The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom is a Lead Partner in the OpenRisk II "Tools for shared & dynamic maritime traffic risk picture of the Baltic Sea region" project, initiated in November 2023.
The project consortium consists of 7 partners including Traficom (Finland, Lead Partner), Aalto University (Finland), Norwegian Coastal Administration (Norway), Gdansk University of Technology (Poland), University of Tartu (Estonia), University of Helsinki (Finland) and Northern Dimension Partnership on Transport and Logistics (NDPTL) secretariat (Intergovernmental).
The aim of the project is to develop risk assessment and risk management tools designed to assist competent maritime authorities in preventing maritime accidents, while also minimizing their impact on both humans and the environment. Specifically, OpenRisk II aims to prioritize user needs by concentrating on practical solutions that directly tackle real-world challenges encountered by maritime authorities and other end-users of the tools.
At the core of OpenRisk II lies the development of three novel risk assessment and risk management tools designed to empower authorities in preventing maritime accidents, minimizing their consequences, and enhancing risk management across transportation modes. The three tools are:
- A Baltic Sea adaptation of the AISyRISK tool (https://aisyrisk.no (External link) ) for shared and updated risk picture of maritime traffic in the region, and creation of a new risk assessment module on ice navigation, with potential use also beyond the Baltic, e.g. in the Arctic;
- A regional service on vulnerability of the Baltic marine ecosystem to maritime spills;
- A tool to evaluate risk management performance of the relevant administrations, and the quality of risk assessments, commissioned or produced.
The funding for the project is by the EU's Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme 2021-2027, and the total budget of the project is 2 041 350 euros. Implementation time is 01.11.2023 - 31.10.2026.
Enquiries:
Mirka Laurila-Pant, Special Adviser, mirka.laurila-pant@traficom.fi
Valtteri Laine, Chief Adviser, valtteri.laine@traficom.fi
