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The Swedish Maritime Administration ( sv, Sjöfartsverket) is the
The Swedish Maritime Administration ( sv, Sjöfartsverket) is the government agency in Sweden
The government agencies in Sweden are state-controlled organizations that act independently to carry out the policies of the Government of Sweden. The ministries are relatively small and merely policy-making organizations, allowed to monitor the ...
which provides services to the transport sector by keeping the sea lanes open and safe. The agency is to a certain degree financed through fees levied on commercial shipping.
The main services of the Maritime Administration include: pilotage, maintenance of marine fairways
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, ice-breaking, hydrographics, maritime search and rescue, seamen's service. It also maintains the lighthouses and other aids to navigation of Sweden. Until 1 January 2009, it also was responsible for maritime safety inspection. Seagoing vessels navigating the Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden and the North and Central European Plain.
The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and fr ...
must meet certain ice class requirement. While its mainly deals with merchant shipping, other maritime activities are also taken into account.
Sjöfartsverket runs the Joint Rescue Center Gothenburg
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See also
* List of lighthouses and lightvessels in Sweden *Sea traffic management Sea traffic management (STM) is a methodology, developed by the Swedish Maritime AdministrationMonaLisaSwedish Maritime Administration project MonaLisa/ref> MonaLisa project, endorsed by the European Commission, sought to define a set of systems and ...
* Swedish Coast Guard
References
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Maritime Administration Government agencies of Sweden Transport organizations based in Sweden Lighthouse organizations National hydrographic offices Maritime organizations