"Experience, challenges, benefits, lessons learned and with regard to interagency maritime security

information sharing and coordination architecture"

Karl Otto Executive: Centre for Sea Watch & Response 20 April 2012

INTER-AGENCY MARITIME INFORMATION SHARING AND CO-

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South Africa - update Regional Co-Ordination - SAR Regional Update Western Indian Ocean Marine

Highway Project Africa - update Surveillance Technologies Summary Conclusion

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SA infrastructure – current / possibilities

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PRE-ARRIVAL NOTIFICATION SAFREP

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AIS satellite coverage –

Southern Africa waters & Oceans

Satellite AIS – Africa East region 09April - 917 vessels in view

AIS info – each vessel:

Vessel’s ID – name, IMO number, Call Sign, MMSI, type, size & tonnage

Vessel’s position, course and speed, next & last port, ETA, cargo, flag

Satellite AIS – Indian Ocean region – 09April – 1,920 vessels in view

MRCCs + ISCs: Share vessel info Share surface

picture Vessel traffic data Receive & share

small vessel data Data shared with

naval + co-ord forces

Satellite AIS – Africa region 10Apr – 9890 vessels

Regional – Maritime Rescue Co-Ordination Centres for Search And

Rescue (SAR)

CSWR – Ops CentreSOLAS + MARPOL 24 / 7/ 365 Operation• Co-Ordination • Communications • ResponseMRCCs in all coastal states

International IncidentsBulker OLIVA – 16 Mar’11f/v LAI CHING – 29 Apr’11f/v HSIANG MAN CHINGs/v WIZARD – 03Nov’11

SA assists UK request

SA assists Taiwan request

SA assists Madagascar

Taiwanese f/v LAI CHING suffered refrigeration explosion 28Apr2011; sister vessel HSIANG MAN CHING heads toward CT with fishers – 03May’11. SAN frigate, helicopter, medics despatched

Privately Contracted Armed Security Personnel – (PCASP)Cargo vessel KEITUM – 18 Apr12Destination Mombasa – with armed guards aboard

Western Indian Ocean Marine Highway Project

Project description:

“The project’s development objective is to increase the safety and efficiency of

navigation. This will be achieved by establishing a

demonstration marine highway to guide ships around environmentally sensitive

areas and through selected busy sea lanes, and by supporting widening the regional

agreement on port state control and implementation of its provisions”

WIOMH Project Regional Co-

Ordination RSA, MOZ, TAN, KEN,

SEY, COM, MAD, MAU & FR la REU

Western Indian Ocean Marine Highway Project

Hydrography & Aids to Navigation - SAMSA:1. Survey of the recommended route – Mozambique channel –

submission sent to IMO for Sub-Comm. on Safety of Nav. to consider this July

2. Dredge surveys for Maputo & Dar es Salaam3. Installation of AIS base stations and mobile stations

Environment protection - IOC:4. Sensitivity atlas completed . Oil spill equipment provided.5. Preparation of oil spill & HNS spill contingency plans

Training – Sustainability:6. Training of Port State Control Officers; Aids to Nav. and

Introduction to Hydrography & Cartography 7. Training of spill responders, levels 1, 2 & 3. Train-the-Trainers

course – to ensure continued competence

SAMSA the designate host to establish a RCC for Marine Pollution IMP-MED requested SAMSA to advise on WIOMH Project model for

the Marine Highway project for the S. Mediterranean shipping route

Western Indian Ocean Marine Highway‘Recommended Route’

Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique & South Africa: All countries agreed on the route and supported

its formal submission to the IMO – SA has done this

Route submission lodged with IMO – to be proposed at IMO Sub-Comm. Safety of Navigation 02-06 July

Route will assist with safety of navigation through enhanced aids to navigation, AIS tracking, MRCCs involved in monitoring vessel traffic, radio comms

Provides to navies the track vessels’ will use – to enhance the escort capability & smaller areas to monitor

WIOMH ProjectSatellite Radar images: (test areas)

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WIOMH ProjectOil spill detection & follow-up: (SAMSA)

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Inspections - Richards Bay – 1&9DecBoth vessels underwent PSC, checked IOMOU info – all OK Deck/Eng Log books, OWS & ORB, o’board disch v/v examinedVessels found to be well-run Inconclusive result Need oil sample water/ship –to compare

Africa - update

LRIT vessel tracking - up to 1000 miles from coastline• SA is compliant with IMO - SOLAS Chapter V,

Safety of Navigation, Regulation 19-1• SA LRIT National Data Centre (NDC) is fully

operational • IMO & SA has invited AU Members to LRIT

Workshop planned for 24-25 April in Cape Town• SA has extended an invitation to other African

Member States to form the Africa Co-Operative DC

• Kenya, Mozambique, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia have expressed interest in the Africa CDC – more expected

• Ghana finalising tests, The Gambia next to testNote: This will enhance maritime domain awareness

Long Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT)

LRIT: Southern Africa – 20 Mar 2012

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LRIT: Southern Africa – 21Feb - 20 Mar 2012

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LRIT – 13 Nov - Flag view – 6 hr’ly

Regional Update

SADC – sharing of capability for vessel detection and tracking (radar & AIS)

Djibouti Code of Conduct Repression of piracy & armed robbery

against ships (based upon ReCAAP ISC)• Info Sharing Centres (ISC) – Dar es

Salaam, Mombasa & Sana’a – set-up and functioning – share info with IMO, IMB, UKMTO, etc

• Training being co-ordinated by the IMO Vessel Management System (VMS):

Fisheries – monitoring, control & surveillance project • Namibia, South Africa, Mozambique and

Tanzania share access to VMS data, patrols

Extended Continental Shelf Claims

Electro-optical / infrared sensors Multi-mode radar – synthetic aperture

radar AIS – land-based and satellite GPS – essential for timing & positioning Airborne - tethered aerostats, UAVs,

Aircraft – manned – fixed wing, helicopters

Space - satellite-based sensors – imagery for vessels, oil pollution (deliberate/accidental), bathymetric (space charts), weather, waves, currents, communications, etc

Fusion of data – overlays, interpretation, processing, etc

Technologies available +++

Info displays, Today ... moving to Tomorrow

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Sea WatchSystem sensors

Aerial Surveillance

Multi-sensors

Commercial Satellite Imagery

Sensor: SPOT 4 10m

Sensor: Quickbird 0.6m

Spatial resolution:Different sensors = diff resolution

ARE WE PREPARED ???

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Indian Ocean Naval Symposium11-13April - feedback

Indian Ocean Naval Symposium11-13April - feedback

Chiefs of Navies, Admirals of 32 countries attended: Very concerned about piracy in the Region Agreed that information-sharing, co-operation

and collaboration crucial for maritime domain awareness

Civilian and Defence entities must share valuable information, offshore and along coast (e.g. small vessel movements)

Shared technology platforms – access/integrate data

Legislative changes needed to address security issues

Collective agreement to ‘work together’ Information Sharing Centres (ISC) and Regional

Coordination Centres (RCC) are important players

Challenges, Experiences, Lessons learned

General comments regarding Sharing information: Poor co-operation between national

stakeholders, cannot expect good regional co-operation

Often difficult to obtain proper information/reports from Points of Contact – results in project delays, misalignment, non-delivery, wasted effort/resources

Defence & Civilian stakeholders often do not share – ‘confidential’ & ‘rules do not allow’ …

Technology platforms & databases can facilitate data sharing without infringing security requirements

Political Will often within projects yields good results

Capacity, Training and Sustainability – is CRUCIAL

Summary

Immediate access to accurate, reliable, dynamic data for integration into Maritime Information Services

Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) – single-window concept – access to ALL navigation & vessel data and information

Sharing of data within an agreed framework – nationally, regionally & continentally, incl. patrols (air/sea)

Capacity to detect, monitor & track all vessels regardless of size and type is crucial

Co-Ordinated Response to ‘suspicious behaviour’ of vessels within Territorial, EEZ, Regional & IOR

Collaboration needed between ALL stakeholders - Teamwork

Awareness needed of all available technologies available to function more effectively & efficiently

Co-ordinated approach to problem-solving, sharing resources – to create synergies, incl. both Defence & Civilian entities

Improve on surveillance systems to provide comprehensive maritime security and environmental monitoring

Public Private Partnership is needed to address challenges in enhancing maritime domain awareness

The integrated utilisation of appropriate technologies with response assets will secure the region

Funds are limited – we must Co-operate, share, integrate, ‘change the way we do business’

We need to work TOGETHER & SMARTER with what we have

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Thank You !!!

Karl Otto SAMSA