To the year 2019 and for the - Finnish Contribution to the Subject "Wreck" - Introduction planned activities for 2020

Finnish Contribution to the
Subject “Wreck” – Introduction
to the year 2019 and for the
planned activities for 2020

Helcom Submerged Correspondence Group

7th -8th 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
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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
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● - 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
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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
  companies, sub sea               Divers in the Archipelago Sea , November   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.

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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

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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.

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 Anttila, M et al. Panssarilaiva Ilmarisen hylyn dokumentointi.
 Raportti Merivoimille. 2015

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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

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