21/8/2007
DaGoB IT Seminar in Helsinki
The presentations of the seminar can now be downloaded from below:
Mr Jari Gröhn: Welcome
Mr Ari Karppinen: ESCAPE – a validated assessment tool for consequence analysis of accidents involving hazardous materials
Mr Jukka-Pekka Jalkanen: NOx emission estimates of marine traffic – prelude for an automated process
Mr Juha Huttunen: Dispatch and tracking, using new technology, experiences from the real world
Mr Kari Suvila: Single Window implementation in Customs Environment
Mr Ralph Neuhaus: SafeSeaNet – the European platform for maritime data exchange
Mr Finn Calmar Clausen: Dangerous Goods Legalisations on silicon chip
Mr Horst Pahl: Opportunities and challenges brought by the new IT-technology
Mrs Sirkka-Leena Holmberg: Telematics Solutions for the Finnish Railways
Mr Algimantas Zygus: KIPIS freight and goods information system
Mr Rolf Bäckström: PortNet 2
Mr Hannu Häyrynen: IT Applications of Dangerous Goods Road Transportation at ADR-Haanpää Oy
The partners can view pictures of the seminar in the intranet.
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16/8/2007
DaGoB comments to a
strategy paper “Liikenne 2030” by Ministry of Transportation and Communications Finland.
DaGoB wanted to remind that dangerous goods transport is an important part of the Finnish transport policy, and it should be better covered in the Ministry of Transport and Communications’ strategy paper.
The comment can be downloaded here (pdf).
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24/7/2007
DaGoB comments to a
Green Paper on a Future Maritime Police for the European Union
Download pdf (1MB)
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15/6/2007
DaGoB dissemination seminar on the 13th of June, 2007 in Brussels
The dissemination seminar in Brussels was organized in cooperation with the Turku-Southwest Finland European office. Below you can download the presentations held in the seminar:
Mrs Seija Miettinen-Bellevergue : Welcome
Mr Lauri Ojala : DaGoB key findings and experiences
DaGoB – video (.fla)
Mr Jos Verlinden: Responsible Care in Chemical Logistics, Best Practices
Mrs Rose-Marie Pype: Safety Management in Chemical Transport Companies
Mr Paavo Wihuri: Maritime Safety and its Surveillance
Mr Olivier Kervella: The United Nations Mechanisms for the Development and Harmonization of Transport of Dangerous Goods Regulations
Ms Andrea Pearson: New Dangerous Goods Directive & Forthcoming Dangerous Goods Issues within EU
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18/5/2007
European Conference on “The Future Maritime Policy of the EU: A European Vision for Oceans and Seas”
The conference on “The Future Maritime Policy of the EU: A European Vision for Oceans and Seas” was organized by the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs on 2 to 4 May 2007 in Bremen as part of the German Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
Conference objectives
The European Conference is a key contribution by the German Presidency of the Council to the consultation process initiated by the Commission in June 2006 with the publication of the Green Paper on future maritime policy in the EU.
The objective of this event was
- to promote the dialogue on the added value of an integrated maritime policy,
- to reveal new potentials for sustainable maritime development, and
- to review the progress of the ongoing consultation process.
The contributions and findings of this conference will be incorporated into the ongoing work of the Commission and the Portuguese Presidency of the Council in the second half of 2007.
More information:
http://www.eu2007.de/en/index.html
http://ec.europa.eu/maritimeaffairs/conference_bremen_en.html
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26/3/2007
Exercise-Aura DVD sent to partners
The DVD produced of the Aura Exercise has been sent to all participating partners. If you havent received your copy, please contact project office.
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12/3/2007
DaGoB Partner Meeting in Malmö, Sweden on April 25th-27th, 2007
The meeting will be divided into three parts, where the first day concentrates on the general DaGoB issues and the second day on Risk Assessment. During the last day Tutech will organize a workshop on “Major Common Problems”. The meeting will be held at the Mayfair Hotel, in the centre of Malmö.
The meeting will start on Wednesday, April 25th at 11:30h with a lunch and end on Friday afternoon April 27th with lunch and coffee. Copenhagen Malmö Port has invited us to a dinner starting with a presentation at the port at 16:00h on Thursday, April 26th.
Please make your flight and accommodation reservations based on this information and note that the travelling and accommodation expenses have to be covered by your own organisation.
All DaGoB partners are most welcome to Malmö!
More detailed invitation and programme is now on partner intranet.
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7/3/2007
Pre-Announcement of dissemination seminar on the 13th of June, 2007 in Brussels
DaGoB project office is arranging a dissemination seminar in Brussels in cooperation with the Turku-Southwest Finland European office. The idea is to organize a half-day seminar ending to lunch with interesting presentations within DaGoB area. This seminar will be a meeting place for people and organizations close to DaGoB. The meeting will take place on the 13th of June, 2007 at Hotel Silken Berlaymont in Brussels.
The participation itself is free of charge, and the lunch as well as coffee is provided by the DaGoB project.
The audience will consist of senior level national DG officers from the Baltic Sea Region, including representatives from road, rail and maritime sectors. Also representatives from the EC, notably DG TREN, will participate. Invitation will also be sent to relevant MEPs. Some DG officers and EC representatives have also been asked to give a speech in the seminar. Total amount of participants will be around 100.
In this seminar you will get an opportunity to meet as well as network with industrial directors, politicians and authorities.
The whole pre-announcement (.pdf)
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12/1/2007
NTF Seminar on Maritime Safety
Maritime Safety: An overview of ongoing research activities and a dialogue between policy makers and researchers on the demand for new research activities as well as on how to implement research results.
Place: VTT Valimo, Espoo, Finland
Time: November 21-22 2006
Presentations of the seminar can be downloaded here
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8/1/2007
DaGoRus -project approved by by the BSR INTERREG III B NP
Safe and Reliable Transport of Dangerous Goods in the Russian-EU Logistics Chain (DaGoRus) was approved by the steering Committee at its meeting in Wroclaw, Poland on 7-8 December 2006. The project will be co-financed from the External (Tacis) Funding of the BSR INTERREG III B Programme with a maximum amount of EUR 303.000,00.
More Information:
Mr. Jorma Rytkönen
Jorma.Rytkonen@vtt.fi
Project: Safe and Reliable Transport of Dangerous Goods in the Russian-EU Logistics Chain (DaGoRus)
Lead applicant: VTT, Valtion teknillinen tutkimuskeskus, Vuorimiehentie 3, 02044VTT Espoo, FI
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20/12/06
International Symposium on Maritime Safety, Security and Environmental Protection, 20-21 Sep. 2007
Following the successful International Symposia on Maritime Safety organized by the University of Piraeus in 1998 and the University of the Aegean in 2001, the National Technical University of Athens announces an International Symposium on Maritime Safety, Security and Environmental Protection. The Symposium is organized by the Laboratory for Maritime Transport at NTUA (www.martrans.org).
The Symposium will take place at the premises of the Eugenides Foundation, and aims at bringing together ship operators, managers, academics and policy-makers to discuss and debate important issues facing the industry as regards safety, security and environmental protection.
2nd announcement and call for papers (pdf)
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19/12/06
Hamburg Excercise and DaGoB Mid Term Meeting
DaGoB Partners and Dangerous Goods Experts met in Hamburg 30. November – 1. December 2006. The seminar was organized by TuTech innovation gmbh. and Hamburg Waterways police.
The program, presentations and pictures can be found in the partner intranet
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8/11/06
Invitation to Hamburg Excercise and DaGoB Mid Term Meeting
Dear DaGoB Partners and Dangerous Goods Experts, the German Partners from Hamburg, lead by TuTech Innovation, are inviting you all to our DaGoB Excercise and Mid Term Meeting in Hamburg 30. November – 1. December 2006.
The program can be found in the partner intranet
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3/11/06
The DaGoB St. Petersburg Seminar 25 – 27 october 2006
The DaGoB Russian-Finnish Seminar: Logistics and Controls in International Transportation of Dangerous Cargoes was held in St. Petersburg, Russia 25-27 October 2006. Material about the seminar can now be found in the partner intranet.
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10/10/06
The DaGoB Joint DG Exercise in the Ports of Turku and Naantali
The material presented in Aura exercise can be found in the partner intranet. If you have trouble accessing, please contact webmaster@dagob.info
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19/07/06
Finland´s Ministry of Transport and Communications has opened this special website in English for the period of Finland’s Presidency of the EU from 1 July to 31 December 2006.
The site provides information about Finland’s transport and communications priorities for the Presidency, and about speeches and announcements by the Minister of Transport and Communications, Susanna Huovinen.
The site also features news of interest from Finland, information about key people, contact details, links to web publications and details of coming events.
Visit: http://eu2006.mintc.fi/
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14/06/06
The next DaGoB Joint DG Exercise will take place in the Ports of Turku and Naantali on 4th of October and 5th of October.
The preliminary schedule can be found at partner intranet. If you have trouble accessing, please contact webmaster@dagob.info
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13/06/06
DaGoB partner meeting in Karlstad, 8.-9.6., hosted by Swedish Rescue Services Agency.
The first day of the meeting was used for discussions and presentations about project status, work packages and task lists.
Joint exercises are running actively, second exercise will be in Finland, Turku 4.-5.10. Bilateral meeting in St Petersburg during autumn 2006 is planned together with TEDIM. This will be a two-three days long happening with land transportation and port & maritime theoretical presentations and examples in practice. Next partner meeting will be a public mid-term meeting in Hamburg, Germany 29.11.-1.12
Contractual and financial issues were presented and discussed. It is of importance for all partners to know deadlines for reporting procedures. Reporting forms were passed to all partners and they should be in contact with their financial and if needed legal departments.
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06/06/06
Exercise Roslagen
On 17 & 18 May 2006, DaGoB public and private stakeholders gathered for the first DaGoB Dangerous Goods (DG) exercise, Exercise Roslagen. This exercise was lead by the Swedish Coast Guard (SCG) in concert with the DaGoB Work Package 2 (WP2) leader, the Swedish Rescue Services Agency, in keeping with the DaGoB objective to organize joint field and desk exercises to share valuable information in practice. In total, there were thirteen Finnish, seven Swedish, four Estonians, one Lithuanian, one German, and four Latvians who participated in the exercise, which began at Hotel Roslagen in Norrtälje, Sweden.
The exercise was divided into two parts: (a) the observance of an actual Dangerous Goods (DG) Inspection conducted by the Swedish Coast Guard (SCG) at the Port of Kapellskär, 90 kilometres north of Stockholm, and (b) a seminar on DG inspections and regulations with frequent discussions between DaGoB public and private stakeholders, and even a short class on risk management.
In conclusion, Exercise Roslagen proved to be an excellent opportunity for public and private stakeholders in the Baltic Sea Region to witness a DG transport inspection by the SCG, and to get together and share their views on DG transport. The result is that Exercise Roslagen has set a superb standard for future gatherings within the DaGoB Project.
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22/05/2006
Intranet is back online
The partner intranet is back online again. The Login-information is sent to partners in the next few days. If you are a project partner and don’t receive login information, please contact project webmaster: webmaster@dagob.info.
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17/05/06
The new web layout for DaGoB-project
Welcome to the new DaGoB website. From now on we’re trying to collect more up to date information about the project.