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Winter Navigation WINTER NAVIGATION 2016 – 2017 2014 – 2015 – 2014 VINTERSJÖFART Contents 1. General Information Page 1.1 Ice-breaking service . .1 1.2 The Executive Boards of Ice-breaking Service and Icebreakers . 1-3 1.3 Local Offices . 4-7 2. Information about Winter Navigation (information for industry, ship owners, shippers and charterers) 2.1 Common information . 8 2.2 Traffic restrictions . 8-9 2.3 Exemptions . 9 2.4 Prioritization . 9 2.5 Traffic information . 9 3. Navigating in Ice 3.1 Captain obligations . 10 3.2 Notification and Reporting . 10 3.3 Icebreaker contacts . 10 3.4 Instructions for captains on ships receiving ice-breaking assistance . 11 3.5 Instructions for vessels on Lake Vänern and Göta Älv . 12 3.6 Towing . 12-14 3.7 Danger of icing . 14-15 3.8 Sea rescue . 15 3.9 Instructions for shipwrecked persons . 15 4. Ice Classes and Requirements 4.1 Finnish-Swedish Ice Classes . 16 4.2 Equivalence between Ice class notations . 17-22 4.3 Swedish Ice Class for traffic on Lake Vänern . 22 5. Ordinance and Regulations for Winter Navigation 5.1 General . 23 5.2 Ordinance . 23 5.3 Which Vessels can count on State Icebreaker Assistance? . 23-24 6. Weather- and Ice- Information 6.1 General about transmission . 25 6.2 Radiotelephony . 25 6.3 NAVTEX . 25 Swedish coastradio (map) . .26 6.4 Broadcasting . 27 6.5 Telefax and radiofacsimile transmission . 27-28 6.6 How to request for weather- and ice reports from vessels . 28 6.7 Wind table . 29 Weather forecast areas (map) . .30 WINTER NAVIGATION 1 1. General information 1.1 Ice-breaking service The Government Ice-breaking service is managed by the Swedish Maritime Administration. The functions of ICE INFO and the Local Office of the Government Ice-breaking Service are, within the operating district, to obtain and pass information, requests and instructions concer-ning the ice-breaking service between the Board of the Service, interesting parties and perform any task imposed by the Board of the Ice-breaking Service. The state icebreakers are the ODEN, YMER, FREJ, ATLE and ALE. In addtion also the AHTS vessel THETIS acts as a state icebreaker when needed. The buoytender-vessel BALTICA and SCANDICA, other suitable vessels and municipal and private tugboats are chartered when necessary. The main function of the State ice-breaking is to break ice between open waters and water protected from sea ice, pack ice and similar ice obstacles (sea ice- breaking). 1.2 The Executive Boards of Ice-breaking Services and Ice- breakers Sweden Postal address: Swedish Maritime Administration, Ice-breaking Department 601 78 NORRKÖPING Telephone: Switchboard (08.00-16.40) . .+46-(0)771 - 63 00 00 Deputy head / operational . manager ....................+46-(0)10 - 478 62 58 Director . .+46-(0)10 - 478 47 57 Operating centre . ..+46 (0) 771 63 25 25 During icebreaking season a 24 hour duty system is in operation at the operating centre. Fax: +46 -(0)11-10 31 00 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.sjofartsverket.se Actual information: The unit will provide a brief account of the ice situation for the day, the operating areas of the icebreakers together with instructions for shipping and an updated ice chart at Swedish Maritime Administration homepage: www.sjofartsverket.se/winternavigation also on common web-page www.baltice.org Code letters and telephone-numbers for the Swedish icebreakers Icebreaker Callsign Telephone E-mail VHF and MF Ale SBPQ +46(0)31-33 44 952 [email protected] All icebreakers Atle SBPR +46(0)31-33 44 948 [email protected] Channel 16 Frej SBPT +46(0)31-33 44 940 [email protected] and 2332 kHz Oden SMLQ +46(0)31-33 45 511 [email protected] Ymer SDIA +46(0)31-33 44 944 [email protected] Thetis 5BMW4 +358 40 529 48 86 [email protected] Baltica SJOY +46(0)10-478 57 00 [email protected] Scandica SKFZ +46(0)10-478 57 71 [email protected] 2 WINTER NAVIGATION Finland (authority) Postal address: Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency, Winter Navigation Unit P.O. Box 33 FIN-00521 HELSINKI, FINLAND Telephone: Switchboard (08.00-16.15) +358-(0)295 34 3000 Head of Winter Navigation Unit +358-(0)295 34 3327 Senior Maritime Officer (traffic restrictions) +358-(0)295 34 3328 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.liikennevirasto.fi Code letters and telephone-numbers for the Finnish icebreakers Icebreaker Callsign Telephone (GSM) E-mail VHF and MF Urho OHMS +358(0)306 20 75 00 [email protected] All icebreakers Sisu OHMW +358(0)306 20 74 00 [email protected] Channel 16 Voima OHLW +358(0)306 20 76 50 [email protected] and Fennica OJAD +358(0)306 20 77 00 [email protected] 2332 kHz Nordica OJAE +358(0)306 20 78 00 [email protected] Otso OIRT +358(0)306 20 73 00 [email protected] Kontio OIRV +358(0)306 20 72 00 [email protected] Polaris OJQT +358(0)942 45 04 59 [email protected] Zeus OJHB +358(0)400 18 40 31 [email protected] Finland (icebreaker operations) Postal address: Arctia Shipping Ltd Maringatan 9 00160 Helsinki, Finland Telephone: Operational management (24 h): +358 (0)46 876 7050 E-mail: [email protected] Denmark Postal address: Vaerenfaelles Forsvarskommando, Marinstaben Herningvej 30 DK-7470 Karup J, DENMARK Telephone: +45 - 72 85 00 00 +45 - 72 81 20 56 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.forsvaret.dk Norway Postal address: Kystverket Sørøst Postboks 1502, NO-6025 ÅLESUND, NORGE Telephone: +47 - 37 01 97 59 +47 - 417 62 255 Fax: +47 - 37 01 97 01 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.kystverket.no WINTER NAVIGATION 3 Estonia Postal address: Estonian Maritime Administration Winter Navigation Department Martin Kaarjärv (Head of ice-breaking) Lume 9, EE.104 16 TALLINN ESTONIA Telephone: +372 620 57 07 Fax: +372 620 57 66 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.vta.ee Latvia Postal address: Free Port of Riga Authority Arturs Brokovskis-Vaivods Meldru iela 5a,LV-1015 RIGA, LATVIA Telephone: +371 670 82 000 E-mail: [email protected] Poland Postal address: Harbour Master Port of Gdynia Jacek Kaszuba (ansvarig för isbrytning) 10 Chrzanowskiego, 81-339 GDYNIA, POLAND Telephone: +48 (0)58 620 28 53 Fax: +48 (0)58 661 60 51 E-mail: [email protected] Germany Postal address: Federal Waterways and Shipping Agency Northern Region Office, Kiellinie 247 D-241 06 KIEL, DEUTSCHLAND Telephone: +49 431 3394 8120 Fax: +49 431 3394 6399 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.ast-nord.gdws.wsv.de Russia Postal address: Harbour Master Big Port of St. Petersburg Gapsalskaya Street 10 198035 ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA Telephone: +7 812 718 89 01 (information on ice-breaking) Fax: +7 812 327 40 20 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.pasp.ru 4 WINTER NAVIGATION 1.3 Local Offices Luleå Anders Dahl Luleå pilotage area Strömörvägen 9 974 37 LULEÅ Phone: +46 (0)10 - 478 4958 Cell: +46 (0)702 - 23 29 56 E-mail: [email protected] Piteå Clas-Robert Johansson Piteå Hamn AB Box 716 941 28 PITEÅ Phone: +46 (0)911 - 23 21 32 Cell: +46 (0)705 - 93 10 34 E-mail: [email protected] Skellefteå Werner Myrvang Skellefte hamn Järnvägsleden 81 932 33 SKELLEFTEHAMN Phone: +46 (0)910 - 73 63 39 Cell: +46 (0)738 - 29 80 24 E-mail: [email protected] Umeå Bernt Holmgren Kvarken Ports Umeå Hamn 913 32 HOLMSUND Phone: +46 (0)90 - 16 32 90 Cell: +46 (0)703 - 27 17 29 E-mail: [email protected] Örnsköldsvik Mikael Johansson Aarbur master Örnsköldsviks Hamn & Logistik AB Järvedsleden 4 891 60 Örnsköldsvik Tel: +46 (0)660 - 787 14 Cell: +46 (0)706 - 32 46 15 E-mail: [email protected] Kramfors Jan Westerlund Ödmark & Andersson AB Greisgatan 5 872 24 KRAMFORS Tel: +46 (0)612 - 124 40, 12442 Mobil: +46 (0)702 - 24 34 64 E-mail: [email protected] Sundsvall Mats Lundberg Sundsvalls Hamn AB Box 722 851 21 SUNDSVALL Cell: +46 (0)703 - 19 35 40 E-mail: [email protected] WINTER NAVIGATION 5 Iggesund Nils Wigsten Iggesunds Bruk Hamnkontoret Skärnäs 825 80 IGGESUND Phone: +46 (0)650 - 285 94 Cell: +46 (0)705 - 46 98 45 E-mail: [email protected] Söderhamn-Gävle Dag Tendenby Gävle pilotage area 805 95 GÄVLE Phone: +46 (0)10 - 478 47 71 Cell: +46 (0)708 - 19 14 36 E-mail: [email protected] Stockholm Anders Nordin Stockholms pilotage area Box 27808 115 93 STOCKHOLM Phone: +46 (0)10 - 478 47 98 Cell: +46 (0)708 - 66 66 20 E-mail: [email protected] Mälaren-Södertälje Susann Tolppola Södertälje pilotage area Slussgatan 11 151 71 SÖDERTÄLJE Phone: +46 (0)10 - 478 48 02 Cell: +46 (0)708 - 21 28 78 E-mail: [email protected] Oxelösund-Norrköping Anders Nordin Stockholms pilotage area Box 27808 115 93 STOCKHOLM Phone: +46 (0)10 - 478 47 98 Cell: +46 (0)708 - 66 66 20 E-mail: [email protected] Västervik-Ölands södra Tommy Andersson udde incl Gotland Kalmar pilotage area Bojgatan 4 392 31 KALMAR Phone: +46 (0)480 - 49 38 41 Cell: +46 (0)708 - 47 22 68 E-mail: [email protected] Karlskrona-Karlshamn Leif Svensson Karlshamns Hamn Box 8 374 21 KARLSHAMN Tel: +46 (0)454 - 30 50 24 Cell: +46 (0)709 - 77 35 51 E-mail: [email protected] 6 WINTER NAVIGATION Sölvesborg-Åhus Tommy Andersson Kalmar pilotage area Bojgatan 4 392 31 KALMAR Phone: +46 (0)480 - 49 38 41 Cell: +46 (0)708 - 47 22 68 E-mail: [email protected] Trelleborg Jim Leveau Trelleborgs Hamn AB Box 26 231 21 TRELLEBORG Phone: +46 (0)410 - 36 37 08 Cell: +46 (0)709 - 36 97 08 E-mail: [email protected] Malmö - Helsingborg Anders Alestam Malmö pilotage
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