Traffic reports concerning the departure of road ferries
Implemented
Marine M
Accident
13.10.2020
2020-S39
Suosituksen perustelu
The VTS’s charter exempted road and commuter ferries in the Archipelago Sea east of Kihti from making traffic reports when visibility is more than one nautical mile. Reports are always required west of Kihti.
Recommendation
VTS Finland develop the traffic report practices for road and commuter ferries in cooperation with Traficom, so that the reports as a whole will provide the greatest possible safety benefit and will not be strictly coupled to poor visibility.
Suosituksen tarkennus
The purpose of traffic reports is not to increase routine radio traffic, but to improve the situational awareness of officers of the watch and the VTS’s vessel controllers. The Safety Investigation Authority issued a recommendation (C7/2005 M) on the same matter in an earlier investigation, presenting one option for resolving this issue.
Toimenpide-ehdotukset
The VTS’s charter exempted road and commuter ferries in the Archipelago Sea east of Kihti from making traffic reports when visibility is more than one nautical mile. Reports are always required west of Kihti.