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Baltic Sea Clean Shipping Guide 2017 BALTIC SEA CLEAN SHIPPING GUIDE 2017 Information for mariners on environmental and safety of navigation measures in the Baltic Sea BALTIC SEA CLEAN SHIPPING GUIDE 2017 CONTENTS I: Introduction 3 Baltic Sea 3 The Helsinki Convention and HELCOM 4 A SPECIAL SEA CALLS Clean and Safe Baltic shipping is a shared responsibility 4 II: Environmental regulation of shipping in the Baltic Sea 5 FOR SPECIAL CAUTION Oil and petroleum products 5 Hazardous and Noxious liquid substances carried in bulk 6 Sewage 6 Particular environmental caution should be taken when sailing in the Baltic Sea, a special Garbage 7 area in terms of environmental regulation of shipping. Exhaust gases and fuel oil quality 7 Incineration 8 Ships’ ballast water and sediments 8 This information publication aims to give you a general overview of the regional environ- Dumping 9 mental and safety of navigation measures applied in the Baltic Sea to maritime traffic. The III. General information on delivery of wastes focus is on commercial shipping which have to comply with IMO rules but some of the ma- to port reception facilities in the Baltic Sea 9 terial might also be relevant for smaller vessels (fishing vessels, working vessels and pleasure IV. Environmental regulations and small vessels craft). Even if specific coastal countries or ports may have deviating practices the content (fishing, working and leisure vessels) 10 should represent the regional best practice. V. Routeing measures and pilotage 11 Mandatory ship reporting systems 11 For detailed and authoritative information on requirements please consult the original doc- Deep-water routes 11 uments published by IMO, HELCOM or other referred organization. Traffic Separation Schemes (TSS) 12 Other routeing measures and recommendations on navigation 13 Areas to be Avoided (ATBA) 13 The information included reflects the situation in October 2017, please check the HELCOM Pilotage 13 website if a newer version of this publication is available: helcom.fi. VI. ECDIS, AIS and e-navigation 14 Sail clean and safe on the Baltic! VII. Safety of winter navigation 15 VIII. Information on Under Keel Clearance in the Baltic Sea 17 General guidance 17 Under Keel Clearance factors 17 Calculating Under Keel Clearance in general 18 Effect ofsquat 19 Effect of heel during course alterations 20 Published by: HELCOM, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, FI-00160 Helsinki, Finland. UKC information and pilotage 20 Editor: Hermanni Backer Design and Layout: Yksinolla Branding IX. Reporting obligations in case of an incident 21 Image credits: HELCOM PPlease note that this publication is the 2017 edition of the “Clean Seas Guide” published by HELCOM in 1986, X. Detection and prosecution of offenders of and revised in 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2012 and as “Baltic Sea Clean Shipping Guide” in 2016. anti-pollution regulations 22 An electronic version is freely available from the HELCOM website: helcom.fi. CONTENTS I: INTRODUCTION Headlines are links to pages in question. Baltic Sea traffic density BALTIC SEA Year 2014. All IMO ship types Tornio For the purposes of this publication the Baltic Sea is defined as the sea I: Introduction 3 Kalix ! Kemi Number of ships ! ! Baltic Sea 3 Luleå Russia 1 800 1700 2300 19000 ! Martinniemi and its entrance separated by the North Sea by the latitude 57°44.43’N ! The Helsinki Convention and HELCOM 4 Haraholmen ! Oulu ! between Skagen in Denmark (approximately Grenen point) and NW Clean and Safe Baltic shipping is a shared responsibility 4 Rönnskär ! Raahe Exclusive Economic Zone ! Gothenburg in Sweden (approximately St. Oset lighthouse). II: Environmental regulation of shipping Territorial waters ! Rahja Sikeå in the Baltic Sea 5 ! ! Kokkola Oil and petroleum products 5 Umeå ! Pietarsaari ! Main parts include the entrance area between Denmark and Swe- Hazardous and Noxious liquid substances carried in bulk 6 den, the main central basin Baltic Sea Proper, to the east Gulf of ! Vaasa Sewage 6 Örnsköldsvik ! Finland Garbage 7 Riga and Gulf of Finland as well as Gulf of Bothnia north of Åland. Kaskinen ! Exhaust gases and fuel oil quality 7 ! Kristinestad Sundsvall ! Incineration 8 Sweden Seabed and coastline is mostly rocky in the north, with a labyrinth ! Mäntyluoto Vyborg Ships’ ballast water and sediments 8 ! ! Vysotsk of skerries and islands, while south and southeast are dominated ! ! Primorsk Dumping 9 Rauma Kotka ! Söderhamn ! Isnäs St Petersburg! ! Sköldvik Norrsundet ! ! by sand and gravel with open sandy shores. The entire sea is very III. General information on delivery of wastes Turku Helsinki ! ! Gefle ! ! to port reception facilities in the Baltic Sea 9 Inkoo ! Ust–Luga Öregrund ! shallow with an average depth of around 50 meters. ! ! Mariehamn Hanko ! ! ! Kunda Sillamäe IV. Environmental regulations and small vessels ! Tallinn (fishing, working and leisure vessels) 10 ! Dirhami During winter on average half of the sea area is covered with ice. Stockholm ! Estonia V. Routeing measures and pilotage 11 Södertälje ! Pärnu ! Largest ice extent is observed during February —March. Mandatory ship reporting systems 11 Norrköping Deep-water routes 11 ! ! Salacgriva Traffic Separation Schemes (TSS) 12 Skulte There are practically no tides in the Baltic Sea. The exception is the ! Other routeing measures and recommendations on navigation 13 ! Ventspils Skagen! ! Gothenburg ! Riga Kattegat area, where average tide amplitude is in the order of 10- Areas to be Avoided (ATBA) 13 Latvia Byxelkrok! Pilotage 13 30 cm on the Danish coast and 4cm on the Swedish coast, with ! Varberg ! Liepāja Halmstad higher amplitudes observed during spring tides. However, the sea VI. ECDIS, AIS and e-navigation 14 ! Denmark Elleholm ! Klaipėda level may vary significantly during periods with strong winds. ! VII. Safety of winter navigation 15 Aarhus ! Lithuania Vejle ! VIII. Information on Under Keel Clearance Kolding Copenhagen ! Ystad in the Baltic Sea 17 ! ! With a total area of about 370,000 km², approximately the same Kaliningrad ! General guidance 17 Gdynia ! size as Japan, the Baltic Sea is world’s second largest brackish (low Under Keel Clearance factors 17 ! ! salinity) water basin after the Black Sea. Marine and freshwater Calculating Under Keel Clearance in general 18 Kiel ! Kołobrzeg Rostock ! Effect of squat 19 Lübeck ! Wismar life forms live side by side in a unique and sensitive environment. ! Szczecin Effect of heel during course alterations 20 UKC information and pilotage 20 Germany Poland Exchange of water between the Atlantic Ocean and the Baltic Sea IX. Reporting obligations in case is very limited due to the narrow and shallow straits between Den- of an incident 21 0 100 200 kilometres Data source: Historic 2014 data from the HELCOM AIS, a regional mark and Sweden. Due to this any introduced pollutants will re- X. Detection and prosecution of offenders network of national AIS base stations in operation since 2005. of anti-pollution regulations 22 main in the sea for a very long time. 3 THE HELSINKI CONVENTION AND HELCOM CLEAN AND SAFE BALTIC SHIPPING IS A CONTENTS SHARED RESPONSIBILITY Headlines are links to pages in question. In order to have a firm basis for working together for a clean- er Baltic Sea the coastal countries adopted an international legal Navigation on the Baltic Sea area has always been of great impor- I: Introduction 3 treaty, the Helsinki Convention (Convention on the Protection of tance to the people living around it. Your personal contribution in Baltic Sea 3 the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area) in 1974 (entered making shipping both cleaner and safer is of essence. The Helsinki Convention and HELCOM 4 into force 1980). A revised Convention was signed in 1992 (en- Clean and Safe Baltic shipping is a shared responsibility 4 tered into force 2000) in order to extend, strengthen and modern- The responsibility for avoiding operational or accidental discharg- II: Environmental regulation of shipping in the Baltic Sea 5 ize the legal regime for the protection of the marine environment es of oil or other harmful substances to the Baltic Sea rests not Oil and petroleum products 5 of the Baltic Sea area. only with the master and his crew but also with the charterer, the Hazardous and Noxious liquid substances carried in bulk 6 ship-owner and the ports: Sewage 6 Garbage 7 The Helsinki Convention aims to prevent pollution from ships (in- • The master and his crew should be aware of the regulations in Exhaust gases and fuel oil quality 7 cluding dumping), pollution from land-based sources, and pollu- force, fully proficient in carrying out the correct procedures and Incineration 8 tion resulting from the exploration and exploitation of the seabed Ships’ ballast water and sediments 8 should apply them carefully and consciously. and its subsoil. The Convention also regulates the co-operation to Dumping 9 • The charterer should include in the Charter Party a clause stating respond to marine pollution by oil and other harmful substances. III. General information on delivery of wastes his policy on pollution prevention compliance. The ship-owner to port reception facilities in the Baltic Sea 9 Current signatories are Denmark, Estonia, European Union, Fin- IV. Environmental regulations and small vessels land, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russian Federation and should ensure sound management in safety and pollution pre- (fishing, working and leisure vessels) 10 Sweden. vention, as required by the International Safety Management V. Routeing measures and pilotage 11 Code for certain categories of ships. Mandatory ship reporting systems 11 Deep-water routes 11 The Convention also established an international organization, • Ports should be adequately prepared to accept ship-generated Traffic Separation Schemes (TSS) 12 the Helsinki Commission or HELCOM, to oversee that the Con- wastes. Other routeing measures and recommendations on navigation 13 vention is put into practice. The Commission issues instruments Areas to be Avoided (ATBA) 13 Coastal countries of the Baltic Sea Pilotage 13 called Recommendations which, together with the Helsinki Con- EU member states VI.
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