The Norwegian Coastal Administration's activities (discontinued), 2011

The VTS centre in Horten is responsible for the surveillance and regulation of traffic between Færder and Spro/Steilene, Nesodden. Traffic is dominated by passenger ships, with 88 177 of the sailings in this vessel category. These ships also make up most of the growth in traffic.

Increased traffic for the VTS centres

Perhaps the most important work of the Norwegian Coastal Administration is that of securing safe sailings along the coast. In addition to compulsory pilotage in certain straits along the entire coast, some areas are considered to have an extra need for surveillance and traffic control. These are referred to as VTS areas and are demarcated by law. All vessels of more than 24 metres are required to announce their sailings here. The four VTS centres of Fedje, Kvitsøy, Horten and Brevik received 282 000 requests for sailings in 2011; an increase of 9.2 per cent from 2010.

More traffic interventions

The VTS centres sometimes need to request a change in the activities that vessels are part of, such as a change of course or speed. The number of such interventions has grown with the increase in traffic over the last year. In 2011, there were 6 050 interventions; 16 per cent more than in 2010.

Almost 100 000 sailings with compulsory pilotage

There were 98 358 sailings along the coast (including VTS centres) with compulsory pilotage in 2011; 5 more than in 2010. The need for compulsory pilotage can be met in three different ways. If the navigator can show that he has a valid pilot exemption certificate or a pilot exemption for the sailing in question then he will not have to take a pilot on board. Slightly more than half of all sailings with compulsory pilotage were made with a pilot exemption certificate.

More than 1 000 contracted man-years

The number of contracted man-years is one of several factors that provide an insight into input at the Norwegian Coastal Administration. For the last six years, the average number of man-years has been around 950. In 2011, total man-years tipped 1 000 for the first time, with 1 033.

Another measure of input is own production, which is the sum of wage costs and the cost of goods and services purchased. In 2011, own production totalled NOK1.7 billion; more than 11 per cent above that of 2010. Own production does not include capital costs, investments or transfers.

Tables:

• Table 1 Input. 2009-2011
• Table 2 Sailings with mandatory pilotage, by type of pilotage fulfilment and traffic unit. 2009-2011
• Table 3 Ship accidents on sailings with required pilotage, by pilotage fulfilment. 2009-2011
• Table 4 Vessel clearance, by VTS centre and ship type 2009-2011
• Table 5 Various indicators from opertional area of VTS centres. 2009-2011
• Table 6 Availability for automatic identification system for ships (AIS), by base station. 2011M01-2011M12
• Table 7 Availability for automatic identification system for ships (AIS), statistical measures for all base stations. 2011M04, 2011M08 & 2011M12
• Table 8 Surveilance by plane and satelite. Hours in the air and number of photoes. 2009-2011
• Table 9 Vessels standby for events of pollution and rescue. 2009-2011
• Table 10 Incidents of immediate pollution. 2009-2011