NORDIC HYDROGRAPHIC COMMSSION NHC Nordic Hydrographic NHC Report

NORDIC HYDROGRAPHIC COMMSSION (NHC) Nordic Hydrographic NHC Report to IRCC 10 Goa, India, 4 -6 June (NHC) 2018 Commission NHC report to IRCC 10

Nordic Hydrographic Commission Chair: Mr Rainer Mustaniemi Vice Chair: Mr Jarmo Mäkinen Members: Denmark Norway Finland Sweden (Finland)) Iceland

62 nd Meeting Arkö, Sweden 10 -12 April 2018

NHC Achievements New Routeing System in Kattegat will be implemented on 1 July 2020 Experiences with Green Laser Bathymetry Surveys Development of Automatic Contour Builder - Rolling Coin Method

New Routeing System in Skagerrak and Kattegat • A joint Danish-Swedish proposal for new ship routes • IMO MSC has approved proposal in May 2018 • Implementation on 1 July 2020 • 70, 000 ships per year

New Routeing System in Skagerrak and Kattegat

New Routeing System in Skagerrak and Kattegat New surveys and nautical charts

Experiences with Green Laser Bathymetry Survey of shallow coastal areas in Norway 2017 • Green laser sensors for shallow waters are currently unable to provide full coverage • 49% coverage to 3 m • 44% coverage to 5 m • Reason is mainly vegetation

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Development of Automatic Contour Generation Manual CARIS Rolling Coin

Status of MIO/AIO AIO’s are still being issued for: - Finnish waters - Swedish waters Both nations are producing incorporate T&P messages in their ENC’s and therefore have them updated in real time. Bilateral meetings> possible technical solutions evaluated (SE)- > not found Letter to terminate MIO/AIO

Actions required from the IRCC 10 • IRCC 10 is invited to take a note of the NHC report • IRCC 10 to consider how to get the national requirements for ECDIS backup arrangements (and S-66 ) more visible for the end users.