About STM BALT SAFE Project
650 million reasons for STM BALT SAFE
According to the Finnish National Audit Office a tanker accident could result in an oil spill between 50 000 and 60 000 tonnes. The average response and clean-up costs resulting from such an accident could grow up to 650 million euros. GOFREP two main suggestions to improve the safety and fluency of the maritime are
- Electronic route plan exchange service both between ships and between ships and GOFREP centres
- Improved e-navigation services in general
The STM Balt Safe project contribues to this. Learn more about the Objectives and results of the STM Balt Safe project
Short facts
- Full Project name: Safety of Navigation in the Baltic Sea by Sea Traffic Management
- Acronym name: STM BALT SAFE
- Lead partner: Swedish Maritime Administration
- Partnership: Sweden, Norway, Finland, Estonia
See all partners here - Total budget: 4,376,658.65 euro
- EC contribution: 75-85% from Interreg Baltic Sea Programme, 50% Norway
- Time frame: Jan 2019 – Dec 2021
- Associate organisations from: Denmark, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden, International
See all associated partners here
Work Packages
The projects is divided into six work packages presented below.
Work Packages

WP 1
Swedish Maritime Administration
Project Management and administration
The purpose of this WP is to coordinate the technical and financial implementation of the Project in a way so …

WP 2
Swedish Maritime Administration
Digital Maritime Service Infrastructure
The Work Package aims to ensure an interoperable exchange of information ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore by managing and developing a digital …

WP 3
Swedish Maritime Administration
STM capability on board ships
This WP will provide the ships in the testbed with STM capable onboard system in order to facilitate ship-to-ship and …

WP 4
Vessel Traffic Services Finland Ltd
STM capability in VTS
The objective is to provide VTS services digitally to create means to increase navigational safety, reduce administrative burden and information …

WP 5
Norwegian Coastal Administration
Ship Reporting Services
The aim of this work package is to develop and demonstrate automatic exchange of information from ship system to shore …

WP 6
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden AB
Analysis, Evaluation and Verification
The primary aim of Work Package 6 is to analize and validate the use case of STM for tanker shipping, …