MesoAmericanCaribbean Hydrographic Commission Electronic Chart Working Group Meeting Results Cartage

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MesoAmerican-Caribbean Hydrographic Commission
Electronic Chart Working Group Meeting
ResultsCartagena30-31 August 2004

• Katie Ries, Chair
• LCDR Rafael A. Ponce, Vice-Chair

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Environmental Protection and Maritime Transport
Pollution Control in the Gulf of Honduras
Project geinfrae_at_cocatram.org.ni

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Environmental Protection and Maritime Transport
Pollution Control in the Gulf of Honduras
Project geinfrae_at_cocatram.org.ni Project
Objective To reverse the degradation of the
coastal and marine ecosystems within the Gulf of
Honduras by enhancing the prevention and control
from maritime transport-related pollution in the
major ports and navigation lanes, improving
navigational safety to avoid groundings and
spills, and reducing land-based sources of
pollution draining into the Gulf.

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Environmental Protection and Maritime Transport
Pollution Control in the Gulf of Honduras Project

• ECWG TG 1 involvement
• Making the case for Hydrographys importance for
  environmental management and protection
• Regional hydrographic capacity analysis and gap
  assessment
• Input in the projects Trans-boundary Diagnostic
  Analysis
• Active involvement in the Puerto Barrio, Belize
  City, and Tegucigalpa project preparation
  meetings
• Input in the projects final design
• Commitment to develop and help execute the
  implementation plan for all projects
  hydrography- related sub-components

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Key Hydrographic Objectives
Major Project Components
National Institutional Capacity Building
Regional (Tri-national) Institutional Capacity
Building
Technical Support
Demonstration
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Create institutional arrangement for conducting
hydrographic work.
Integrate hydrographic data / ENC applications
in the projects env. information management
system and facilitate access.
Create ENC for priority ports and pilot an
inclusion of env. data layers.
Hydrographic data acquisition for priority
ports including updating surveys where needed.
Project Hydrographic Support
Survey
ENC
GIS
Establishment of formal training.
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Expectations for Task Group 1 at this meeting
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Come to agreement on implementation plan
process.
Come to agreement on outcome/product of plan.
Identify needs for each activity.
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Develop timeline for completing the
implementation plan For hydrographic component.
Identify strategies for each need.
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Key Hydrographic Objectives
Major Project Components
National Institutional Capacity Building
ACTIVITIES EXAMPLE -Determine priority ports for
surveying and/or ENC production under the
project -Define national requirements for
training, expertise, and equipment required for
hydrographic data collection, processing, paper
and ENC production, distribution, and safe
navigation. -Determine which of those
requirements could be met through a regional
(tri-national) arrangements.
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Accomplishments

• AGREED TO DEVELOP IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND STARTED
  IT
• Developed detailed list of actions related to
  building national institutional capacity,
  including
• -Raising the level of awareness of the
  importance of hydrography
• including reinforcing senior level visits by
  the IHB
• -Establishment/strengthening of national
  coordination committees (example Panama,
  Guatemala)
• Use of IHO S-55 questionnaire to
• -assess current status of hydro survey
  charting capabilities
• -prioritize needs
• -identify related training needs
• -build on national responses to determine
  trinational collaborative arrangements to
  achieve project results
• Established linkages with IHO Capacity Building
  efforts and
• COCATRAM

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Task Group TwoSpecific Tasks for This Meeting

• 1. Small-scale INT Chart ? to ENC production
• - Small-scale ENC distribution
• 2. ENC Distribution Options
• 3. Priority Ports and Routes
• - GoH Ports
• - HYCOOP letter
• - Alternatives for ENC production
• 4. Training

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Small-Scale ENCs

• Agreed
• INT Chart scheme will be basis for production
• --Will use proposed French ENC cell scheme to
  address overlaps in ENC cell coverage
• Identified HOs willing to produce INT paper
  charts and ENCs
• Produced ENCs should undergo a consistency check
  by 3rd party (IC-ENC and Primar Stavanger have
  offered).
• Most small-scale ENCs will be available
  free-of-charge.

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MACHC Small-Scale INT Charts and ENCs go to
separate slide
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Priority Ports/Routes for ENCs

• Accomplished
• Minor revisions in area designations
• Added additional ports (e.g., Colombia, Cuba,
  Mexico, Suriname, USA, Venezuela)
• Incorporated/highlighted cruise ship ports
• Added Environmentally Sensitive Sea Areas (ESSAs)
• Began development of a detailed table for each
  area
• Added GoH Project Ports
• Need
• A more detailed map of area boundaries
• Determine Pacific Ocean ports

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Small-scale INT Chart Scheme

• Recommend (to the INT Chart Committee)
• Adopt the revised INT Chart scheme for both paper
  and ENCs
• An additional INT chart to include Suriname
• INT Chart coverage for Pacific coast of MACHC
  (2-3 charts)

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ENC Distribution Options

• Accomplished
• Preference is for
• a) To establish own RENC
• b) Or, join an existing RENC
• Designated a small Task Group to look into pros
  and cons of each option
• Colombia
• Cuba
• Mexico
• Venezuela (Chair)
• UK Netherlands (IC-ENC) and France (Primar
  Stavanger) will assist.

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ENC Training

• First Step
• Determine what are the types/level of training
  needed for a designated country(s).
• e.g., Gulf of Honduras Project
• Tie into capacity building.

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Follow-on Action Items for ECWG

• 1. Establish link between IHO and MACHC-ECWG
  websites
• 2. For Priority Ports and Routes, prepare more
  detailed table and area map
• 3. Contact cruise ship companies for update
• 4. Formal requests for HYCOOP data
• 5. All members provide S-55 response
• 6. Set date/place for next meeting