants when such parties are performing or planning for instance seafloor exploration, offshore construction or installation of windmill farms in order to enhance safety and security

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COMMON PICTURE

The strength of BOSB is the compiled common picture – built up by shared

information, and the knowledge how to use the information, for example:

Identifying and prioritizing risk areas

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Baltic Ordnance Safety Boardpriority system

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Criteria

• Activity (1-7p)

– Sea traffic (1-7p)

– Anchorage Areas (Full p)

– Fishery (1-3p)

– UW-installations (Not implemented)

• Depth (1-7p)

• Intelligence (1-5p)

• Mine density (1-7p)

• Clearance (-1- -7p or -29p)

• Seabed conditions (Yes/No)

• Biology/Environmental Protection Areas

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Sea traffic

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Fishery

Anchorage Areas

Depth

Intelligence

Mine density

Clearance

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PriorityNo priority54321

BOSB prioritized areas 2013

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Both strive to enhance maritime safety

Both have, and will have, WG to collect and share data of chemical and conventional UXO

BOSB WG - intentionally laid or spread munitions

HELCOM MUNI - dumped chemical munitionsHELCOM SUBMERGED - dumped conventional munitions

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Military branch

Military information

Operational & Tactical level

Clearance measures & activities

Civil branch

Research reports

Strategic & Political level

Information organization

What do we have?

What do you have?

Common prioritization of areas:- to be cleared from a safety perspective and;

- not to be cleared from an environmental perspective

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