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The Swedish Maritime Administration ( sv, Sjöfartsverket) is the government agency in Sweden which provides services to the transport sector by keeping the
The Swedish Maritime Administration ( sv, Sjöfartsverket) 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 waterway
A waterway is any navigable body of water. Broad distinctions are useful to avoid ambiguity, and disambiguation wi ...
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
A golf course is the grounds on which the sport of golf is played. It consists of a series of holes, each consisting of a tee box, a fairway, the rough and other hazards, and a green with a cylindrical hole in the ground, known as a "cup". T ...
, 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 lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.
Lighthouses m ...
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 through regulation, management and technology development of all forms of waterborne transportation. The execut ...
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 from ...
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
* Old Finngrundet lightvessel, now a museum ship
* Fladen
Lighthouses
* Agö, Hälsingland
* Bergudden, Västerbotten
* Bjuröklubb, Västerbotten
* Bräm� ...
* Sea traffic management
* Swedish Coast Guard
The Swedish Coast Guard ( sv, Kustbevakningen) is a Swedish civilian government agency tasked with:
* maritime surveillance and other control and inspection tasks as well as environmental cleanup after oil spills at sea.
* co-ordinate the civi ...
References
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Maritime Administration Government agencies of Sweden Transport organizations based in Sweden Lighthouse organizations National hydrographic offices Maritime organizations