The Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA), located in Norrköping, is the safe shipping and nautical charting authority responsible for hydrographic surveying and fairway maintenance in Swedish waters as well as technical development in these fields. Their areas of activity include pilotage, fairway service, maritime traffic information, icebreaking, hydrography, maritime and aeronautical search and rescue, and seamen´s service. SMA is a partner of the BSR Programme project EfficienSea.

SMA's participation in CHEMSEA is focused on hydrographic surveys, object detection and bottom classification together with post-processing and analysis of results. They will also provide the project with a research vessel, the Baltica. Since SMA is one of the organisations which can assist in preparation and application of updated guidelines produced by the project, their participation in their development is crucial to meeting the formal standards required by maritime administration in Sweden. SMA will also organise the 2^nd project conference in Stockholm.

Key contacts:

• Ulf Olsson - Project manager (ulf.olsson@sjofartsverket.se) 
• Bengt Engman - Project manager (bengt.engman@sjofartsverket.se)
• Berit Waktinger - Financial officer (berit.waktinger@sjofartsverket.se)