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From: Taivo Kivimäe
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Subject: Estonian input to BSHC21
Attachments: BSHC21_National_Report_of_Estonia_2016.pdf
Dear Colleagues,
Please find attached BSHC21 document to be included in the agenda and to the IHO web site.
Yours sincerely,
Taivo Kivimäe
Deputy Director General
Head of Hydrography and Aids to Navigation Division
Maritime Administration
Valge tn 4
11413 Tallinn ESTONIA
Tel +372 6205 600, Fax +372 6205 606, GSM +372 5010 406
E‐mail:
[email protected]
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BSHC 21th Conference
27-29 Sept 2016
Klaipeda, Lithuania
NATIONAL REPORT OF ESTONIA
Executive summary
This report summarizes the activities of the Estonian Maritime Administration in the field of hydrography
since the Baltic Sea Hydrographic Commission 20th Conference in 2015.
1. Hydrographic service
The service in the field of hydrography is generally provided mainly by two departments and partly by Fleet
Department of the Hydrography and Aids to Navigation Division (head Mr Taivo Kivimäe) of the Estonian
Maritime Administration:
1) Hydrography Department (head Mr Peeter Väling),
2) Cartography Department (head Mr Tõnis Siilanarusk)
Altogether about 34 specialists are occupied in those two departments and partly 18 seafarers from Fleet
Department.
Survey vessels
The Hydrography Department (13 officers) deals with surveying (data collecting and post-processing). For
surveys the following hydrographic vessels are used:
1) JAKOB PREI (crew 8 person) – 25 m SWATH type survey vessel for open sea;
2) EVA-320 (crew 4 person) – 18 m twin-hull survey vessel for coastal areas;
3) KAJA (crew 1 person) – Operates since April 2016. 7,3 m twin-hull survey-boat on rivers and
shallow coastal areas. Building was partly financed by FAMOS.
4) EVA-301 (crew 5 person) – 20 m twin-hull multipurpose vessel for survey in inland waters and for
maintenance of the aids to navigation.
Hydrographic survey
In 2015 hydrographic survey in Estonian waters was carried out as follows:
1) 1900 km² – on HELCOM routes in the Gulf of Finland and the Northern Baltic (CAT I and CAT II).
CAT I areas are now completed.
2) 173 km² – on coastal routes in the Gulf of Finland (CAT II);
3) 65 km² – Lake Peipsi;
4) 21,5 km² – Lake Võrtsjärv;
5) 4 km² – Harbour areas (surveyed by private companies).
All surveys were carried out according the IHO S-44 standards Special, Ia and Ib.
Both Cat I and Cat II surveys are fully covered by FAMOS.
For maintaining and accessing survey data a web-accessible database called the Hydrographic Information
System (HIS) is used. It is a seamless database for hydrographic information such as survey areas, depths,
underwater objects, contours and storage for raw data. Management of all Estonian survey areas including
inland waters is carried on depending on the status of the area (planned, under survey, surveyed, under
cleaning, cleaned, under validation or final). Survey data from other parties/companies are included in HIS as
well. Backup of data is automatic. Public access (without download services so far) is available at the
following link: https://195.80.112.238:8443/HIS/Avalik?REQUEST=Main .
New twin-hull survey-boat KAJA
3. New charts & Updates
ENCs:
Estonian waters are completely covered with all relevant navigational bands.
Total: 127 cells in navigational purpose bands 2 – 6 (band 2 – 7 cells, band 3 – 14 cells, band 4 – 25 cells,
band 5 – 17 cells, band 6 – 64 cells). ENCs are updated in real time. In 2015 10 new cells, 25 new editions
and 317 updates were produced.
At the end of 2009 WMS web page was accomplished where the navigational charts and topographical maps
are assembled. For more information please click on the Estonian Maritime Administration home page “MAP
APPLICATION FOR ESTONIAN LAND AND SEA AREAS”
Starting from 2015 EMA is developing new WMS web page for smart devices. The first version is available
on the web page http://gis.vta.ee/nutimeri/ .
In 2016 12 new cells, 17 new editions and 312 updates were produced.
ENC Distribution method
EMA has signed Distribution Agreements with: Norwegian Hydrographic Service (PRIMAR – Stavanger),
Transas DataCo Ltd, NAVIONICS, JEPPESEN Italia SRL, Garmin Ltd, Tridentnav Systems HB, Euronav
Ltd and several other derived product producers.
RNCs
Not produced.
INT charts
EMA produces and updates 18 INT charts.
National paper charts
The portfolio of the currently updated charts for the Estonian waters comprises 65 charts produced in
accordance with international standards. In 2015 8 new charts were printed. In 2016 7 new charts were
printed.
The scheme of the Estonian paper charts is given in:
http://adam.vta.ee/teenused/hnt/dokumendid/4kartogrammi.pdf
Other charts, e.g. for pleasure craft
New revised edition of “Charts of Estonia”, Vol 3, “From Saaremaa to Ruhnu” was published in March 2016.
For pleasure craft EMA produce all together 4 volumes of “Charts of Estonia” in A3 format.
4. New publications & Updates
New Publications
Starting from 2011 EMA is publishing the List of Lights and Notice to Mariners digitally, available on the
home page (http://www.vta.ee/database-of-aids-to-navigation/ and
http://www.vta.ee/atp/index.php?id=1748).
Starting from 2012 EMA is also publishing the Sailing Directions digitally on the homepage
(http://www.vta.ee/atp/index.php?id=18625).
Starting from 2013 EMA is administrating State Port Register (http://www.vta.ee/state-port-register-2/) State
Port Register will provide an overview of all ports registered in Estonia, including maritime ports and inland
ports. The register contains information about port location, port technical data, port services, port manager
and harbour master.
Starting from 2015 EMA is publishing the full digital database of aids to navigation, available only in
estonian language on the EMA home page (http://www.vta.ee/database-of-aids-to-navigation/).
5. MSI
Existing infrastructure for transmission
NAVAREA 1 Baltic Sea sub area co-ordinator Sweden is responsible for NAVTEX Service covering the
Estonian waters and messages are transmitted by Swedish (Stockholm Radio) and Estonian (Tallinn Radio)
transmitters.
6. S-55
Latest update (Tables)
See ANNEX 1and ANNEX 2
7. Capacity Building
One cartographer is receiving CAT B training course, financed by NIPPON Foundation, on nautical
cartography at UKHO, September – December, 2016.
8. Oceanographic activities
Nothing to report
9. Other activities
Participation in IHO Working Groups
EMA is participating in the following committees and WG:
HSSC, ENCWG, S-100WG, NIPWG
Meteorological data collection
In frame of the project EfficienSea (Efficient, Safe and Sustainable Traffic at Sea) for the Baltic Sea a portal
called METOC (http://on-line.msi.ttu.ee/metoc/) was established. This portal gives information about all
operative/ real time measurements in the Estonian coast and coastal sea. The METOC collects all measured
data from different measurement stations of the Marine System Institute of the University of Technology of
Tallinn, the Estonian Environment Agency (EEIC) and also from sensors of navigational buoys of the
Estonian Maritime Administration. From measurement stations the following information is available, which
is important for navigation: wind speed and direction, visibility, sea level, wave height etc. From buoys
information regarding wave height and period is available.
Information regarding weather observation and forecast is available on the home page of the Estonian
Environment Agency (http://www.ilmateenistus.ee/?lang=en ).
Geospatial studies
Data for INSPIRE Directive Annex I, II ja III is avaible for public.
ANNEX 1
Basic Data
Maritime Nation or Regio Nation or EEZ Length of Data for S- Latest IHO Member
Nation/Area Area n Area (sq km x Coastline 55 Update State
Code ID (N or A) 1000) (km) Edition No.
Estonia EE EU N 36,3 3780 1 June-08 Y
ANNEX 2
Hydrographic Resources
Maritime Hydrographic Surveying Vessels Hydr. Staff Positioning Methods
Nation/Area
> 100 m 50 m - 100 m 25 m - 50 < 25 m Specialists Assistants Long > 40 km Medium 5-40 Short Range
m km
Estonia - - 1 3 13 - LRTK RTK RTK