Finnish Contribution to the Subject “Wreck” – Introduction to the year 2019 and for the planned activities for 2020 Helcom Submerged Correspondence Group 7 th -8 th January 2020 Kiel, Germany Jorma Rytkönen Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)
Contents ● Executive Summary – status quo ● National wreck project ● Year 2019 main phases ● Integration to the Submerged time line ● Year 2020 planned activities ● Chapter ” Wreck ” plan ● More information Dredger VELI 2
Project’s Status Quo ● The governmental project to protect water environment has been started officially 3/2019. ● Sub project ”WRECKS” has a duration of 3…5 years, and continues in 2020 - 2021. ● Main results for this national wreck project in 2019 were: ● - two separate wreck surveying missions by Turva – 9 wrecks studied; ● - two missions onboard SYKE’s ARANDA – two new wrecks were studied and 3d models performed; ● - new R&D devices for ARANDA, bottom profilers, side ROV’s sonar over the Wieschaffen wreck outside of RAUMA photo: J. Rytkönen can sonar and multibeam sonar 3 ● - plans for 2020 done and in execution phase
WRECKS project – Oil Removal Operations – integration of governmental bodies and private sector ● Project is an elementary part of the governmental water protection programme for 2019 – 2023, and is linked to the Baltic Sea Action Plan . ● Sub-project WRECKS is planned for the years 2019 – 2021, if the Parliament will admitt the annual budget for the project execution. ● Total budget is 4 M€ for the WRECKS 4
Execution in 2019 ● National wreck project is run by SYKE, ander the coordination of the Finnish Ministry of the Environment ● Year 2019 main goal was to be prepared to the oil removal operations and to define the status quo of the governmental and private sector ability for wreck salvage operations; ● Nine wrecks were studied by The Finnish frontier Guard and SYKE – two of those objects were deeper than 70 m. ● Glider was used for underwater hydrocarbon level measurements; ● ARANDA got new devices for wreck studies ● Bucket Dredger VELI outside Hanko was emptied by a joint operation by the Finnish Navy and SYKE ● Two smaller coastal wreighters sunk in the Archipelago Sea were 5 studied and 3D modelled – preparations are under way for the oil removal operations in 2020.
National Wreck Project - Resources ● Responsible organisation, SYKE – under the coordination of the Ministry of the Environment ● Finnish Navy, ● Finnish Frontier Guard ● Traficom (Finnish Transport Safety Agency) ● Maritime Museum ● Private Sector, such as diving Divers in the Archipelago Sea , November companies, sub sea 6 2019. Photo: H. Kankaanpää professionals etc …
Some phases in 2019 ● Governmental resources and facilities have been identified, equipments tested and trainings performed ● SYKE’s R&D vessel ARANDA is linked to the subsea operations due to the new devices and the modern laboratory onboard. ● Various sub tasks have been performed with the aid of the private sector. 7
Status quo in the beginning of the 2020 ● Oil removal objects for 2020 have been selected ● Additional operations will be performed (removal of two paravans – for example) ● 1-2- oil removal operations will be performed by divers ● One object in deeper water will be given for private sector ● Risk assessment under preparation ● Tender processes will be started ● Oil removal operation for 2021 ● Recommendations, sampling plans under writing process ● Wreck seminar planned for August – September. 8
Time line made in the Submerged meeting in Poland, 5.-6.6.2019 ● Participants: Torsten Frey, Uwe Wichert, Michał Czub, Jacek Bełdowski, Claus Böttcher, Jann Wendt, Jens Sternheim, Benedykt Hac, Ewa Makowska, Jorma Rytkonen 9
Veli Dredger – 3D model
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War ship Ilmarinen – studied in 12 November – 80 – 100 tons of oil onboard
Artist drawing on the Ilmarinen – all fuel tanks both sides of the centre keel – douple bottom. 13 Anttila, M et al. Panssarilaiva Ilmarisen hylyn dokumentointi. Raportti Merivoimille. 2015
15 Fortuna is one of the wrecks selected for the oil removal operation in 2020
M/s Hanna-Marjut – both she and Fortuna has around 10 m3 fuel oil in their 16 fuel tanks
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Chapter Wreck ● Draft report ready for review of the Submerged experts in coming weeks ● Some new Russian Statistics will be received after their New Year Holiday Season, and added to the text ● No Statistics from Lihuania, Latvia. German data need to be added; Mr Rytkönen has got unofficial data from Latvia and Lithuania and will visit both countries to check their validity for the report. Sediment samples taken 18 in the Archipelago Sea - wreck Fortuna
More Information: jorma.rytkonen@ymparisto.fi 19
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