HELCOM Assessment on Maritime Activities in the Baltic Sea Region

Agenda Item 10

HELCOM publications, implementation and reporting

HELCOM Assessment on Maritime Activities in the Baltic Sea region

The Ministers of the Environment of the Baltic Coastal Countries and the EU Environment Commissioner have recently agreed, as part of the 2013 HELCOM Ministerial Declaration adopted during the Ministerial Meeting of the Helsinki Commission, on 3 October 2013 to comprehensively assess the status, environmental risks and opportunities of maritime activities in the Baltic Sea region within HELCOM by 2016.

A draft outline for a HELCOM Assessment on Maritime Activities in the Baltic Sea region is included as Attachment 1. A draft work plan for the assessment is included as Attachment 2.

The Meeting is invited to:

-consider, amend and if possible approve the draft outline for a comprehensive HELCOM Assessment on Maritime Activities in the Baltic Sea region to be completed by 2016,

-consider, amend and if possible approve the draft workplan for a comprehensive HELCOM Assessment on Maritime Activities in the Baltic Sea region to be completed by 2016,

-consider possible sources for supporting funding and the establishment of the assessment as a HELCOM project,

-designate interested co-authors to write the assessment.

Attachment 1: Draft Outline

HELCOM Assessment on Maritime Activities in the Baltic Sea region

VERSION 08-01-2015[FN1]

1. Preface
2. Table of contents
3. Executive Summary
4. Introduction[FN2]
5. Baltic Sea traffic in numbers
6. Transportation of cargo
7. Transportation of passengers
8. Global processes behind the increasing Baltic traffic
9. Developments in other types of maritime activities
10. Policy framework beyond HELCOM
11. Accidents and Accidental pollution
12. Overview of shipping accidents
13. Environmental impact
14. Routeing measures, re-surveys and Electronic aids to Navigation
15. Existing routeing measures
16. Re-survey progress
17. ENCs
18. The HELCOM AIS network
19. e-navigation
20. Illegal pollution
21. Overview on Illegal pollution in the Baltic Sea
22. HELCOM cooperation on aerial surveillance
23. Other Existing regulations and regional cooperation
24. Airborne Emissions
25. Overview of airborne emissions from Shipping
26. Alternative fuels
27. Economic incentives
28. Sewage Emissions discharges
29. Overview of sewage from passenger traffic
30. Status of sewage PRFs
31. Transfer of alien species and Ballast Water
32. Overview of alien species and Ballast water
33. Recent developments
34. Submerged hazardous objects
35. Overview of Submerged hazardous objects
36. Chemical Munitions
37. Polluting wrecks
38. Other objects
39. Leisure boating
40. Overview
41. Leisure boating in numbers
42. Cruising grounds
43. Anti-Fouling Systems
44. Marine litter and
45. uUnderwater noise[FN3]
46. Windpower, pipeline and cable developments
47. Reference list
48. Annexes
49. Glossary

Attachment 2: Draft workplan

Draft workplan for HELCOM Assessment on Maritime Activities in the Baltic Sea region 2016

[FN1]Modification added following the minutes of MARITIME 13-2013

[FN2]An additional chapter on necessary steps to implement the HELCOM

BSAP and other commitments will be added to this index (after the introduction or as conclusion).

[FN3]Should be put in square brackets as topics for the

assessment as the HELCOM Maritime Group has not focused on these issues lately,