CL 26/2017

IHO File No. S3/7198 CIRCULAR LETTER 26/2017 03 March 2017 COMPOSITION OF THE IHO PROJECT TEAM ON STANDARDS FOR HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS (HS PT) Reference: IHO CL 68/2016 dated 20 December - Establishment of the IHO Project Team on Standards for Hydrographic Surveys (HS PT) Dear Hydrographer, 1. The Circular Letter in Reference invited nominations to participate in the IHO Project Team on Standards for Hydrographic Surveys (HS PT) and, if applicable, provide possible candidacy as an office bearer. 2. The IHO Secretariat thanks the 14 Member States that responded with nominations: Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Sweden, Turkey and United Kingdom. Chile provided a comment which is shown in Annex A. Two observer organizations nominated representatives: FIG and IFHS. Six stakeholder organizations proposed expert contributors: ARGANS, Fugro LADS, Gardline Geosurvey, IIC Technologies, Precision Hydrographic Services and the University of Southern Mississippi. The list of nominations is attached at Annex B. 3. Taking in to account the two nominations received for the roles of Chair and Vice-Chair, the IHO Secretariat proposes that Christophe Vrignaud (France) is appointed as Chair and Nickolás de Andrade Roscher (Brazil) as Vice-Chair. Subject to no objection being received from Member States within one month of the publication of this Circular Letter, the IHO Secretariat will invite the Chair to initiate the work of the Project Team. 4. The Terms of Reference for the HS PT are provided at Annex C for ease of reference. The point of contact within the IHO Secretariat will be Assistant Director David Wyatt ([email protected]). On behalf of the Secretary-General Yours sincerely, Gilles BESSERO Director Annexes: A. Response of Chile to IHO CL 68/2016 B. List of nominees for the IHO Project Team on Standards for Hydrographic Surveys (HS PT) C. Terms of Reference of the IHO Project Team on Standards for Hydrographic Surveys (HS PT) (in English only) Copy: All nominees (by e-mail) Mapping our Seas, Oceans and Waterways - more important than ever  Annex A to IHO CL 26/2017 RESPONSE OF CHILE TO IHO CL 68/2016 We have carefully reviewed the Circular Letter in the reference and we confirm that Chile will not participate in the PROJECT TEAM ON STANDARDS FOR HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS (HS PT) as this body does not represent by any means the original proposal made by Chile, aiming at the establishment of an IHO Hydrographic Survey Working Group (HSWG). We are very sorry that our proposal was not supported with the same energy and enthusiasm exercised when establishing other Working Groups. -A 1-  Annex B to IHO CL 26/2017 LIST OF NOMINEES FOR THE IHO PROJECT TEAM ON STANDARDS FOR HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS (HS PT) NAME AND ORGANIZATION OF MEMBER STATE TELEPHONE / FAX / E-MAIL REPRESENTATIVE ETAT MEMBRE TELEPHONE / TELECOPIE / MEL NOM ET ORGANISME DU REPRESENTANT Australia Andrew Coulls Tel: +61.2.4223 6688 Australie Deputy Director Bathymetric Data Assessment Fax: +61.2.4223 6599 Australian Hydrographic Office e-mail: [email protected] Locked Bag 8801 Wollongong NSW 2500 Australia Brazil Nickolás de Andrade Roscher Tel: +55 2121 893511 Brésil Brazilian Navy Hydrographic Center (CHM) Fax: +55 2121 893066 Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation e-mail: [email protected] (DHN) [email protected] Rua Barao de Jaceguai, s/n° Niteroi – Rio de Janeiro 24048-900 Brazil Brazil Rodrigo de Campos Carvalho Tel: +55 2121 893511 Brésil Brazilian Navy Hydrographic Center (CHM) Fax: +55 2121 893066 Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation e-mail: [email protected] (DHN) [email protected] Rua Barao de Jaceguai, s/n° Niteroi – Rio de Janeiro 24048-900 Brazil France Christophe Vrignaud Tel: +33 2 56 31 23 98 SHOM/DMGS/IES/ISE Fax: + Système acoustique embarqué e-mail: [email protected] SHOM 13 rue du Chatellier CS 92803 29228 BREST CEDEX 2 France Germany Thomas Dehling Tel: +49-381-4563-719 Allemagne Head of Hydrographic Surveying Division Fax: + Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie e-mail: [email protected] Bernhard-Nocht-Str 78 20359 Hamburg Germany Italy Erik Biscotti Tel: +39 0102 4432?? Italie Istituto Idrografico della Marina Fax: + Passo Osservatorio 4 e-mail: [email protected] Genova 16135 Italy -B 1-  NAME AND ORGANIZATION OF MEMBER STATE TELEPHONE / FAX / E-MAIL REPRESENTATIVE ETAT MEMBRE TELEPHONE / TELECOPIE / MEL NOM ET ORGANISME DU REPRESENTANT Italy Enrico Zanone Tel: +39 0102 4432?? Italie Istituto Idrografico della Marina Fax: + Passo Osservatorio 4 e-mail: [email protected] Genova 16135 Italy Italy Ottavio Patulli Tel: +39 0102 4432?? Italie Istituto Idrografico della Marina Fax: + Passo Osservatorio 4 e-mail: [email protected] Genova 16135 Italy Japan Satoshi Sato Tel: +81-3-3595-3605 Japon Director for Advanced Technology in Fax: +81-3-3595-3626 Hydrography e-mail: [email protected] Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department Japan Coast Guard Netherlands John Loog Tel: + 31 (0)70-3162823 Pays-Bas Hydrographic Service Fax: + 31 (0)70-3162843 Royal Netherlands Navy e-mail: [email protected] Ministry of Defence Frederikkazerne Building 32, room 1.10 2597 BC Den Haag Netherlands Norway Vidar Bøe Tel: +47 32 11 81 00 Norvège Norwegian Mapping Authority Fax: + Prof Olav Hanssens vei 10 e-mail: [email protected] 4021 Stavanger Norway Norway Arne Ofstad Tel: +47 32 11 81 00 Norvège Norwegian Mapping Authority Fax: + Prof Olav Hanssens vei 10 e-mail: [email protected] 4021 Stavanger Norway Peru Jaime Valdez Tel: +511 207 8160 Ext. 6417 Pérou Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation Fax: + Peruvian Navy e-mail: [email protected] Portugal Cristina do Sameiro dos Santos Monteiro Tel: +351 210 943 068 Instituto Hidrográfico – Marinha Fax: + Rua das Trinas 49 e-mail: [email protected] 1249-093 Lisboa -B 2-  NAME AND ORGANIZATION OF MEMBER STATE TELEPHONE / FAX / E-MAIL REPRESENTATIVE ETAT MEMBRE TELEPHONE / TELECOPIE / MEL NOM ET ORGANISME DU REPRESENTANT Republic of Korea Kwanchang Lim Tel: +82 51-400-4340 République de Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Agency Fax: +82 51-400-4349 Corée Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries e-mail: [email protected] #351 Haeyang-ro Yeongdo-gu BUSAN 49111 Republic of Korea Republic of Korea Iji Kim Tel: +82 51-400-4340 République de Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Agency Fax: +82 51-400-4349 Corée Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries e-mail: [email protected] #351 Haeyang-ro Yeongdo-gu BUSAN 49111 Republic of Korea Sweden Anders Åkerberg Tel: +46 (0)10 4784912 Suède Hydrographic Surveys Operations Fax: + Sjöfartsverket/Swedish Maritime Administration e-mail: [email protected] Sjögeografi/Hydrographic Office S-60178 Norrköping Sweden Hans Öiås Tel: +46 (0)10 4784912 Suède Expert in Hydrographic Surveys and Bathymetry Fax: + Sjöfartsverket/Swedish Maritime Administration e-mail: [email protected] Sjögeografi/Hydrographic Office S-60178 Norrköping Turkey Umit Gorur Tel: + 90 216 3222580 Turquie Turkish Navy Fax: + 90 216 3310525 Office of Navigation, Hydrography and e-mail: [email protected] Oceanography (SHODB) 34805 Çubuklu Istanbul Turkey United Kingdom Jim Champman Tel: +44 0183 484444 Royaume-Uni UKHO Fax: + Admiralty Way e-mail: [email protected] Taunton Somerset TA1 2DN OBSERVER ORGANIZATION NAME OF REPRESENTATIVE TELEPHONE / FAX / E-MAIL ORGANISATION NOM DU REPRESENTANT TELEPHONE / TELECOPIE / MEL OBSERVATRICE FIG Simon Ironside Tel: +64 27 439 6490 Chair, FIG Commission 4 Fax: + e-mail: [email protected] -B 3-  OBSERVER ORGANIZATION NAME OF REPRESENTATIVE TELEPHONE / FAX / E-MAIL ORGANISATION NOM DU REPRESENTANT TELEPHONE / TELECOPIE / MEL OBSERVATRICE FIG Michael Beard Tel: + Vice-Chair, FIG Commission 4 Fax: + e-mail: [email protected] IFHS Iain Slade Tel: + 6 Providence Place Fax: + Stoke e-mail: [email protected] or Plymouth [email protected] PL1 5QS United Kingdom NAME OF EXPERT CONTRIBUTOR ORGANIZATION TELEPHONE / FAX / E-MAIL NOM DE L’INTERVENANT A TITRE ORGANISME TELEPHONE / TELECOPIE / MEL D’EXPERT ARGANS Jean Laporte Tel: + 44 1752 764257 Plymouth Science Park Fax: + 1 Davy Road e-mail: [email protected] Plymouth Devon PL9 8BX United Kingdom ARGANS Henri Dolou Tel: + 44 1752 764257 Plymouth Science Park Fax: + 1 Davy Road e-mail: [email protected] Plymouth [email protected] Devon PL9 8BX United Kingdom Fugro LADS Hugh Parker Tel: +61 8 8161 4100 Corporation Pty Ltd Hydrographic Survey Business Development Fax: +61 8 8152 0008 Manager e-mail: [email protected] 7 Valetta Road Kidman Park SA5025 Australia Gardline Geosurvey Cliff Whatrup Tel: + 44 (0)1493 845614 Limited Marketing Manager (Hydro Division) Fax: + 44 (0)1493 852106 Endeavour House e-mail: [email protected] Admiralty Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 3NG United Kingdom IIC Technologies David Dodd Tel: + Senior Scientist Fax: + e-mail: [email protected] -B 4-  NAME OF EXPERT CONTRIBUTOR ORGANIZATION TELEPHONE / FAX / E-MAIL NOM DE L’INTERVENANT A TITRE ORGANISME TELEPHONE / TELECOPIE / MEL D’EXPERT Precision Neil Hewitt Tel: + 61 (8) 8351 1203 Hydrographic Managing Director Fax: + Services 2/634 South Rd, e-mail: Glandore, [email protected] South Australia 5037 Australia University of Maxim van Norden Tel: + 1-228-688-7123 Southern Director Fax: + 1-228-688-1121 Mississippi (USM) Coordinator for Hydrographic Science Degree e-mail: [email protected] Programmes School of Ocean Science and Technology The University of Southern Mississippi 1020 Balch Boulevard Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-9904 USA REPRESENTATIVE OF THE IHO SECRETARIAT TELEPHONE / FAX / E-MAIL REPRESENTANT DU SECRETARIAT DE L’OHI TELEPHONE / TELECOPIE / MEL IHO Secretariat David Wyatt Tel: +377.93.10.81.00 Assistant Director, Survey and Operations Fax: +377.93.10.81.40 e-mail: [email protected] -B 5-  Annex C to IHO CL 26/2017 TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE IHO PROJECT TEAM ON STANDARDS FOR HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS (HS PT) November 2016 Reference: 8th meeting of the HSSC, Monaco, November 2016 1. Introduction S-44 provides minimum standards for hydrographic surveys for nautical charting and other associated uses. It therefore needs to be reviewed on a periodical basis in order to take account of the developments in requirements and in surveying equipment and procedures. The following note is taken from the Preface to the 5th Edition (2008) of S-44: “Finally it was the view of the WG that S-44 provides “Standards for Hydrographic Surveys” and that it is the responsibility of individual Hydrographic Offices / Organizations to prepare “Specifications” based on these Standards. Specifications will be more system specific and as such will be quite dynamic as systems change.” 2. Objective To maintain IHO standards which apply to hydrographic surveys: to prepare a draft 6th Edition of IHO publication S-44 - Standards for Hydrographic Surveys for approval by IHO Member States (MS). When undertaking this task the Project Team (PT) should consider, as a minimum, the following matters, in support of safety of navigation data products and services: (i) Review the existing edition of S-44 (5th edition) and identify any deficiencies in either the standards or explanatory content; (ii) Following review, update the content and structure of S-44 to the extent identified during the review, with the intention of publishing revisions as a 6th edition of S-44; (iii) On completion of publication of a 6th edition of S-44, submit a proposal and recommendation to the Hydrographic Services and Standards Committee (HSSC) on whether the PT should continue as a standing working group and, if so, what tasks have been identified to justify transition to a standing working group. 3. Authority This PT is a subsidiary of the HSSC. Its work is subject to HSSC approval. 4. Composition and Chairmanship a) The PT shall comprise representatives of IHO MS, Expert Contributors (EC), observers from accredited non-governmental international organizations (NGIO), and a representative of the IHO Secretariat. A membership list shall be maintained and posted on the IHO website. b) EC membership is open to entities and organizations that can provide a relevant and constructive contribution to the work of the PT. c) The Chair and Vice-Chair shall be a representative of a MS. The election of the Chair and Vice-Chair shall be decided at the first meeting after each Assembly and shall be determined by vote of the Members present and voting. -C 1-  d) If a Secretary is required it should normally be drawn from a Member of the PT. e) If the Chair is unable to carry out the duties of the office, the Vice-Chair shall assume the Chair with the same powers and duties. f) ECs shall seek approval of membership from the Chair. g) EC membership may be withdrawn in the event that a majority of the Members represented in the PT agrees that an EC’s continued participation is irrelevant or unconstructive to the work of the PT. h) All Members shall inform the Chair in advance of their intention to attend meetings of the PT. i) In the event that a large number of EC Members seek to attend a meeting, the Chair may restrict attendance by inviting ECs to act through one or more collective representatives. 5. Procedures a) The PT should work by correspondence, teleconferences, group meetings, workshops or symposia. The PT should meet about once a year. When meetings are scheduled, and in order to allow any PT submissions and reports to be submitted to HSSC on time, PT meetings should not normally occur later than nine weeks before a meeting of the HSSC. b) Decisions should generally be made by consensus. If votes are required on issues or to endorse proposals presented to the PT, only Members may cast a vote. Votes at meetings shall be on the basis of one vote per Member represented at the meeting. Votes by correspondence shall be on the basis of one vote per Member represented in the PT. c) The PT should liaise with other IHO bodies, international organizations and industry to ensure the relevance of its work and timely notice of changes to the standards. d) The PT should report to HSSC on its activities and submit a rolling two-year work plan, including expected time frame. -C 2- Dear Hydrographer, Please find attached herewith : CL 26/2017 : COMPOSITION OF THE IHO PROJECT TEAM ON STANDARDS FOR HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS (HS PT) Yours sincerely, IHO M.MOLLET