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The Swedish Maritime Administration () is the government agency in Sweden which provides services to the transport sector by keeping the
The Swedish Maritime Administration () is the government agency in Sweden which provides services to the transport sector by keeping the sea lane
A sea lane, sea road or shipping lane is a regularly used navigable route for large water vessels (ships) on wide waterways such as oceans and large lakes, and is preferably safe, direct and economic. During the Age of Sail, they were determined ...
s 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, ice-breaking, hydrographics, maritime search and rescue, seamen's service. It also maintains the lighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lens (optics), lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.
Ligh ...
s and other aids to navigation of Sweden. Until 1 January 2009, it also was responsible for maritime safety
Maritime safety as part of and overlapping with water safety is concerned with the protection of life ( search and rescue) and property
Property is a system of rights that gives people legal control of valuable things, and also refers to th ...
inspection. Seagoing vessels navigating the Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by the countries of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the North European Plain, North and Central European Plain regions. It is the ...
must meet certain ice class
Ice class refers to a notation assigned by a classification society or a national authority to denote the additional level of strengthening as well as other arrangements that enable a ship to navigate through sea ice. Some ice classes also have ...
requirement. While its mainly deals with merchant shipping, other maritime activities are also taken into account.
Sjöfartsverket runs the Joint Rescue Center Gothenburg.
See also
*List of lighthouses and lightvessels in Sweden
This is a list of lighthouses and lightvessels in Sweden.
Lightvessels
*Almagrundet
*Lightship Finngrundet (1903), Old Finngrundet lightvessel, now a museum ship
*Fladen
Lighthouses
*Agö, Hälsingland
*Bergudden, Västerbotten
*Bjuröklubb, ...
* P2 – Svenskt Vrakskydd
* Sea traffic management
* Swedish Coast Guard
The Swedish Coast Guard () is a Sweden, Swedish civilian Government agencies in Sweden, government agency tasked with:
* maritime surveillance and other control and inspection tasks as well as environmental cleanup after oil spills at sea.
* co-o ...
References
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Maritime Administration Government agencies of Sweden Transport organizations based in Sweden Lighthouse organizations National hydrographic offices Maritime transport authorities