Transcript Hydrographic Capacity Building in Belize Gulf of Honduras

Katie Ries, NOAA
MACHC-Electronic Chart Committee
Goal: Demonstrate and facilitate the use of
official electronic chart data for safe, efficient,
and environmentally-sensitive maritime
navigation.
Objectives:
 Facilitate the production and use of ENCs and RNCs
 Improve hydrographic capacity of coastal states
 Identify sources for acquiring equipment, software, and
training
 Speed up ENC production for key ports & major
shipping routes
 Increase awareness of benefits of using EC data
MACHC-Electronic Chart Committee
Chair: Katie Ries, USA (NOAA)
Technical Coordinator: Rafael Ponce
Two Working Groups:
MesoAmerican Capacity Building Pilot Project
Improve capacity building of coastal state hydrographic offices in a defined
area
Initial focus: The IADB-administered, GEF-funded Gulf of Honduras Project
ENC Production and Distribution
Improve ENC coverage of the entire region in the short to medium term,
production of ENC data by national hydrographic offices
Electronic Chart Committee
Working Group 1 – MesoAmerican Capacity Building Pilot
Project
Working Group
Members:
Guatemala
Honduras
Belize
Mexico
UK
USA
Environmental Protection and
Maritime Transport Pollution Control
Gulf of Honduras Project
Project Objective:
To reverse the degradation of the coastal
and marine ecosystems within the Gulf of
Honduras by enhancing the prevention and
control from maritime transport-related pollution
in the major ports and navigation lanes,
improving navigational safety to avoid
groundings and spills, and reducing land-based
sources of pollution draining into the Gulf.
Environmental Protection and
Maritime Transport Pollution Control
Gulf of Honduras Project
Component 1: Building regional capacity for
maritime and land-based pollution control.
Component 2: Building the information
base for the Strategic Action Plan.
Component 3: Enhancing navigational
safety in shipping lanes.
Component 4: Improving environmental
management and hazard reduction in network of five
ports within the Gulf of Honduras
Environmental Protection and
Maritime Transport Pollution Control
Gulf of Honduras Project
Component 3: Enhancing navigational safety in
shipping lanes
Focuses on improving the hydrographic and
oceanographic cooperation in the region to both
prevent and prepare for groundings and spills in
the Gulf related to marine transportation
operations
(references active collaboration with MACHC)
Gulf of Honduras Project and
MACHC Involvement
 Making the case for Hydrography
 Regional hydrographic capacity analysis
 Active involvement in the Puerto Barrio, Belize City,
and Tegucigalpa project preparation meetings
 Input in the project’s final design
 Commitment to develop and help execute the
hydrographic implementation plan
Components of Hydrographic Activity Implementation Plan
1. Executive Summary
2. Action Plan
3. Budget
Gulf of Honduras / MACHC
2009 Activities
 Equipment delivered to countries
 December 2008 –January 2009
 NOAA Hydrographic Training conducted with
representatives of 3 GoH countries (Norfolk, VA)
 February 2009
 In-country hydrographic training for 3 GoH countries
 February-March 2009
LCDR Chris van Westendorp, NOAA
Elliott Arroyo, NAVOCEANO
Belize Lessons Learned
(Phase 1 Training)
 Logistics planning
 Vehicle availability
 BNCG detainment duties
 Equipment Deployment /
Control
 Troubleshooting
methodology
Belize (continued)
(Phase 1 Training)
 In-survey plan modification
 Emergency / safety planning
 Coxswain and
Hydrographer
duties /
communication
Honduras:
Basic needs for successful
program
(Trainer assessment from Phase 1 Training)
X Vessel dedicated for hydrographic survey
 Assigned survey personnel (i.e. electronics technician)
X Permanently installed vessel hydrographic equipment
 Increased IT proficiency (i.e. basic Microsoft
operations)
 Coxswain proficiency for driving survey lines
 Culture: Basic survey needs and logistics (i.e. not
typical office hours)
Guatemala:
Basic needs for successful program
(Trainer assessment from Phase 1 Training)
 Vessel dedicated for hydrographic survey
 Assigned survey personnel (i.e. electronics technician)
 Permanently installed vessel hydrographic equipment
X Increased IT proficiency (i.e. basic Microsoft
operations)
X Coxswain proficiency for driving survey lines
X Culture: Basic survey needs and logistics (i.e. not
typical office hours)
Plans for Phase 2 Training
(All Countries)
 Conduct Quality Assurance Checks
 Reference from 2009 training
 Conduct a Field Hydrographic Survey to IHO
Standards
 Collect data
 Process data
 Conduct quality assurance
 Be ready/able to transmit survey deliverables to UKHO
for chart updates
Customized Phase 2 Training
(Belize)
 Practice basic surveying principles
 Side scan / single beam echosounder acquisition /
analysis
 Data post-processing
 Tides
 Calculate tidal datums from time series data & compare
with existing vertical control network information
 Practice benchmark network establishment / leveling
Customized Phase 2 Training
(Honduras)
 Practice & Theory: Sidescan Sonar
 Operation / data collection / analysis
 Target detection & interpretation
 Tides
 Bottom to top review
 Geodesy
 Using dual-frequency receiver
 Establishing geodetic control point
 Linking horizontal / vertical control networks
Customized Phase 2 Training:
(Guatemala)
 Survey Planning
 100% versus 200% coverage
 Harbor versus Approaches
 Boat operations & safety
 Steering survey lines (coxswain training)
 Single beam / side scan sonar acquisition and
processing operations
 Hypack / Imagenex
 Bathymetry & Target analysis / investigation
Action Items…
 Travel arrangements communicated to IHO Bureau for
Phase 2 training: 30 November 2009
 GoH country representatives participating in NOAA
February 2010 Hydrotraining (Belize / Guatemala /
Honduras)
 2010 In-country trainers (NOAA/Navy hydrographers)
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Honduras: 11-25 April 2010
Guatemala: 25 April – 9 May 2010
Belize: 28 February – 14 March 2010
Action items (cont)…
 GoH countries identify one (1) English-speaking
participant for NOAA February 2010 Hydrotraining:
23 November 2009
 Introductory hydrography course (not for experienced or
prior-trained personnel)
 NOAA / GoH Project send letter to GoH countries: 11
November 2009
 Invitation to NOAA February 2010 Hydrotraining
 Announcement of intent for in-country Phase 2 training
Action items (cont)…
 NOAA / Navy explore possibility of focused tide
station installation and water level analysis training
and/or support: 31 January 2010
 GoH countries ensure preparations made for in-
country training: Prior to NOAA/Navy trainer arrival
 Vessel & personnel
 Equipment installation
Action items (cont)…
 GoH countries to document hydrographic activity in-
kind contributions using format provided by GoH
Project Director: 31 December 2009
 GoH countries produce progress report and results of
Phase 1 Training for MACHC Chair to submit to IHO
CBC: 31 January 2010
Action items (cont)…
 GoH countries and ECC WG1 Chair generate & submit
request throuch MACHC Chair for 2011 hydrographic
training & support from IHO CBC: 15 March 2010
Questions…
Electronic Chart Committee
Report on ECC Working Group 2: ENC Production
Drivers to Regional ENC Coverage
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30 % of world’s oil cargo transits the region.
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Substantial proportion (0ver 50%) of the world’s cruise
ships operate within the region.
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Panama Canal expansion in 2014 expected to substantially
increase its capacity from 6.6 million in 2010 to 8.4
million TEUs in 2015.
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…IMO has passed mandatory carriage requirements for
ECDIS for new tankers and cruise ships, …by 2012.
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…IHO Member States should provide adequate coverage,
availability, consistency and quality of ENCs by 2010.
Recommendations
 Achieve adequate regional ENC coverage by Dec2010
 Utilize the medium scale INT Scheme as baseline for
adequate medium scale ENC coverage (usage bands
2/3).
 Identify production status/gaps
 Consider producing medium scale ENCs before
medium scale INT charts.
Recommendations (cont)
 Establish a plan with POCs for completing coverage
and developing a regional ENC scheme including
formalized progress updates.
 Coordinate closely with the ICC to harmonize efforts
 Encourage neighboring MS establish bilateral
agreement on production responsibilities
 Synchronize reporting with MACHC Chair, IHB and
MACHC INT CC
MACHC ENC Data POCs
• Brazil (Wesley
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Cavaleiro)
Colombia (Dagoberto
David)
France (Yves Guillam)
Netherlands (Erwin
Woomgoor)
UK (Phil Parker)
USA (Craig Winn)
• Cuba (TBD)
• Mexico (Hugo
Cardenas)
• Venezuela (Cap. de
Corb. Degoveia)
• Add RENC
Representatives to
this group—IC/ENC