angalis mep 2009 - Le Cluster Maritime Français

51,265 servicemen and civilians
(Coastguards and marine employees outside the Department of Defense included)
Naval resources
Submarines 10
Aircraft carriers 1
Amphibious assault ships 4
Destroyers 16
Offshore patrol vessels 25
Minesweepers 11
Other mine related warships 7
Logistics vessels 7
Instruction and training units 18
Experimental vessels 3
Air resources
Carrier borne aircraft
Rafales aircraft 28
Modernised Super-Etendard aircraft (SEM) 42
Hawkeye aircraft 3
Lynx helicopters 26
Dauphin Pedro helicopters 3
Panther helicopters 16
Maritime Affairs Administration
33
le cluster maritime français
The Department of Maritime Affairs (DAM), within the General Directorate of Infrastructures, Transport and the Sea,
formulates and implements, through a dedicated local area network, government policies on a range of issues relating
to sailors and their profession, such as training, health and employment law. Its policy remit also covers ship safety
and security, shipping surveillance and maritime signalling, control of maritime activities, the merchant fleet, and yachting
and nautical leisure activities.
The network of county and regional offices of Maritime Affairs registers ships, keeps the registers of French flagged vessels,
and regulates the professional activity and training of sailors. It is also responsible for controlling maritime activities
(policing fisheries in particular), shipping surveillance, search, rescue and assistance at sea, identification and observation
of pollution.
The control and surveillance system includes deep-sea capabilities (two patrol ships 46 and 52 metres long) plus:
3 regional launches and 60 inshore units.
1,800 maritime affairs agents are distributed on the coast in the branch offices, in the 7 regional operational surveillance
and rescue centres (CROSS) and 2 MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centres), as well as in the 16 ship safety
centres (CSN) responsible for carrying out Flag State surveys and Port State Control.
The maritime affairs administration provides the following specialised services:
- Aids to Navigation: lighthouses, marker buoys and beacons
The system of aids to navigation on the coasts of France and its overseas territories comprises around 6,500 maritime
signalling establishments. This service is responsible for providing and maintaining a beaconing system that enables
navigators to locate their position and avoid hazards.
fact
Policing and surveillance 0
Patrol ships 13
Coastal patrol boats 25
Nautical data 0
Oceanographic and hydrographic vessels 4
Oceanographic vessel in partnership 1
Pollution control 0
Abeille type tugs 4
Ocean-going tugs 3
Regional support vessels 4
Clean-up support vessels 4
Patrol launches 2
Maritime patrol aircraft
Atlantique 2 22
Maritime support aircraft
Support and training aircraft 59
Search and rescue 0
Gardian and Falcon aircraft 9
Dauphin helicopters 8
Super-Frelon helicopters 8
Knots, denoting the speed of ships, is a unit that goes back to the time of sailing ships. They were made in a rope
and were counted over a given time (generally 30 seconds) to obtain a value in inches per second...