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Element 3.1 CO-OPERATION WITH MEMBER STATES The 12 meetings of the Regional Hydrographic Commissions (RHCs) planned in the Work Programme took place. The complete reports of the meetings and the links to more detailed information are available from the IHO web site. TASKS 3.1.1 2 nd MEETING OF THE ARCTIC REGIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC COMMISSION (ARHC) Copenhagen, Denmark, 28-29 September Chairperson: Mr. Sigvard STAMPE VILLADSEN (Denmark) Vice-Chairperson: Mr. Evert FLIER (Norway) Members: Canada, Denmark, Norway, Russia, USA. Observers: Finland, Iceland IHB Representatives: Vice Admiral MARATOS , Ingénieur en chef HUET The 2 nd meeting of the ARHC took place in Copenhagen, Denmark on 28-29 September, under the Chairmanship of Dr NARAYANAN, the Dominion Hydrographer of Canada. Twenty-eight delegates participated representing Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia Federation and USA. Vice Admiral MARATOS represented the IHB. A one-day Conference was organized on 27 September where the navigational issues concerning the Arctic region and the state of hydrography in the Arctic region were considered. The importance of the Arctic region was recognized by all participants in view of the growing number of ships visiting the region and the amount of traffic crossing the northern sea route and Northwest passage. Various papers were presented concerning the marine traffic in the Arctic, the paper and ENC coverage, the establishment of a marine routeing guide, the status of nautical publications, the Arctic projection and the establishment of an Arctic SDI. Denmark has been named the coordinator for the cartographic region of the Arctic that has been developed and for the INT charts and ENCs. It is important to emphasize that the ARHC and NSHC have agreed that the parallel 69° North is to be the boundary between the two Commissions. Mr Svend ESKILDSEN, the Director of the Danish Maritime Safety Administration (DaMSA), was elected as the next Chair. 48
TASKS 3.1.2 16 th CONFERENCE OF THE BALTIC SEA HYDROGRAPHIC COMMISSION (TASK 3.1.6) Norrköping, Sweden, 20-21 September Chairperson: Mr Patrik WIBERG (Sweden) Vice-Chairperson: Mr J. VARONEN (Finland) Members: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Poland, Russian Federation, Sweden. Associate Members: Lithuania. IHB representatives: Vice Admiral MARATOS, Mr. SHIPMAN The 16th Conference of the Baltic Sea Hydrographic Commission (BSHC) took place in September in Norrköping. All BSHC Members - except the Russian Federation - were able to participate. Lithuania, an Observer nation, was also unable to attend. The IHB was represented by Captain Robert Ward. The UK took part as an invited observer. The Swedish hosts provided excellent support for a successful meeting, including flying the flags of all Member States on the town bridge throughout the meeting. Under the chairmanship of Captain Henryk NITNER, Poland, and with the very active contribution of all the delegates, the Conference dealt with a wide range of topics, including: - Cooperation within the IRCC and with other RHCs - WEND-WG related issues - C-55 status in BSHC Member States - Members States’ activities and Reports of the BSHC Working Groups - Hydrographic input of the Maritime Spatial Data Infrastructure and the implementation of the INSPIRE project - ENCs for leisure craft and fishery - Information regarding projects envisaged or implemented by BSHC Member States like the MonaLisa project - Motorways & Electronic Navigation by Intelligence at Sea It was decided that a number of successful initiatives underway in the Baltic region should continue to be offered to the relevant IHO bodies as models for possible adoption worldwide. These include ENC and chart harmonization, and various Maritime Spatial Data Infrastructure (MSDI) activities. 49
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