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1 Content/Foreword Table of Contents Dear FEATURE: 3 Renovation of Lighthouses – One of Our Priorities Readers, JUBILEE: 6 Maritime Administration 100 he year 2018 marked the 100th HOSTING US / VISITING US anniversary of the Estonian 8 President Kaljulaid at MA, Director Maritime Administration. I General in Singapore and in Croa- would like to use this opportu- tia, Director General of Slovenian nity to thank all our colleagues MA in Tallinn, Meeting of Maritime Twho have helped to create such a Authorities of Three Baltic States good and well-functioning institu- INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION: tion. Special thanks should go to our 10 PA Safe SC and HELCOM AIS EWG partners from the neighbouring Meetings, BIM Annual Meeting countries, especially Sweden and Fin- MISCELLANEOUS land, who contributed to the restora- 11 MA’s New Website, Construction tion of our maritime authority after Works at Hundipea, New Work- Estonia regained its independence in shop at Rohuküla, Dredging Works 1991. Taking into consideration such in Rukki kanal, New Head in the a remarkable anniversary, the event Hydrography and Aids to was celebrated at the Seaplane Har- Navigation Division bour of the Estonian Maritime Muse- Pajula Raigo by Photo um in a more glamorous manner than in previous years. In order to share this memorable occasion with our readers we bring to you some nice JOURNAL photos of it. OF MARITIME ADMINISTRATION AFFAIRS In this issue of the Journal we re- NO. 2/2018 (8) view last year’s major developments. Right now we have about 20 aids to navigation in Estonia, including light In addition to being beacons and day marks, which have important for the safety been completely renovated. Due to RENOVATION the extra 1.5 million euros we re- of water traffic, navigational OF AIDS TO ceived from the Government budget marks, particularly lighthouses, NAVIGATION in 2018 we managed to repair two AT THE MARITIME more lighthouses and start the prepa- also attract tourists. ADMINISTRATION rations for renovation of several others. In addition to being important for the safety of water traffic, navigational marks, particularly lighthouses, also attract tourists – approximately

1 100,000 people a year visit the lighthouses which are open to the public. Journal of Maritime Administration Thus the main article this time focus- joint harbour for the fleets of the Adminis- Affairs es on the renovation of lighthouses in tration and the Police and Border Guard No. 2/2018 (8) Estonia. Board. Cover image: Renovation of Kihnu Among other things you can read What to expect in 2019? We would like to lighthouse in autumn 2018 about the dredging of the fairway be- go on with renovation of navigational (photo: MA archive) tween Hiiumaa Island and the main- marks, and we have plans to purchase new land undertaken by the Maritime Ad- radars for our VTS system. Our flag ship EDITORIAL STAFF: ministration to make sure that ferry project “Enhancing the International Editors: Annika Naame, Tarmo Ots service can continue even in case of Competitiveness of Estonian Shipping” is Layout & design: Profimeedia low water level; the new workshop at taking shape and we will take a look at it in Rohuküla which is used for the main- the next issue, after it has passed the final CONTACTS: tenance of floating aids in West Esto- reading at the Riigikogu (Estonian Parlia- Estonian Maritime Administration nia; and extensive reconstruction ment). Until then – enjoy reading about Valge 4, 11413 Tallinn works that started in Hundipea har- the highlights of 2018! Phone: +372 6205 500 bour, the home of MA’s fleet, to make RENE ARIKAS E-mail: [email protected] berthing safer. In the future it will be a Director General

2 Feature Renovation of lighthouses — One of Our Priorities The year 2018 was remarkable from the point of view of renovation of Estonian lighthouses. For the first time a significant amount of money was allocated from the Governmental budget to reconstruct lighthouses which are valuable as cultural heritage. 1.5 million euros gives the MA a possibility to start the renovation process of four aids to navigation.

Photos: MA ARCHIVE n Estonia, there are 41 operational lighthouses, some of which are archi- The almost tectural heritage objects. The Interna- 300-year-old Keri tional Association of Marine Aids to lighthouse is a Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities cultural heritage I(IALA) has compiled a list of 100 notewor- site but closed to the public because thy lighthouses that are preserved as ar- The 43-metre Tahkuna lighthouse in of the danger of chitectural and cultural heritage sites, and Hiiumaa is the tallest cast-iron building in collapsing 6 Estonian lighthouses can also be found Estonia on that list: Kõpu, Ruhnu, Tahkuna, Keri, Pakri and Suurupi front. Kõpu lighthouse with an approximate cost of 300,000 euros. is one of the three oldest navigational In total, 18 lighthouses and light beacons marks in the world still actively used. have been reconstructed in the last decade. Noteworthy is also Suurupi lighthouse An additional 1.5 million euros enable front (erected in 1885) because it is the us to completely renovate lighthouses lo- only wooden lighthouse in Estonia cur- cated in Kihnu and Vilsandi islands. The rently in operation and one of the few construction works in Kihnu Island, which wooden lighthouses in the world still have been completed by now, included working. stripping off the many layers of paint on the walls both outside and inside and re- RECENT DEVELOPMENTS painting them (including walls, stairs, In recent years the State has found it possi- landings), and weatherizing the façade. ble to finance the renovation of either two Major electricity works were required, and lighthouses or three light beacons a year the foundation and the socle had to be

3 Feature People Voted Kõpu Lighthouse Their Favourite In November 2018, the Estonian Mari- time Administration organised an opinion poll to find out which lighthouse people consider to be their favourite lighthouse in Estonia. The results of the poll were revealed on 13 November, at the Administration’s 100th anniversary, and it was the Administration’s present to the state on the 100th centenary of the Republic of Estonia. In total, over 3200 votes were cast. Almost a quarter of the voters selected Kõpu Lighthouse in Hiiumaa as their favourite. Sõrve Lighthouse in Saare- maa placed second, and Keri Light- house, which will celebrate its 300th anniversary next year, came third. Kõpu Lighthouse is the oldest in Estonia (erected in 1531, it will be 488 years old in 2019) and third oldest in the world. It is also the oldest continu- ously functioning lighthouse in the world. Originally a fire was lit on top of the structure, which could be seen from the sea. Today a 1000 W lantern is used that has luminous intensity of about 2,000,000 cd. The light of Kõpu Light- house is the most powerful in the Baltic region and Scandinavia; its visibility in darkness is 26 nautical miles. Its focal plane is 103.6 m, which makes it the highest lighthouse light in Estonia. Kõpu was also the first lighthouse in Estonia to welcome visitors – it was Kõpu lighthouse is people’s favourite, as revealed by an opinion poll in 2018 opened for the public in 2002. fixed up. Also, preparation of technical lighthouse complexes to private enterpris- Tallinn lighthouse front is on the list renovation projects of Ruhnu and Tallinn es or persons, and according to contracts a of lighthouses front lighthouses have been started. certain amount of income coming from waiting to be ticket sale is used for maintenance of the repaired in the LIGHTHOUSES ATTRACT TOURISTS lighthouses. So it is a win-win situation for near future Renovation of lighthouses is one of the both sides – we can earn an additional in- priorities of the Maritime Administration come to maintain the lighthouses and the and a lot of effort and human resources local communities have additional busi- have been put into this work. ness opportunities and working places. Readers may ask why this topic is so im- Thus, out of the 41 Estonian lighthouses portant for us. The issue needs to be con- 10 already welcome sightseers in sum- sidered in a wider perspective than only mertime: Suurupi front and rear, Ristna, safety of navigation. Lighthouses attract Kõpu, Tahkuna, Kihnu, Pakri, Ruhnu and attention and people are very keen to visit Vormsi, as well as Sõrve. There are official them. Well maintained aids to navigation requests to open two more lighthouses in open to the public attract tourists. Tourists the future. create additional business opportunities (shops, eating places, accommodation). KERI LIGHTHOUSE NEEDS INVESTMENTS Most lighthouses are located in rural areas As an aid to navigation, Keri lighthouse is and every additional workplace has signif- indispensable. It is located on a tiny islet in icance. It is important to note that the the Gulf of Finland, erected in 1719. The Maritime Administration has handed over lighthouse used natural gas from the local the administration of the buildings in drilling well for its light in the years from

4 Feature

Sõrve lighthouse was first opened for visitors in the summer of 2018

Suurupi front – the oldest wooden lighthouse of the Baltic coasts

Sõrve Lighthouse A nice winter shot of Pakri lighthouse Is Ready To Receive complicated task to renovate a lighthouse so far in the sea. Guests On Saturday, 15 June 2018, Sõrve TALLINN LIGHTHOUSE Lighthouse was officially opened for FRONT WILL BE REPAIRED the public. This is the first lighthouse in Tallinn lighthouse front, or Tallinn light- Saaremaa Island, and the tenth in house north (or, by yet another name, the Estonia, to welcome visitors, who can White lighthouse) is situated next to the enjoy the beautiful vistas of Saaremaa VTS Centre of the Maritime Administra- from 45 metres above the ground. tion in Valge Street, Tallinn, on the edge of Climbing the 248 stairs is worth it – the limestone cliff in Lasnamägi. People in good weather one can even see might not even notice it among the trees, the coast of Latvia. The 52-metre Ruhnu lighthouse – the metal cylindrical but for ships coming and leaving Tallinn it lighthouse was built in 1960 and the tower was made in France is an important aid to navigation which to- visibility of its light is 15 nautical 1907 to 1912. But the stone part of the gether with Tallinn lighthouse rear forms miles. lighthouse has been in danger of collaps- the Tallinn leading line. Tallinn lighthouse ing for years now. Today the tower is sup- front is a stone building with a spire made ported with steel reinforcements and thus of wood and covered with tinplate. Origi- for renovation of these. Preliminary calcu- it has remained standing, fortunately. It nally the front lighthouse was built in lations show that additional 15 million eu- has always been included in the MA plans 1806, but it received its current look in ros is needed in the next ten years to reno- as one of the first to be renovated, but as 1839. vate all of them. the cost would be considerable (estima- However, not only lighthouses need to More detailed information about light- tions say over a million euros) the plans be taken care of. There are around a hun- houses in Estonia is available on the MA are still on hold and the financial decision dred more aids to navigation in a bad state homepage (www.veeteedeamet.ee) as should be made separately from all the of repair. The Estonian Maritime Adminis- well as on the Estonian Lighthouse Society others. Understandably it would be a very tration has drawn up a development plan website (www.etts.ee).

5 Jubilee

A fascinating exhibit at Seaplane Harbour - the propeller of a submarine

Photos: RAIGO PAJULA & JUULIA-MARIA LINNA Maritime Administration100 On 13 November 2018, the Estonian Maritime Administration had its 100th anniversary. The celebration was held on 16 November at the Seaplane Harbour, where speeches were made, toasts were raised, guests also from outside Estonia were greeted and live music was played.

Musician Tiit Kikas played the violin and entertained the crowd with a laser light show 6 Jubilee

Ahti Kuningas, Deputy Secretary General for Trans- port from the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Commu- nications, gave the Maritime Director General Rene Arikas receiving a seascape from Administration a huge globe as the former Head of Foreign Relations Department of the a birthday present Swedish Maritime Administration Willand Ringborg

Director General Rene Arikas, Head of Hydrography and Aids to Navigation Division Kaidi Katus and Head of Maritime Safety Divi- sion Marek Rauk welcoming guests

Andres Laasma from the ferry company Kihnu Veeteed presenting his gift to the Maritime Administration

The Director General and his deputies writing in the guestbook

The Maritime Museum’s exhibition hall at Seaplane Harbour created a fascinating atmosphere for the event

7 Hosting Us/Visiting Us President Kaljulaid at the Maritime

Administration Ots Tarmo by Photos The President arriving at the Maritime The President of the Republic of Estonia Mrs Administration Kersti Kaljulaid visited the Maritime Admin- istration on 5 June 2018. Director General idea of using modern technology and digital Mr Rene Arikas introduced to President solutions in the maritime sector. Mrs Presi- Kaljulaid our organisation, its main activities dent had the opportunity to get a glimpse of and future plans. They also discussed the the daily work at the vessel traffic manage- topic of enhancing the competitiveness of ment department and visit Tallinn front Estonian shipping and touched upon the lighthouse. Mrs President also visited Tallinn front lighthouse A Visit by Director General of Slovenian Maritime Administration At the end of August, Mr Jadran Klinec, Di- rector General of the Slovenian Maritime Administration paid a short visit to the Esto- nian Maritime Administration while in Fin- land on business. Slovenia is updating its Photo by Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore of Authority and Port Maritime by Photo VTS system, so Mr Klinec and his associates Participants of the panel discussion were interested in the structural, operational and technical details of our vessel traffic services. In addition to stopping at the Mar- Director General at itime Administration’s VTS centre in Valge Street, Tallinn, our Slovenian colleagues also met with Mrs Kaidi Katus, Head of Hydrog- Singapore Maritime Week raphy and Aids to Navigation Division and Deputy Director General, and Mr Tarmo Ots, Director General Rene Arikas was invited tion drive greater efficiency in the maritime Head of External Affairs. to participate as a speaker on the 2nd industry and public service in Estonia. He Maritime Administrators’ Forum in Singa- also shared the Maritime Administration’s Director General of the Slovenian MA at the VTS Centre in Tallinn pore. The forum took place on 25 April experience of how modern technical solu- 2018 and was held in conjunction with the tions can help to drive safety with reduced 13th Singapore Maritime Week. manpower available. Together with col- The purpose of this forum is to provide leagues from the South African Maritime for senior maritime officials from differ- Safety Authority, Singapore Management ent regions of the world possibilities to University, World Bank and Port Authority exchange ideas and experience in the are- of Singapore Mr Arikas exchanged ideas as of maritime technology, environment, about the topic of Better Shipping for Better safety and security. Future. Mr Arikas concentrated in his speech on A detailed overview of the event is availa- how enhanced technology and digitalisa- ble in the IMO Document C120/17(d)/2. Photo by Tarmo Ots Tarmo by Photo

8 Hosting Us/Visiting Us Director General Visited Croatian Colleagues Director General of the Estonian Maritime Administration Mr Rene Arikas visited the Maritime Safety Directorate of the Croatian Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infra- structure on 16 October. Mr Arikas received an invitation from the State Secretary of the ministry, Ms Maja Markovčić Kostelac, who was at that time the Croatian member of the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) administrative board. Estonia and Croatia have been interested in each other’s maritime affairs for some time now, for several reasons. Both countries are small states fac- ing similar challenges and problems; both are interested in developing their maritime sector and consider it important to make use of modern technological advances to improve maritime safety and maritime Ots Tarmo by Photos Mrs President also visited Tallinn front lighthouse transport; and both attempt to find part- Estonian and Croatian colleagues in ners not only among their neighbours but Rijeka, Croatia also farther away. There has been cooperation between Es- tem. Considering future developments, both tonia and Croatia in the maritime affairs be- would like to use more the benefits of digi- fore – a decade ago the Estonian Maritime talisation and Croatia is also interested in Administration participated in the building our experience in the construction of small of the Croatian VTS within the framework of passenger ferries. an international PHARE project. Similarly, Croatia’s reputation as a maritime state our aids to navigation specialists have visit- with highly skilled professionals is con- ed Croatian colleagues. Comparing the firmed by the fact that Ms Maja Markovčić strengths and weaknesses of the maritime Kostelac was elected by an overwhelming Rene Arikas giving an interview to the affairs in the two states, we see that the majority the new chairperson of the EMSA local press Croatians have created a successful and administrative board. The meeting in competitive ship register which at the mo- October was significant for both sides and During the visit to Croatia, Mr Arikas was ment contains 101 merchant ships, while Es- attracted a lot of media attention, so it was accompanied by Mr Tarmo Ots, Head of Ex- tonia has implemented a cost-efficient and highlighted in the Croatian press and the lo- ternal Affairs, and Mr Eero Naaber, easy to operate AtoN and hydrography sys- cal TV stations. Head of Development Department.

On 6 and 7 September 2018, the 23rd meeting of the maritime administrations of Meeting of Maritime Authorities Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania took place. It was organised by the Lithuanian Transport Safety Agency, who hosted the participants of Three Baltic States in Klaipeda. During the two-day discussions port state control and flag state control issues, implementation of conventions, small craft and inland vessel matters, and regulatory re- quirements regarding certification of sea- farers were talked about. EU directives and their implementation in Member States as

Photo by Raitis Mūrnieks Raitis by Photo supervised by European institutions (EMSA audits) were also discussed. Arranging meetings between the maritime authorities of Estonia, Latvia and Lith- uania is a long tradition which started im- mediately after independence was re- established in the three states. The annual gatherings are hosted by all members in ro- tation. The next meeting in autumn 2019 will take place in Estonia, organised by the Estonian Maritime Administration. The three heads of the three Baltic maritime authorities

9 International Cooperation

18th PA Safe SC Meeting Ots Tarmo by Photo at the MA At the beginning of June last year, the 18th meeting of the International Steer- ing Committee for the Policy Area on The meeting was chaired by Mr Alar Siht Maritime Safety and Security of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR) took place in Tallinn at the Es- tonian Maritime Administration. HELCOM AIS EWG Meeting in Tallinn The EUSBSR defines in its Action Plan the priority policy areas which include On 12-13 June 2018, the Baltic Marine Envi- agement and development of HELCOM AIS. maritime safety and security (PA Safe). ronment Protection Commission (HELCOM) The most important task of the meeting The objective is to make the Baltic Automatic Identification System (AIS) Expert was to prepare the new edition of HELCOM Sea region the leader in the field of mar- Working Group met at the Estonian Maritime Recommendation 33/1 “Unified Interpreta- itime safety. This objective is to be Administration VTS Centre in Tallinn. Experts tion in Relation to Access to and Use of HEL- achieved through various projects, and from Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, COM AIS”, reflecting the changes deriving those that have a particular significance Russia, Latvia, Estonia and Norway partici- from the fact that the HELCOM AIS server is for the Baltic Sea become flagship pated, and the meeting was chaired by Mr now administered by the Norwegian Coastal projects. Currently there are nine such Alar Siht from Estonia. Administration, and that on 25 May 2018 flagship projects, four of which (STM Val- The main topics discussed at the meeting the General Data Protection Regulation idation, WINMOS II, FAMOS and Efficien- included an overview of the decisions and (DGPR) provisions became applicable in all Sea2) also include our Administration as documents of HELCOM meetings and confer- EU states. This document was forwarded to a partner. The work of policy area PA ences within the past year that have rele- the HELCOM Maritime conference in au- Safe is coordinated by the Danish Mari- vance to the activities and tasks of the AIS tumn to be approved. time Authority and the Finnish Transport EWG; an overview of the developments and HELCOM AIS EWG (Expert Working Group Safety Agency (Trafi). The Estonian Mar- changes in the infrastructure of AIS net- for Mutual Exchange and Deliveries of AIS itime Administration represents Estonia works in the countries that are Contracting Data) was established on the basis of the in the Policy Area. Parties to the Helsinki Convention; and man- HELCOM Copenhagen Declaration in 2002.

Martin Kaarjärv handing over Estonia Handed Chairmanship the chairmanship of BIM Over To Russia Kuchta Jörg by Photo Estonia’s role as Chair of the Baltic Icebreak- tivities and use of resources in the countries ing Management (BIM), an organisation that around the Baltic Sea. This type of approach unites the Baltic Sea countries to facilitate would be the opposite of the current prac- cooperation in the activities of winter navi- tice of organising winter navigation coordi- gation, came to an end and the Russian Fed- nation on a national basis. For the members eration has assumed the position for the of BIM the action plan is of utmost impor- next two years. At the annual meeting on tance and they consider presenting it at 3-4 October 2018, Russia was officially as- HELCOM once it is ready. signed the chairmanship. The goal of BIM is to promote safer winter In addition to the ceremony of appointing navigation in keeping with HELCOM regula- the Russian Federation the next Chair and tions and to arrange icebreaking coordina- the usual topics of the previous winter navi- tion between the member states. The mem- gation season and the budget of the organi- bers finance the development of the BIM sation, also the Baltic icebreaking action website (Baltice.org), participate in projects plan for severe winters was discussed. The financed by the EU (e.g. WINMOS II) and co- action plan is being prepared within the operate in ensuring safe traffic in winter frames of the project WINMOS II and is de- (e.g. Finland and Sweden in the Bay of Both- signed to jointly coordinate icebreaking ac- nia).

10 Miscellaneous

MA Website Has a New Look In autumn 2018, the MA’s new website was launched. It has been designed in keeping with the principles of the common visual identity for governmental authorities. All useful information on the website is pre- sented in such a way that it would be as easy as possible for the user to navigate. Visitors can look for the information they require from the thematically organised menus and pull- down menus. Quick access links to most important documents and applications are pro- vided on the Home page. The new website is also translated into the English language. The English version takes into account the needs of visitors who are not Estonian residents and provides links to further information in English whenever possible. The new address is www.veeteedeamet.ee

A screenshot of the new homepage of the Administration In June Construction

Photos: MA archive MA Photos: works Began in Hundipea Harbour In the home port of the fleet of the Estonian Maritime Administration construction works started in June, with the purpose of renovating two quays and the breakwa- ter protecting the port water area. This is the second stage of the renovation of the harbour which is expect- ed to be completed in January 2020. The cost of the construction is 7,140,598 euros excl. VAT, and 85 per cent is financed by the EU Cohesion Fund. Photo by MA archive MA by Photo

11 Miscellaneous MA Base at Rohuküla – As Good As New In April, the construction company Nordlin Ehitus OÜ delivered to the Estonian Mari- time Administration the renovated workshop in Rohuküla harbour. The construction company fixed the main structures of the building and repaired the roof and the walls.

The old heating, water and power systems archive MA by Photo were replaced and in addition to the repair 618,000 euros, VAT excluded. The renovated MA base at Rohuküla shop, the modernised building now also The MA uses Rohuküla workshop for the contains offices and non-work rooms with maintenance of floating aids to navigation all modern conveniences, improving the used in the Väinameri sea, as well as in sea workplace for MA employers significantly. areas in the West-Estonian archipelago and The renovation of the whole building cost around Pärnu. New Head of Hydrography and Aids to Navigation Division is Kaidi Katus Since 18 July 2018, Ms Kaidi Katus has been Head of the Hydrography and Aids to Navigation Division of the Mari- time Administration. Kaidi Katus has worked at the Adminis- tration since 1998. In 2004 she was ap- pointed to the position of head of waterways section which later became Waterways Department. Author Vladimir Karpin A sonar image of Rukki channel The previous head of the Division Mr Taivo Kivimäe continues work in the

administration as Adviser to Director Põiklik Priit by Photo Maritime Administration General. Organised Maintenance Dredging of Rukki kanal From August to October, maintenance weather conditions in the channel, on the dredging was carried out in Rukki kanal on way to the dump site as well as at the the Rohuküla-Heltermaa fairway between dump site itself. mainland Estonia and Hiiumaa Island. The The dredging works were carried out by purpose of the operations was to restore Inseneriehituse AS who used the Danish- a depth of 5.2 metres in the channel, ensur- flagged dredger Margrethe Fighter. The ing the safe traffic of passenger ferries total cost of dredging amounted to also in case the level of water becomes ex- 780,000 euros. tremely low. In order to avoid interruption The depth of Rukki kanal is measured to ferry service, these operations were car- regularly. The next maintenance dredging ried out during night hours. Dredging was is planned to be undertaken in two years. somewhat complicated due to difficult