After a general meeting with the industry recently, the Swedish Maritime Administration has decided to put the VTS (Vessel Traffic Service) move from Göteborg to Södertälje on hold, at least for the time being.
”We’ll wait and see since we are going to investigate available solutions together with the industry and the Port of Göteborg. We will initiate this process with the first meeting in September”, says Jonas Vedsmand, head of the Maritime Traffic Department at the Swedish Maritime Administration, who also emphasises that no decision has been made not to move the VTS.
”No, just as I said, we’ll wait and see”.
Tryggve Ahlman, who is responsible for maritime safety and technology at the Swedish Shipowners’ Association, is very pleased with the decision.
”This is a very positive result and they have listened to the industry’s arguments”, he says and continues:
”A decision like this must be guided by the ports’ risk profile, which means that a proper risk analysis must be carried out. The Port of Göteborg, together with a number of other ports, is prominent in this respect. There would have to be very good reasons for moving the VTS from a port with the Port of Göteborg’s risk profile”.
”We have not had second thoughts, the fact is that we supply services, we exist for our customers. If our customers, the industry, have opinions, we will listen to them”, says Jonas Vedsmand
”We’ll wait and see since we are going to investigate available solutions together with the industry and the Port of Göteborg. We will initiate this process with the first meeting in September”, says Jonas Vedsmand, head of the Maritime Traffic Department at the Swedish Maritime Administration, who also emphasises that no decision has been made not to move the VTS.
”No, just as I said, we’ll wait and see”.
Tryggve Ahlman, who is responsible for maritime safety and technology at the Swedish Shipowners’ Association, is very pleased with the decision.
”This is a very positive result and they have listened to the industry’s arguments”, he says and continues:
”A decision like this must be guided by the ports’ risk profile, which means that a proper risk analysis must be carried out. The Port of Göteborg, together with a number of other ports, is prominent in this respect. There would have to be very good reasons for moving the VTS from a port with the Port of Göteborg’s risk profile”.
”We have not had second thoughts, the fact is that we supply services, we exist for our customers. If our customers, the industry, have opinions, we will listen to them”, says Jonas Vedsmand