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MARITIME TRAFFIC �Pilotage BACKGROUND The Swedish Maritime Administration’s task is to provide effective, customised pilotage designed to increase maritime and environmental safety and accessibility for merchant shipping. To achieve the set safety and service goals, the pilotage organisation is divided up into three main functions: ● Planning and administration of assignments ● Transport of pilots to and from assignments ● The pilot’s navigational work on the vessel’s bridge Masters of vessels over 70 metres long or 14 metres wide are generally obliged to use a pilot. Following a review by the Administration, masters who frequently use a certain fairway may receive a fairway permit, permitting them to navigate their vessel without using a pilot. The Administration also provides pilots for outside Swedish coastal waters. This type of pilotage, which is not covered by the mandatory use of a pilot, requires special training. Pilot boats awaiting new assignments in Sandhamn. 22 Income statement, pilotage, SEK 000s Operating income Allocation Result 2004 Result 2005 Budget 2006 Pilotage dues 303,882 360,362 375,000 Other external income 7,302 4,986 3,821 Total operating income 311,184 365,348 378,821 Direct operating costs Personnel costs -304,252 -321,188 -298,241 Other external costs -73,644 -80,842 -67,401 Depreciation -26,289 -27,300 -34,838 Total direct operating costs -404,185 -429,330 -400,480 Result before indirect operating items -93,001 -63,982 -21,659 Indirect operating income 8,769 7,072 7,447 Indirect operating costs -89,377 -97,798 -111,617 Operating result -173,609 -154,708 -125,829 Indirect items for the previous year have been restated in line with the new standard method. Effective 1 July, pilotage dues were raised by an average of 10%. With this increase, the level of self-financing is now about 70%. The increase in the number of pilotage assignments during the year resulted in higher costs for personnel and pilot boats. Target fulfilment Target Result 2005 2005 Piloted vessels must not be delayed due to shortcomings in the resources of the Swedish Maritime Administration or planning 99% 98%
�Pilotage SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN 2005 ❯❯ 2005 saw an increase in the number of pilotage operations by a little more than 6% to 41,316 (38,756). The primary factor behind the rise was the increase in timber shipments after the “Gudrun“ winter storm. The number of pilotage ordering and planning centres was reduced. To permit the handling of pilotage assignments from fewer centres, an ITbased pilotage management system was developed. Consequently, during the year, it proved possible to order pilots via the Swedish Maritime Administration’s homepage in connection with VRS notification on the West and South Coasts. Personnel at these centres are responsible for organising pilotage operations with maximum efficiency. Efficiency-enhancement of pilotage operations is in progress through, for example, the adjustment of the number of pilots and boatmen to the current and assumed traffic situation. One parameter for increased efficiency is prompt transport. During the year, five pilotage boats with an estimated cruising speed of 30 knots were ordered. A major factor in maintaining favourable maritime safety is that the people involved are given the requisite rest to cope with their work. This is particularly important when operations are irregular, as is natural in this case. During the year, an initial rest time study was conducted at a number of pilotage areas, which will be followed up in 2006 with a survey covering all personnel involved in pilotage. To be able to systematically study and analyse the effects of a differentiated service level on resource consumption and productivity in pilotage operations, a study project is currently in progress in the Sea of Bothnia’s maritime traffic area. The Pilotage and pilot dues Number/SEK 1,000's 350,000 300,000 250,000 200,000 150,000 100,000 50,000 0 1999 2001 2003 2005 Dues charged Pilotage Pilotage operations by maritime traffic area 2005 2004 2003 Bay of Bothnia 3,511 3,449 3,264 Sea of Bothnia 4,218 Stockholm- 3,574 3,878 Lake Mälaren 6,223 6,098 6,872 East Coast 5,510 4,794 5,010 South Coast 6,785 5,958 6,232 West Coast 12,877 12,632 11,959 Lake Vänern 2,192 2,251 2,699 Total 41,316 38,756 39,914 project simultaneously creates the potential to analyse how various structural conditions, such as the location of pilot stations, characteristics of transport resources and pilot certification, affect operational efficiency. The feasibility study now in progress will submit a report in spring 2006. Depending on the outcome, analyses using similar methods may later apply to pilotage operations nationwide. The Swedish Maritime Administration has commenced co-operation with the Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering at the Chalmers Institute of Technology (CTH). Based on systematic and scientifically based work, this co-operative venture is designed to offer maximum value in terms of maritime safety, availability and transport quality from new navigational technology, new information systems, improved fairways, superior hydrographic surveys and a better basis for navigational charts. A preliminary study is in progress to draw up an underlying basis for actual vessel calls in the fairways to Norrköping and Gothenburg. The idea is to use this underlying base in simulator experiments at CTH to analyse how various individual decision-making support systems – or combinations of them – affect maritime safety under different external circumstances and for various vessels. The study will lead to a report in spring 2006. The service target means that, whenever possible, a pilot will be supplied within five hours or at an agreed time, and that no vessel will need to wait as a result of faults or shortcomings in the Swedish Maritime Administration’s planning or resources management. During 2005, 691 vessels waited for between 30–60 minutes after the agreed time and 598 vessels were compelled to wait more than 60 minutes for a pilot. The sudden but temporary increase in timber shipments due to the “Gudrun“ winter storm in Sweden meant that more vessels than ever had to wait for a pilot. The Swedish Maritime Administration also provides pilots outside of Swedish coastal waters. The number of Öresund pilotage assignments was 102 (178) and the number of pilot operations in the Baltic Sea totalled 61 (58). This type of pilotage –which is not covered by mandatory pilotage requirements – entails that the particular pilot must have undergone special training. At year-end, there were 30 pilots with valid certificates. ❮❮ 23
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