The new NMD

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• The new NMD
• 1 February 2007
• Dep. Dir. Gen. Sigurd Gude

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The new NMD Key topics

• The official maritime Norway
• NMD the history in brief, the objective, purpose
  and vision, strategic objectives, the
  organization, core areas of activity, port state
  control
• Accident investigations
• International arenas
• Marine Equipment Directive

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• The official maritime Norway

RLF (NOR)
NSA (NIS)
UNIONS
Dep. of Trade and Industry
Dep. of Environment
NMD
Coastal Directorate
Petroleum Safety Authority
The Maritime Code The Seaworthiness Act The
Seamens Act The Act of Working hours The Act of
Certification
The Environment Act
Petroleum Act
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NMD The history in brief

• 9 June 1903 Seaworthiness Act
• 11 November 1903 Shipping Office
• 1905 Seamans Department
• March 1906 Ship Inspection Regulation
• 1906 1952 NMD is subordinated different
  departments
• 1962 NMD emerges as a complete maritime
  Administration
• 1994 NMD is reorganized
• 2006 NMD is moved and reorganized

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NMDs paramount objective is to achieve improved
safety and security for human life, health, ships
and the environment
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The purpose and vision of NMD

• The purpose of our activities is to continuously
  provoke and improve safety at sea for human life,
  assets and the environment
• Our vision is to be the leading maritime
  Administration in respect of maritime safety,
  security and quality

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NMDs strategic objectives

• More focused on core areas
• Enhanced work methods
• Improved human resource instruments
• More flexible organization
• Improved agency reputation
• Optimum support and management functions

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NMD today

• 312 employees
• 19 offices
• administer of a significant set of regulations
• internationally active
• just moved to Haugesund
• have just reorganized

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NMD as from 1 November 2006
Reorganized or new dep.
Maritime Investigators (6)
Director General Dep. Dir. General
Communication and information
Strategic quality and safety
Ships and sea farers
Regulations and international work
Administration
Control and inspection
19 offices in Norway
200 employees
3 Welfare stations abroad
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NMDs core areas of activity

• 1. Ensure that Norwegian ships, companies and
  crews uphold the highest standard possible in
  respect of safety for the environment and asset
• 2. Ensure that Norwegian crews have relevant and
  best possible qualifications and conditions for
  work and living on board
• 3. Ensure that non-Norwegian ships trading in
  Norwegian territorial waters comply with
  international rules and regulations

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Port state control and Paris MOU

• One of nine world wide Port State Control regimes
• Annual control requirement 25 of all foreign
  flagged vessels visiting Norwegian ports
• Paper control
• Extended control
• Detention

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NMD Accident Investigation

• Current
• Maritime investigators investigates accidents
• reports to the Public Prosecutor
• NMD holds the files and data base
• Post 2007????
• National Accident Investigation Board
• Maritime Investigators to the police??
• NMD holds the data base?
• Who investigates the many small?

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• International arenas

EU
IMO
Scandinavian Maritime Administrations
NMD
ILO
EMSA
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NMD as EU market control body

• 96/98 Marine Equipment Directive
• Trade directive
• Notified Body approves
• National authority checks
• Negative findings can lead to Art. 13 procedure
  and loss of wheel mark e.g ban for trade and use!

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The new NMD - Summary

• In 2006
• NMD moved to Haugesund
• NMD was reorganized
• NMD had its highest number of documents processed
  in 5 years
• NMD had educated fully all new (130)
• employees
• is this whats called business as usual?