Completed projects
The projects and contract awards of the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH), which were recently completed, can be found below by topic:
Completed projects and award of contracts
Support maritime shipping and the maritime economy
| Projects | Duration | Description (German) |
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4D-SVP
Improved method for determining spatio-temporal resolved waterborne sound velocity profiles | 2019 - 2021 | Project |
EASE
AI-based assistance for forensic investigations at sea | 2019 - 2022 | Project
Website |
FAMOS
Finalising Surveys for the Baltic Motorways of the Sea - TP 4
| 2015 - 2019 | Website |
Nordsee-Vernetzung
SSR-RTK Correction data service for highly accurate positioning in the German Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the North Sea | 2020 - 2022 | Contract awarded |
ProWaS
Pilot Project Climate and Water Projection Service for Waterways and Shipping | 2017 - 2021 | Project
Website
Final report |
Strengthen maritime safety and environmental protection
| Projects | Duration | Description (German) |
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ACTRESS
Architecture and Testbed for Realtime Safe and Secure Services | 2017 - 2020 | Project
Website |
BeJamDetect
Galileo GPS Jamming and Spoofing Detection. Location and interference suppression for governmental users | 2019 - 2021 | Contract awarded |
COMPLETE
Completing management options in the Baltic Sea Region to reduce risk of invasive species introduction by shipping | 2017 - 2020 | Project
Website |
ImoNav
Integration of high-resolution marine geodata into electronic navigation systems as a basis for autonomous ship navigation | 2017 - 2020 | Project
Website
Final report |
ImpEx
Environmental Impacts of Exhaust gas cleaning systems for the reduction of SOx on ships | 2020 - 2023 | Project
Final report
Supplement A
Supplement B |
PIMOPA
Development of a monitoring and evaluation system for paraffins and other chemical substances on the coasts of the German North and Baltic Seas | 2020 - 2021 | Project |
R-Mode Baltic
Ranging Mode for the Baltic Sea. Development of international solutions to further guarantee and increase safety and environmental protection in maritime transport
| 2017 - 2021 | Project
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R-Mode Baltic 2
Ranging Mode for the Baltic Sea. Development of international solutions to further guarantee and increase safety and environmental protection in maritime transport | 2017 - 2020 | Project
Website |
Scrubber Washwater Survey (SWS)
Investigation of the effects on the marine environment of scrubbing water from exhaust gas cleaning systems on seagoing vessels (so-called "scrubbers") | 2016 - 2019 | Project |
Ship Sewage Study
Development of a Best Practice Guidance for the receipt of ship's sewage in ports in the Baltic Sea special area | 2017 - 2018 | Contract awarded |
VERIFY
Identification of those responsible for marine water pollution by highly viscous persistent floating products with special focus on paraffins | 2016 - 2019 | Project
Website |
Promote sustainable use of the sea
| Projects | Duration | Description (German) |
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Assessment approaches Underwater sound monitoring
Study on assessment approaches for underwater noise monitoring in the context of offshore licensing and spatial planning procedures, Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) | 2016 - 2018 | Contract awarded |
ANKER
Approaches to cost reduction in the collection of monitoring data for offshore projects, development of the central specialist information network for environmental assessments | 2016 - 2020 | Project
Website |
Baltic LINes
Coherent Linear Infrastructures in Baltic Maritime Spatial Plans | 2016 - 2019 | Website |
BeMo III
Assessment approaches for sound monitoring and environmental testing | 2019 - 2022 | Contract awarded |
ERa – Erfahrungsbericht Rammschall
Processing and provision of data from hydro-acoustic monitoring to determine the current state of the art in the development of noise reduction systems; Assessment of Effects of Offshore Wind Energy Facilities on the Marine Environment | 2016 - 2019 | Contract awarded
Non-technical Summary
Abschlussbericht
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FIS Schall Phase II
Design and development of an information system for monitoring underwater noise in the German North and Baltic Sea | 2016 - 2018 | Contract awarded |
Marlin III
Development of the neobiota module
| 2021 - 2022 | Contract awarded |
Modelling effects offshore WEA
("DeMoBird", "CPOD", "FaunaGuard")
Modelling and assessment of possible cumulative effects of the construction and operation of offshore wind farms | 2017 - 2020 | "CPOD"
"FaunaGuard" |
MultiBird II
Scientific analyses of the offshore occurrence of migratory birds using an integrated database of monitoring and research data from a multi sensor system | 2016 - 2018 | Contract awarded |
NorthSEE
A North Sea Perspective on Shipping, Energy and Environmental Aspects in Maritime Spatial Planning | 2016 - 2021 | Project
Website |
OffChem I
Material emissions from offshore installations: Possible impacts on the marine environment and their assessment
| 2017 - 2021 | Contract awarded |
PanBaltic SCOPE
Active support for the implementation of the EU directive on maritime spatial planning and the objectives defined by the EU Baltic Sea Region Strategy and the EU2020 Strategy | 2018 - 2019 | Website |
ProBird
Forecast of regional and local bird migration and cumulative bird strike risk at offshore wind turbines | 2016 - 2018 | Contract awarded |
RAVE Offshoreservice - Research at alpha ventus
Oceanographic and structural dynamic measurements in the offshore test field "alpha ventus" and further development of monitoring concepts for offshore wind farms | 2017 - 2020 | Website |
SEANSE - Strategic Environmental Assessment North Sea
Develop and review an approach to strategic environmental assessments with a focus on renewable energy | 2018 - 2020 | Project
Website |
SEBAMO
Development of a seismic soil model of the German North Sea in the area of designated wind farm areas based on high-resolution multi-channel seismic data of the University of Bremen | 2017 - 2020 | Contract awarded |
SOUND Mapping
Standards, Tools and Visualization.
Interactive underwater sound maps: Development of standardized procedures for the evaluation and provision of data from underwater sound monitoring | 2017 - 2020 | Project
Website |
WebBenthos
Provision of environmental information from research projects and monitoring of offshore wind farms as well as establishment of long-term technical information systems for seabird, harbour porpoise and benthos data
Gutachten zum Regenerationspotenzial benthischer Biotoptypen in der AWZ der Nordsee nach temporären anthropogenen Störungen (PDF, 2MB, Not barrier-free file.) | 2017 - 2019 | Contract awarded |
WebTop
Provision of environmental information from research projects and monitoring of offshore wind farms as well as establishment of long-term technical information systems for seabird, harbour porpoise and benthos data | 2016 - 2018 | Contract awarded |
Continuity of measurements
| Projects | Duration | Description (German) |
|---|
EA-RISE (Euro-Argo RISE)
Euro-Argo Research Infrastructure Sustainability and Enhancement | 2019 - 2022 | Project
Euro-Argo ERIC
Final Results
Leaflet |
MoBo
Development of a monitoring buoy, focus on oceanographic measurement technology and its testing | 2016 - 2021 | Project
Webseite |
MOCCA
Monitoring the Oceans and Climate Change with Argo | 2017 - 2020 | Project
Webseite |
| UV LiBS – UV light as anti-fouling protection. Development of an antifouling system based on UV-C LEDs to improve the data quality of stationary oceanographic measurements at MARNET stations | 2018 - 2019 | Contract awarded |
Provide competent information on the state of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea
| Projects | Duration | Description (German) |
|---|
AstraDa
Preparation of a stratigraphic database for use in high-resolution and regionalised morphodynamic simulation models | 2019 - 2022 | Project
Website |
EasyGSH-Deutsche Bucht
Generation of application-oriented synoptic reference data on geomorphology, sedimentology and hydrodynamics in the German Bight | 2017 - 2020 | Project
Website |
EMODNet HRSM
High Resolution Seabed Mapping | 2016 - 2018 | Website |
Extension of KLIWAS-North Sea Climatology to the Baltic Sea
| 2016 - 2018 | Contract awarded
Final report |
Freak Waves
Study on the occurrence of extreme waves in the North Sea in times of climate change
| 2016 - 2018 | Website
Final report |
JOMOPANS
Joint Monitoring Programme for Ambient Noise in the North Sea | 2018 - 2022 | Project
Website |
MeSMarT II
Measurement of Shipping Emissions in the Marine Troposphere
Further development of continuous land-based and ship-based ship emission measurements to monitor MARPOL (VI) and EU sulphur guideline limits | 2015 - 2018 | Project |
MiKlip II
Creation of a model system that allows reliable statements on climate development and extreme weather conditions | 2015 - 2018 | Website |
NKS MCS
National contact point for marine Copernicus services, ensuring independent access to reliable earth observation information for Europe | 2015 - 2018 | Website |
NOAH – Synthese (NOAH2)
North Sea Observation and Assessment of Habitats
Recording and evaluation of pollutant budgets and processes in the German Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) | 2016 - 2019 | Project
Website |
OA TWS IOC (Ocean Acidification)
Organization of the Argo measuring network with biogeochemical sensors and support of the IOC - International Oceanographic Commission in the coordination of tsunami warning systems | 2017 - 2019 | Project |
ODIP2
Extending the Ocean Data Interoperability Platform
Improvement of the data situation and extension of the European activities of the Sea-Data-Net project to the USA and Australia | 2015 - 2018 | Website |
PIMO (MSRL-Schall)
Pilot monitoring of impulsive and continuous underwater sound discharges into the German seas under the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) | 2016 - 2019 | Project |
RACE II
Regional Atlantic Circulation in Global Change: Changes and impacts on climate and coastal protection in Western Europe and Germany | 2016 – 2018 | Website |
SeaDataCloud
Multidisciplinary Data Centers for Access and Marine Data Management | 2016 - 2020 | Project
Website |
Spectrophab
Evaluation and operationalisation of spectrophotometric pH measurement for monitoring marine acidification in the Baltic Sea | 2018 - 2022 | Contract awarded |
TRUSTED
Towards fiducial reference measurements of seasurface temperature by European drifters | 2018 - 2021 | Project
Website |
The R&D projects are published annually in the form of the brochure "Forschungs- und Entwicklungsaktivitäten" (Research and Development Activities). We can provide you with the publications for previous years on request. The contact details for research and development are available above.
