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WORK PACKAGE 2- FINAL RESULTS WP2 Seminar /
Baltic Master II Partner Search The 19th of Dec.,
2007 Prepared by Jakub Piotrowicz
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WP2 Safe Transportation at SeaResponse to the
unique character of the Baltic Sea

• - The Baltic Sea is one of the worlds most
  heavily trafficked waters (more
• than 2 000 vessel movements per day)
• - Level of sea transport and use of sea and
  coastal zones are dramatically
• increasing (shipping, fishing, offshore wind
  power plants,oil drilling)
• - It takes up to 30 years to renew the water of
  the Baltic Sea
• - One large spill can disrupt sea and shore life
  over many miles and years.

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Baltic Master Work Package 2
SAFE TRANSPORTATION AT SEA was lead by
Maritime Institute in GdanskWork Package 2 of
the Baltic Master was focused mainly on - The
Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA) and
Associated Protective Measures (APMs)- Local
and regional priorities and a vision of the PSSA
framework for the Baltic Sea in 2020- Traffic
monitoring solutions - Issues of improving
maritime safety (navigation, traffic separation,
training of crew, oil-spills handling)- Places
of refuge- Port waste management.
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WP2 in numbers

• - 18 active and supporting Partners from 4
  countries
• Sweden (10 Partners), Poland (6 Partners),
  Germany (1 Partner), Finland (1 Partner) plus
  renowned external experts
• - 12 reports and case studies
• - More than ten WP2 meetings including seminars
  on safe transport, navigation, PSSA and
  Professional Development Courses on ICZM
• - 3 large traffic monitoring workshops
• - Several project presentations for national and
  international bodies.

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WP2 in numbers Reports and case studies
- Vision of PSSA 2020 (lead by Region
Blekinge/Maritime Institute in Gdansk) - Regional
and local priorities on PSSA (lead by Maritime
Institute in Gdansk) - PSSA in the Baltic Sea-
overview (World Maritime University) - Inventory
of measures and needs in respect of education and
training of seafarers, equipment and technology
improvements, onboard vessels transporting
dangerous goods in the Baltic Sea Area (Kalmar
Maritime Academy) - Risk analysis models on the
area of the Baltic Sea - Ship safety on southern
and western Baltic Sea - Integrated model of
navigational safety on the Baltic Sea - Vessel
safety in Poland's largest harbours (all by
Maritime University of Szczecin) - AIS for
small ships (Maritime Office in Gdynia) - Future
of traffic monitoring centres (Maritime Office in
Gdynia) - Places of refuge in the Baltic Sea
(Kalmar Maritime Academy) - Sludge and waste
handling in medium sized ports (Port of Kalmar)

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WP2 PSSA Reports- major contents

• Analysis of threats related to sea transport
• Description of the chosen valuable Baltic sea
  areas - ecological, socio-economical aspects
• Legal aspects of maritime protection
• Definition of existing APMs, proposal of new
  APMs implementation
• Recogniton of local priorities and experiences
  within PSSA (interviews with regional
  representatives)
• Situation of The Baltic Sea Area in comparison
  with other PSSA areas.

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PLATFORM FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND
CO-OPERATION WITHIN PSSA FRAMEWORK
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Reccomendations of maritime safety improvment
by- enforcing current legal regulations in the
field of PSSA - efficient implementation and
execution of law - taking new safety
measures- developing systems for safe
transportation- organizing joint monitoring
scheme- raising awareness and knowledge about
the Baltic Sea and PSSA- effective
collaboration and innovation.Prevention is the
best way of minimizing threats at sea. It
includes enforcement of regulations related to
environmental protection, construction of safer
vessels, improved sea pilotage, obligatory
monitoring.
Experiences from the WP2 (1)

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- There is a strong need to improve the
education and trainingof seamen (issues of
fatigue, knowledge of languages, emergency
manoeuvring etc.)- Vessels equipment should be
standardized (AIS, Global Positioning Systems,
autopilotes)- Procedures concerning port waste
management and ballast waters handling need to be
uniformed- Each Baltic state needs to have
clear regulations concerning places of refuge.
Experiences from the WP2 (2)

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- Further protective measures are necessary
to eliminate and reduce shipping related
impacts- Measures decided on the level of EU,
IMO and HELCOM willnot have the desired effect
if they are not implemented anduniformly
enforced at the different levels by all Baltic
Statesincluding RUSSIA - Existing APM
Baltic Areas to be avoided list should
preferably include all the present and planned
offshore protected areas- The influence of
local communities on the improving
maritimesafety should be increased, the
knowledge about PSSA needs to be disseminated in
more effective way.
Experiences from the WP2 (3)

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Thank you for your co-operation

• and see you in the Baltic Master II !

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• Mrs Urszula Kowalczyk
• Maritime Institute in Gdansk
• Head of Economics and Law Department
• Baltic Master WP2 Leader
• 48 58 301 16 41
• ulak_at_im.gda.pl
• Jakub Piotrowicz
• Maritime Institute in Gdansk
• Baltic Master WP2 Manager
• 48 58 301 16 41
• jpiotrow_at_im.gda.pl