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Transit

The Transit bar chart represents all nominations for all Vessels inbound to ports under a Regulator account.

Filter Transit

Filter the Transit table to view Vessels by

• Destination Port – only ports that are allocated to the Regulator account will be listed.
• Vessel Type
• Risk [Category]
• Entry Date [port entry]
• Period [search period]
• Flagged Vessels Only
• Manual Nominations Only
• Search by Vessel Name

Step 1: Choose Destination Port – only ports that are allocated to the Regulator account will be listed.

Step 2: Choose Type of Vessel from List.

Step 3: Choose Risk Category from List.

Step 4: Choose Start Date using the Calendar function.

Step 5: Choose View Period from List.

Step 6: Select Flagged Vessel Only to display only flagged vessels.

Step 7: Select Manual Nominations only to display any vessels with manual nominations.

Step 8: Search by Vessel Name to easily filter vessels.

View Vessel

The Transit chart will display all inbound Vessels as per the filter selection to specified ports assigned to the Regulator user.  The table of vessels is listed by forecast vessel arrival times provided from our AIS data provider and is updated 4 times per day. The handle to the left of the Y-axis label allows the User to scroll through the list of vessels.  An extra level of information on vessel stay periods is also shown, with the thick bar showing the Last Port Of Call (LPOC) stay period and the thin line showing 68th percentile stay period. A User can hover their mouse over the thin line to see a pop-up box showing the 68th percentile value.

Vessel Colour

• Grey – Unknown Risk
• Green – Low Risk
• Orange – Medium Risk
• Red – High Risk

Click on the Vessel bar to view port nomination particulars and the icon buttons to open other menus

Map

Step 1: To view the vessel on the Map View, click View on Map Icon.

Step 2: The specific Vessel will be highlighted on the Map.

To utilise functionality of the Map view, please see the Map workflow.

Info

Step 1: Click on the View Info Icon.

Step 2: The Info tab will display recent AIS data for the Vessel. Please note the Last Report data line, displays up to date AIS data that has been retrieved for the Vessel.

Change Status

Step 1: To Change the Status of the Vessel, click Pencil (edit) button, next to “System Assessed”.

Step 2: Change Status of the Vessel as required. Nomination Status’ are used a Regulator tool to distinguish status’ of different nominations. There are 10 Status levels. 5 are System status’ and are used by Vessel-Check when a port nomination has been reviewed. The other 5 are for use by the regulatory agency responsible for the associated port nomination.

Nomination Status Table

Contacts

Step 1: Click on the Person Icon.

Step 2: Click Edit to edit Owner or Operator Details. Click Save and Close.

Emails

A communication log of sent emails will appear for each Port Nomination. To View sent emails, click on View Communications.

Compose Email

Step 1: Click Compose.

Step 2: Enter To, Subject and Message. Click Send.

Forward Email

Step 1: Click on the Forward arrow icon.

Step 2: Enter To and Subject. Click Send.

Delete Email

Step 1: Click on Bin Icon on specified email. The email will be deleted immediately.

Risks

Step 1: Click on View & Calculate Risks icon.

Step 2: The Risks tab will display calculated Risk Reports.

Operational Indicators

Vessel Type

Certain vessels can have an inherent biosecurity risk resulting from the nature of their operations (e.g. dredges due to their contact with the seafloor) and/or the inability of a vessel to undertake proactive biofouling management (e.g. oil rigs due to the excessive cost associated with the application of an antifoulant coating (AFC) to such an intricately large structure). If appropriate, jurisdictions can apply a level of the inherent risk associated with a particular vessel type(s). The indicator in the Vessel-Check portal intends to encourage direct liaison of the particular vessel type(s) (deemed to have an inherent risk) directly with the biosecurity management agency to ensure a proactive management solution is achieved. By default this indicator is disabled (returns a low risk), it can easily be enabled to suit a jurisdiction’s requirements.

Environmental Compatibility

The likelihood of impacts from an invasive aquatic species (IAS) is positively related to its ability to thrive in the receiving environment (1). Environmental matching (or similarity)* does provide a base indication of the potential threat a vessel may pose in transferring an IAS into the receiving jurisdiction (2). The Vessel-Check portal assesses the environmental compatibility between the Last Port of Call (LPoC) and the Destination Port (DP) by examining the similarity between environmental parameters of chlorophyll a (Chl a) (3) and sea surface temperature (SST) (4). Chl a and SST tolerances are known to be two of the key factors in determining an aquatic species range (1, 5). The portal examines the long-term monthly average Chl *a* and SST of the LPoC and DP for the arrival month of the vessel (when entering a jurisdictions port); where high environmental compatibility indicates a greater likelihood that a potential IAS could establish.

* species-traits which influence establishment likelihood are not accounted for within the metric.

References

(1) Keller, R. P., Drake, J. M., Drew, M. B., & Lodge, D. M., 2011. Linking environmental conditions and ship movements to estimate invasive species transport across the global shipping network. Diversity and Distributions, 17(1), 93-102.

(2) Campbell, M.L. and Hewitt, C.L., 2011. Assessing the port to port risk of vessel movements vectoring non-indigenous marine species within and across domestic Australian borders. Biofouling, 27(6), pp.631-644.

(3) https://resources.marine.copernicus.eu/documents/PUM/CMEMS-OC-PUM-009-ALL.pdf

(4) https://resources.marine.copernicus.eu/documents/PUM/CMEMS-INS-PUM-013-001-b.pdf

(5) Barry, S.C., Hayes, K.R., Hewitt, C.L., Behrens, H.L., Dragsund, E. and Bakke, S.M., 2008. Ballast water risk assessment: principles, processes, and methods. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 65(2), pp.121-131.

Port Duration

Immersion time is important for fouling accumulation, with organism settlement being restricted when in high flow conditions (e.g. when vessels are underway) (2). The duration of a vessel’s stay in a port can influence the overall risk of the vessel transferring an invasive aquatic species (IAS), as increased residence time increases the likelihood of fouling organisms settling on a vessel hull (2,3).

The Port Duration indicator within the Vessel-Check portal examines the period a vessel stayed in its ‘last port of call’ (LPoC) compared to the vessel’s mean port stay duration. An extended stay at the LPoC beyond a vessels typical period of stay may indicate a greater likelihood of transferring an IAS to the destination port, especially if other aspects of the vessel’s biofouling management strategies are limited (e.g. expired antifoulant coating and/or no recent records of biofouling management plan implementation).

References

(1) Hopkins, G.A. and Forrest, B.M., 2008. Management options for vessel hull fouling: an overview of risks posed by in-water cleaning. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 65(5), pp.811-815.

(2) Davidson, I.C., Brown, C.W., Sytsma, M.D. and Ruiz, G.M., 2009. The role of containerships as transfer mechanisms of marine biofouling species. Biofouling, 25(7), pp.645-655.

(3) Sylvester, F., Kalaci, O., Leung, B., Lacoursière‐Roussel, A., Murray, C.C., Choi, F.M., Bravo, M.A., Therriault, T.W. and MacIsaac, H.J., 2011. Hull fouling as an invasion vector: can simple models explain a complex problem?. Journal of Applied Ecology, 48(2), pp.415-423.

Re-Calculate Risk

Step 1: Click Re-calculate Risk button.

Step 2: Any updates to the Risk Report will be displayed.

View Biofouling Info

Step 1: Click View Biofouling Info button.

Step 2: View Biofouling Management particulars for the Vessel, this is presented in 6 different menu tabs. Each of the tabs can be viewed and all of the uploaded documents can be downloaded. Note that Regulators are unable to alter the vessel profile information.

VESSEL PARTICULARS are obtained from the AIS data provider and can be updated by the Vessel Manager. The Vessel Owner and Operator details can be edited and updated by both the Vessel Manager and Regulator.

NOMINATIONS list all of the vessel port entries for the ports monitored by Vessel-Check.

MANAGEMENT PLANNING shows the Biofouling Management Plan (BMP) details and the Planned Niche Management activities.

AFC DOCS shows the Antifoulant Coating information.

OPERATING PROFILE shows an average operating profile for the vessel and any Lay-Up periods.

BIOFOULING RECORD BOOK shows the vessel’s Biofouling Record Book, including both Planned Records and Contingency Records and associated evidence.

Planned Record – Always defined in Biofouling Management, for known regular actions like a 60 month Dry-dock cycle

Contingency Record – For broader and variable activities that are job or situation specific – e.g. an inspection before entry into New Zealand.  Selected when making a new record and can NOT be for a Planned activity/niche

Here is a link to pdf document with more information

Download Risk Report

Step 1: Click Download Risk Report. Choose from the Vessel Manager Risk Report or the Detailed Risk Report.

Step 2: The report will be downloaded as the chosen PDF.

Vessel Manager Risk Report

Regulator Override

The Regulator can override (up or down) any of the 7 risk metrics which will also affect the Overall Risk Assessment.  Both the System and Regulator assessments are retained and are visible to the Regulatory and Vessel Manager User .The Regulator overridden risk levels will take precedent over the System assessment and will be presented to the Vessel Manager in the Risk Reports. (the Regulator comments will also be included in the Risk Reports).

Step 1: On the Regulator list of risk scores, select the metric to change.

Step 2: Select desired score, add Comment and Save.  Note that the Override and Comment will be presented in the risk reports.

Step 3: Press the Re-Calculate Risk button to re-run the risk engine and see the new Overall Risk Assessment.

Logs

Step 1: To View Logs click on the Clock Icon.

Step 2: View existing Logs.

Add Log

Step 1: Click Add Log.

Step 2: Enter Log Type.

Step 3: Enter description as required.

Step 4: Check the Tick box if the Log is able to be shared to other Regulatory Agency’s with access to the same port. By Clicking Share Log the document and Log will be visible by others. Leaving this tick box blank the document and Log will only be visible to the author (‘you’) and the Users that are members of your Agency. Permissions can be edited at any time using the ‘Edit’ function.

Step 5: Click Save.

Step 6: Files can only be uploaded once the Log has been created and saved. Upload File.

Click on Actions > Attach Files.

To Drag and drop file, left click on the file and drag to the blue lined box, drop the file.

To upload from Browse files. Click to Select required file. Click Open.

Edit Log

Step 1: Click Actions and Edit.

Step 2: Edit Log as required. Click Save. The updated Log will now appear.

Delete Log

Step 1: Click Actions and Delete.

Step 2: A dialogue box will appear confirming the deletion of the Log. Click Delete.

Flag Information

Info

Info includes General information about the Flag on the Vessel. It also displays Regulatory Organisations that have received the shared flag.

Docs

Docs display uploaded documents to each Flag and show which documents are made visible to other organisations.

Attach More

Step 1: Click Attach More.

Step 2: Enter document details and upload file. Click Save.

Download

Step 1: Click Actions and Download. The specified documents will download.

Make Private/ Make Visible

Step 1: Click Actions and Make Private or Make Visible.

Make Visible will share the document with Regulatory Organisations that have had the Flag shared to them. Make Private will make the document private and will ensure the document is only visible to the uploader and their own Organisation. Document permissions can be updated at any time.

Step 2: Permissions will be updated successfully. Note each document will display permissions.

Delete Document

Please note all documents must be deleted prior to deleting an entire Flag.

Step 1: Click Actions and Delete.

Step 2: A dialogue box will appear confirming the deletion of the document.

Log

Add Note

Step 1: Click Add Note.

Step 2: Enter Note and Click Save. The Note will be successfully added to the Flag Log. Each note will display the Date, Note details and Note Author.

Edit Note

Step 1: Click Actions and Edit.

Step 2: Edit Note as required. Click Save. The updated Note will now appear in the Flag Log.

Delete Note

Step 1: Click Actions and Delete.

Step 2: A dialogue box will appear confirming the deletion of the Note. Click Delete.

Vessel

The Vessel tab will display recent AIS data for the Vessel. Please note the Last Report data line, displays up to date AIS data that has been retrieved for the Vessel.