ANNUAL REPORT 2017
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Stampato dall’Istituto Idrografico della Marina –
From the director ...5
Highlights ...6
Chapter 1 Who we are and what we do
...11Hystory ...14
Culture ...14
Past… ...15
…and Present ...15
Chapter 2 Research
...18A year of researching ...19
Hydrographic campaigns ...21
Geodetic campaigns ...22
Sailing Directions Campaigns ...23
Standards and guidelines for hydrographic surveys ...23
The Magnaghi ...24
The Aretusa ...26
The Galatea ...28
The Leonardo ...29
Oceanography and Marine Research ...31
Capitolo 3 High North 17
...33Chapter 4 Production
...39Charts ...40
Publications ...44
Printing and Distribution ...46
Chapter 5 Education and Training
...49Courses held in 2017 ...50
Courses attended by IIM personnel in 2017 ...51
Chapter 6 External Relations
...53External Relations ...54
Events ...54
International Cooperation ...55
National Cooperation ...56
National and International Conferences and Meetings ...57
Publications ...57
Media ...59
Chapter 7 Our Organization
...63Glossary ...74
List of contents
R.A. Luigi Sinapi
“Mapping our seas, ocean and waterways – more important than ever” – the title chosen by the IHO, the International Hydrographic Organization, for World Hydrography Day 2017 - sums up the activities carried out by the Istituto Idro- grafico della Marina in 2017.
In addition to Mediterranean waters, the IIM in 2017 contributed to the map- ping of polar waters, in the Arctic Ocean as well as in Antarctica. In Antarctica, the last chart assigned to Italy was completed and the High North marine geo- physics reasearch program started in the Arctic Ocean.
From a domestic point of view, our nautical information management and pro- cessing cycle was changed according to a new, more efficient, Charting Plan.
The first IIM survey using LIDAR - Laser Imaging Detection And Ranging – oc- curred in 2017.
Support to the Italian Defense and to the Italian Navy included charts and Me- toc products on demand.
A new post-graduate degree was introduced, in collaboration with the Universi- ty of Genoa. This course in “Hydrography and Oceanography”, held in English at the IIM in Genoa, is the only one in Italy and is recognized by FIG/IHO/ICA for Category A Hydrographic Surveyors.
Finally, 2017 saw the IIM take part in a number of national and international projects, meeting and congresses, as well as partnerships with research centres and universities.
THE DIRECTOR OF THE JAPAN
HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE AT THE IIM 7-2-2017
THE AMBASSADOR OF SOUTH KOREA AT THE IIM
10-2-2017
NAVAL ACADEMY CADETS AT THE IIM
20-2-2017
STUDENTS FROM THE MOROSINI NAVAL SCHOOL 1-3-2017
INTERNATIONAL IHO ASSEMBLY 21-3-2017
ENEA SEDIMENTOLOGY LABORATORY LA SPEZIA 31-3-2017
PREPARING THE ALLIANCE LA SPEZIA 12-4-2017
STUDENTS FROM THE MERCHANT NAVY ACADEMY
12-4-2017
SURVEYS AT THE ARGENTARIO 9-5-2017
DELEGATION FROM TUNISIA 9-5-2017
AIC CONFERENCE 2017 GENOA 10-5-2017
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE GUARDIA DI FINANZA 16-5-2017
HIGH NORTH 17 PRESS CONFERENCE 4-6-2017
OPEN DAY 21-6-2017
IHO REPRESENTATIVES AT THE IIM 22-6-2017
HIGH NORTH MARINE GEOPHYSICS CAMPAIGN,
JULY 2017
US CADETS AT THE IIM 2-8-2017
INTERNATIONAL BOAT SHOW 25-9-2017
SCUFN MEETING GENOA 2-10-2017
HIGH NORTH 17 CONFERENCE, PALAZZO SAN GIORGIO
30-10-2017
PRESENTATION OF THE NEW POST-GRADUATE COURSE IN HYDROGRAPHY AND OCEANOGRAPHY
6-11-2017
GRADUATION CEREMONY AT THE LIGHTHOUSE IN GENOA
15-12-2017
Chapter 1
Who we are and what we do 1872
The year of the IIM foundation
7800
Km of surveyed coastline
550.000
Sq. km
The IIM area of
competence
Military and civilian personnel
Nautical instruments and publications
The Istituto Idrografico della Marina, within the Ita- lian Navy, is the Italian Hydrographic Office, in charge of all the official nautical documents published in Italy.
The IIM’s mission is to support and contribute to the safety of navigation and to the National Defence, as well as to promote the study of all sea-related matters and the protection of the marine environment.
In order to accomplish its mission, the IIM operates in four fields of activity - hydro-oceanographic research and surveying, charting, education/training and issuing of technical standards.
The area of competence includes over 550,000 sq.
Km of national waters and over 7,800 km of coastline.
Surveys are scheduled according to the National 5-year Charting Plan and to the 2-year Production Plan, based on specific requirements relevant to safety of navigation and Defence issues.
In 2017 the IIM has continued to work in compliance with the standards outlined by the Navy General Staff in their 2013 guidelines to make the IIM “an excellen- ce centre for the sea in the Mediterranean area and in Europe”.
Among the 242 employees (117 military and 125 civilian) there are hydrographers, oceanographers, cartographers, geologists, meteorologists, engineers, architects, graphic designers, printers, librarians, tran- slators, and hystorians: they all contribute to guaran- tee the accuracy and detail that has made the IIM one of the Italian excellences in the world.
The fortress of San Giorgio
Italy’s first National Hydrographer was Giovanni Bat- tista Magnaghi, former director of the Ufficio Scientifico Dipartimentale, scientist and inventor, later to become admiral and senator.
Currents and tides have always been important for mariners. Heights such as elevation are measured from the mean sea level.
In the last 150 years the Italian Navy – and the Hydro- graphic Institute in particular – have mapped and mo- nitored delicate maritime areas such as the Strait of Messina, Graham Bank, Sicilian Channel, Ionian sea and so forth, to ensure safety of navigation.
Admiral Giovan Battista Magnaghi (fresco)
Before then, to navigate Italian waters mariners had relied on charts built and issued by the UK Hydro- graphic Office (founded in 1795) or by the Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine (founded in 1720).
Surveys were carried out from survey vessels in proper hydrographic campaigns and from Navy ships to and from military operations (e.g. in South America and the
The Italian hydrographic office was founded by Royal Decree No. 1205 dated December 26 1872 with the name Ufficio Idrografico della Regia Marina. The current name – Istituto Idrografico della Marina - was adopted in 1899.
Magnaghi directed the Institute for 16 years - from 1872 to 1888 – during which Italian waters were sur- veyed and charted throghout.
Mediterranean Sea and in the colonies – Strait of Sicily, Gulf of Sirte, Red Sea and Arabian Sea – were sent to the Institute in Genoa to be processed and used for nautical charts and publications.
Hydrography and oceanography are closely linked.
Oceans cover 71% of the Earth and play a crucial role in global climate.
History
Culture
Data validation
Single beam echosounder
Today, charting is a largely computerized process. Most charts are electronic or digitally printed and updates are sent directly to users.
Old workshops
Until the ‘50s, however, nautical charts required the skills and accuracy of many specialized and experienced technicians.
Plotting sheets filled in during the surveys at sea were translated into a map to be drawn and engraved, in reverse, on a copper plate. The engraved plate was then rubbed with ink and hand printed. Charts could also be made by etching.
It was a long process and a maximum of 30-40 quality copies could be obtained daily.
Nautical and surveying equipment have greatly evolved, too. Thanks to radionavigation and satellites, ship positioning has become much easier and faster. Gyro compasses are used in combination with ma-
gnetic compasses to find the right direction. Unlike magnetic compasses, gyro compasses are not hampered by external magnetic field.
Furthermore, thanks to echo sounders and side-scan sonars total coverage mapping of the sea bottom can be obtained.
… and Present
Since 2016 the Alliance, a research vessel owned by the NATO Science and Technology Organization (STO) and mostly used by CMRE (Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation) has flown the flag of the Italian Navy thanks to a Memorandum of Understanding like the one signed a few years ago for the Leonardo.
The Alliance is equipped with state-of-the art technology and 400 square metres of laboratories and is characterized by low noise le- vels both above and below the water.
In the summer of 2017 the Alliance sailed for the North Pole for
“High North 17”, a marine geophysics, marine geology and oce- anography campaign - the Italian Navy went back to the Arctic Ocean 89 years after Umberto Nobile’s expeditions.
Past...
Survey vessels 5
Days of 97
campaign
Km of surveyed 1506
coastline
Chapter 2
Research
Survey boat MBf 1213
The Marine Geophysics and Oceanography De- partment of the Istituto Idrografico della Marina provides the Navy with meteorology and oceano- graphy support and contributes to NATO opera- tions and exercises.
In 2017, it took part in several operations - EU- NAVFORM MED “Sophia” in the Strait of Sicily, “Ata- lanta” in the Indian Ocean and “Mare Aperto 17” in the Mediterranean Sea.
Furthermore, the Marine Geophysics and Oceano- graphy Department of the IIM dedicated three areas of the MetOc portal to the North Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean for the Alliance and High North 2017.
It provided technical support to the Rizzo in the Celtic Sea, to the Vespucci (150th Anniversary of the Founda- tion of Canada campaign), and to the Carabiniere in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean (“South-East Asia and Australia” campaign). It further provided MetOc support to the Aliseo, involved in the NATO SNMG2 in the Central Eastern Atlantic Ocean, and supported operation “SeaGuardian” acting as IMETOC Assisting Nation, providing current forecasts and vertical tempe- rature profiles to the OSG IMETOC LN (DEU).
Support was also provided to ARPAL (Agenzia Regio- nale per la Protezione dell’Ambiente Ligure) during the hydro-oceanographic surveys carried out in the road- stead of La Spezia to collect accurate information on the seafloor through acoustic backscatter data proces- sing, sampling and grain size analysis.
A number of oceanographic activities were carried out from the Alliance (12-13 September 2017) within oceanography campaign LOGMEC 17, including the positioning of a mooring.
To ensure best efficiency in MetOc support to ongoing campaigns, the Marine Geophysics and Oceanography Department of the IIM has made MetOc material avai- lable 7/7, guaranteeing the intervention of technical personnel in the case of malfunctioning.
Exercise “Mare Aperto 17” - Superficial cuurrent (MetOC)
Monitoring data
A year of researching
Rosette (LOGMEC)
An important contribution was given to the cre- ation of a national hydrographic service in Le- banon. This capacity building program included training of personnell in compliance with IHO standards.
Representatives from the Department took part in the 7th MILOC Panel during which MetOc support issues were discussed, according to the motto “One Opera- tion, One Forecast”, as well as in DeSRA 2017 confe- rence at the NATO STO-CMRE.
The Department works for the COI (Commissione Oceanografica Italiana) and cooperates with major re- search centres and institutions to promote geophysics and oceanography campaigns. For example, the IIM took part in the LOGMEC 17 campaign in the East Li- gurian/North Tyrrhenian seas and was scientific coordi- nator in MREA 17 and ARET 17 campaigns, to validate acoustic and oceanography models, in collaboration with ENEA, CNR, STO-CMRE.
The IIM cooperates with the OGS (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale) in data exchange, staff training and campaigns at sea; and with ISPRA (Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale) for the study of harmonic constants, mean
sea level and non-astronomical components of tides in the ports included in their tide gauge network. The purpose of this study, started in 2016, is to explore the mechanics of Atmosphere/Ocean interactions (meteo - tsunamis).
The Department of Geophysics is working with the university of Parthenope, Naples (UNINAPA) and the university of Genoa (UNIGE) at a research program on in-shore wave modelling using high frequency radar in the Gulf of Naples.
A major oceanography campaign in 2017, FIX03, was carried out from research vessel Minerva Uno in the Ligurian Sea, in cooperation with CNR-ISSIA Genoa (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche-Istituto di Studi sui Sistemi Intelligenti per l’Automazione). Hydrological measurements were taken to assess climate variability in the Ligurian Sea and zooplankton was sampled at a number of depths to validate acoustic backscatter data from ADCP 300kHz and extend its use to zooplankton mapping. Finally, a water circulation model for the Li- gurian Sea was created, to be validated with data col- lected during oceanography campaigns.
The Geophysics department in 2017 trained attende- es of FIG/IHO/ICA Hydrographic Surveyor Cat. A and B courses in Oceanography, Sedimentology, Tides, Meteorology, Magnetism, Physics, Computer Studies and Mathematics.
The 2017 hydro-oceanographic campaigns were carried out by IIM personnel from survey vessels Magna- ghi, Aretusa and Galatea, as well as from research vessels Leonardo and Alliance.
The IIM surveyed the roadstead of La Spezia in collaboration with ARPAL, within a project to monitor morpho- bathymetry and environment.
The surveys carried out to map the seabottom around Teulada and Torre Veneri required three months and were part of an agre- ement between the Italian Army and ISPRA.
The last survey in the year was the one in the port of Milazzo for the Italian Navy.
The roadstead of Olbia was surveyed using the LIDAR. It was the first time the IIM used the airborne Light Detection and Ranging System, obtaining bathymetric and topographic data at the same time. In view of the successful results, the IIM decided to carry out at least one LIDAR survey a year.
Hydrographic campaigns
Survey
number nautical chart number
area/
location
expected duration (dayS)
Survey beginning/end
Survey
(dayS) validation
total
duration length (km)
area in kmq
S.n. 115 rada di
la Spezia // 06/04/2017
05/05/2017 5 10 15 140 5
20317d 298 capo teulada 60 22/05/2017
27/06/2017 16 20 36 390 10.3
S.n. 322 Sardegna
(rilievo lidar) // 06/11/2017
11/11/2017 2 cura ditta
Fugro 2 // 44.2
20318e 29 torre veneri 60 06/09/2017
30/09/2017 21 15 36 913 29.1
S.n. 245 porto di
milazzo // 08/12/2017
17/12/2017 4 4 8 63 0.85
Porto Ercole RTK survey
* The activity was carried out in Genoa.
The survey in Sciacca focused on the lighthouse in Capo San Marco and on the Scoglio di Pietra Patella.
For the survey in Tuscany GPS receivers were used together with the total station.
Geodetic campaigns
Survey
number nautical chart number
type/
order
area/
location
expected duration (dayS)
Survey beginning/end
Survey
(dayS) validation total duration
length
(km) StationS
50134d 18-264 geodesia - Topografia
da capo San marco a punta
bianca (ag) 7 21/01/2017
27/01/2017 3 7* 10 // 6
50135a 74-122 geodesia - Topografia
promotori o argentario
(gr) 12 08/05/2017
19/05/2017 10 15* 25 82.98 24
Monopoli
I.I. 3176 ISTITUTO IDROGRAFICO DELLA MARINA
DISCIPLINARE TECNICO PER LA STANDARDIZZAZIONE DEI RILIEVI IDROGRAFICI
GENOVA 2016
• In 2017 the following campaigns were carried out by the IIM to update their Sailing Directions:
• - Cesenatico-Rimini-Pesaro-Fano, April 2-14;
• - Littoral of Monopoli, September 17-26;
• - Caorle and Jesolo, December 3-15;
During the 2017 survey campaigns, IIM person- nell continued the promotion of IIM I.I. 3176 pu- blication Disciplinare tecnico per la standardizza- zione dei rilievi idrografici, explaining to maritime authorities the importance of adopting the same technical standards throughout Italy.
In 2015 the IIM published Norme di compilazione dell’informazione nautica e norme di esecuzione di una campagna di aggiornamento della documenta- zione nautica da parte della Guardia Costiera (I.I.
3173), and in March 2016 Standards and Guidelines for Hydrographic Surveys along the lines of S-44 IHO publication, IHO Standards for Hydrographic Surveys (2008).
DPR 15 March 2010, No. 90, Art 222 tasked the Isti- tuto Idrografico della Marina with the drawing up of guidelines to standardize hydrographic surveying in Italy to guarantee safety in ports, along the coast and in Italian waters in general. Some of the parameters introduced by the IIM with the Disciplinare are more restrictive than IHO requirements (ports and entrance to ports).
To standardize surveing is important as it sets mini- mum standards and makes it possible to compare data obtained in the same area at different times.
Sailing directions campaigns Standards and guidelines for
hydrographic surveys
The Magnaghi
After a stop due to maintenance works, on February 25th the Magnaghi was declared ready for a passive defence training module in Taranto, successfully com- pleted on 24th March.
On March 28th the Magnaghi left Taranto for La Spe- zia, but along the way she stopped to survey a number of quays and docks at the port of Civitavecchia (Tra- ianea, Guglielmotti, Cialdi and Molo del Bicchiere) to make sure the port could accomodate for Italian Navy units for the Festa della Marina 2017. Having comple- ted the survey on 29th March, the Magnaghi went to La Spezia.
From 9th to 12th April, the Magnaghi was involved in the Hydrographic Training. It was an opportunity to test the equipment and apply for upgrades and new
technology. As some of the crew was supposed to take part in EXERMA-17, a customized training module was introduced.
In May 8-18 the Magnaghi took part in exercise “Mare Aperto 17-1”, as CTU of the hydrographic task unit in- tegrated into the Mine Countermeasures and Survey Vessel Task Group.
After that, the Magnaghi proceeded to survey the port od Cagliari (May 17-22).
On May 26th the Magnaghi was back in La Spezia.
From June 1st, the Magnaghi was busy with the 2017 hydro-oceanography campaign, starting with Survey No. 20311°2017 (Roadstead of La Spezia).
The Magnaghi
Sea state and 10 meter wind
HydrograpHy
TopograpHy:
Survey
number nautical chart number
type/
order area/
location
Survey beginning/end
Survey
(dayS) validation
(dayS) total
duration length
(km) area
(km2) noteS 1208d 311 S porto di cagliari
molo garau molo capitaneria
17/05/2017
22/05/2017 4 3 6 // 0.25
20311a2017 115 1a rada di la Spezia 26/06/2017 20 9 20 // 7.23
2229a2016 123 1a civitavecchia darsena traianea bacino umberto i
28/03/2017
29/03/2017 2 4 4 // 0.13
Survey
number nautical chart number
type/
order/
Scale
area/location Survey beginning/end
Survey
(dayS) validation
(dayS) total
duration StationS/
nautical inFo
noteS
S.n. 311 S porto di cagliari
molo garau molo capitaneria
17/05/2017
22/05/2017 4 4 4 //
S.n. 115 1a rada di la Spezia
porto lerici 26/06/2017 14 9 14 //
S.n. 123 1a civitavecchia
darsena traianea bacino umberto i
28/03/2017
29/03/2017 1 1 1 //
Max wave height The Aretusa
Until April 2017, the Aretusa was in the port of La Spezia to have a new Side Scan Sonar Klein 3000 sy- stem installed and her overall equipment and platform ready for operations.
The ship was in Genoa for a hydrographic training from April 6 to 9 and in Monaco from April 25 to 29 for the IHO General Assembly.
The Aretusa took part in exercise “Mare Aperto MA 17-1” in the area of Cagliari and Teulada. In Cagliari a tide gauge was installed.
In June a survey was carried out around Scoglio d’A- frica as requested by the Dipartimento della Protezio- ne Civile, as well as operations in collaboration with
INGV (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia) using a magnetometer.
The Aretusa hosted the training at sea of five students of the Master’s Degree in Marine Geomatics (tre civi- lians and two officers, one of whom from Lebanon).
While at Piombino, an unscheduled topographic sur- vey was carried out to update nautical documents.
After a stop at La Spezia, the Aretusa sailed for Olbia to survey the bay and install a tide gauge. Unfortuna- tely the survey was suspended because of technical problems.
In September, an expeditious survey was carried out in the port of Livorno to assess the opportunity for the Vespucci and the Durand de La Penne to stop there.
An oceonography survey was then carried out within the LOGMEC program, including:
- CTD - ADCP casting in the Tyrrhenian sea;
- positioning of a mooring off Marina di Carrara;
- launching and recovery of a drifter;
- CTD - ADCP casting off Marina di Carrara.
In October, after the surveys required to update Nau- tical Chart No. 323, the Aretusa took part in exerci- se “Mare Aperto MA17-2 Joint Stars” and later in the monitoring operations of seamount Vercelli.
The Aretusa
HydrograpHy
TopograpHy:
geopHysics/oceanograpHy Survey
number nautical chart number
type/order area/location Survey beginning/end
Survey
(dayS) validation
(dayS) total
duration length
(km) area (km2)
S.n. 5 Special Scoglio d’africa 23/06/2017
30/07/2017 15 15 30 1223 43
20282d2017 322 1a
golfo di olbia golfo degli aranci isole di tavolara e
molara (escluso porto di
olbia)
26/08/2017
15/09/2017 7 // // 433 30
3102d2017 912 2 Sea mount vercelli
mar tirreno centrale
01/11/2017
03/11/2017 2 // // 160.64 67.17
30093d2017 323 1a golfo di congianus
passo delle biscie 11/10/2017
15/10/2017 5 // // 305.6 43.8
S.n. 62 harbour porto di livorno
banchina cp molo elba
16/09/2017
19/09/2017 1 7 8 5.03 0.10
Survey
number nautical
chart type/order area/location Survey beginning/end
Survey (dayS)
validation
(dayS) length
(km) area (km2) S.n. 5 geophysics survey
in collaboration
with ingv Scoglio d’africa 03/07/2017
05/07/2017 3 3
S.n. //
oceanography survey and
mooring installation (in
collaboration with cmre, within
logmec 17 campaign)
mar ligure 30/09/2017 4 4 // //
S.n. //
oceanography survey within mrea 17, aSv- Waver-glider deployment, current and environment
monitoring
mar tirreno
mar ligure 30/09/2017 5 5 // //
Survey number
nautical chart number
type/
order
area/
location
Survey beginning/end
Survey (dayS)
validation
(dayS) length
(km) StationS S.n. 71 Topografico NRTK porto di piombino 27/06/2017
10/07/2017 4 // // //
A SSS (Smart Siphon System) was installed and tested at sea in 800m-deep waters.
Survey No. 10205D in the port of Otranto was carried out as per Detailed Programme 2017, to collect the neces- sary data to issue new Chart No. 189 (Porto di Otranto, scale 1:5000) and new ENC IT500189. A GOPRO Hero 4 camera was used on the MBN 1207 side to take pictures at set times, together with a GPS tracker to record the position. Data collected were combined by a Geo Setter Beta software program.
Oceanography surveys in the port of Otranto included 6 bottom sediment samplings, collected with a Van Veen grab. Sediment samples were analised as usual, and seafloor mapping was integrated with satellite images, backscatter mosaics, ENVI analysis and scatter plot data display. In this way it is possible to map seagrass mea- dows, too.
The above tecniques are commonly used for multispectral radiometric imaging (aerial and satellite images) and are very useful in multi-spectral false colour shadow detection, highlighting details which would not be easily detected in true colours.
HydrograpHy:
The Galatea
The Galatea
Survey number
nautical chart number
type/
order
area/
location
Survey beginning/end
Survey (dayS)
validation
(dayS) length
(km) area
(km2)
20316d2017 189 1a porto di otranto 26/08/2017
13/09/2018 7 61 // 3.66
In 2017 research vessel Leonardo was employed by the Istituto Idrografico for the following activities:
HydrograpHy
The Leonardo
HydrograpHy:
The Leonardo
Survey number
nautical chart number
area/
location
Survey beginning/end
Survey (dayS)
validation
(dayS) length
(km) area
(km2)
20291a2016
20294a2016 119/
118a
isola del giglio - isola di giannutri - isola di
pianosa
22/05/2017
16/06/2017 17 22 1122.7 121.21
Survey
number nautical chart number
area/
location
Survey beginning/end
Survey (dayS)
validation (dayS)
length
(km) area
(km2)
S.n. 49 Sardegna occidentale 04/10/2017
07/10/2017 3 2 524.6 2070
20311a2017
30097a2017 115 rada di la Spezia -
litorale di la Spezia 07/11/2017
15/11/2017 8 3 1051 179.1
The IIM-Metoc portal was extended to include two new areas – North Atlantic Ocean/North Sea and Sea of Marmara/Black Sea – for the Vespucci and the Palinuro. A further extension included the Eastern Central Atlantic Ocean for the Aliseo, involved in a SNMG2 NATO mission.
Current forecast and temperature profiles were developed for the “Sea Guardian” operation, Italy being IME- TOC Assistant Nation.
In July the Marine Protected Area of Capo Rizzuto was surveyed with technicians from ISPRA and from INGV.
The Marine Geophysics and Oceanography Department studied sediment transportation and circulation in the port and roadstead of Augusta and its Arsenale. Having completed the analysis of data from the tide gauge , the IIM has included Augusta among the major ports in their publication Tavole di Marea e delle Correnti di Marea (I.I.3133).
The Palinuro
Oceanography and Marine Research
People on 69
board
Square metres of 400
laboratories
Square metres of 650
unexplored areas
Chapter 3
High North 17
The Alliance
Sediment analysis
89 years after Umberto Nobile’s expedition to the North Pole, the Italian Navy returned to the Arctic Ocean with High North 17 geophysics campaign.
The campaign was the product of two factors - the ever-increasing Italian involvment in the Arctic re- gion and the availability of the Alliance, a polar equipped research vessel.
Coordinated by the Italian Navy through its hydro- graphic institute, it involved Italy’s main research cen- tres – CNR, OGS, ENEA – as well as Nato CMRE.
The campaign started on July 9th sailing from Reykja- vik and ended on July 29th in Tromso. It covered 650 square km of unexplored areas SW of Spitsbergen and collected geophysical data from the atmposphere to the seabottom.
It was a multidisciplinary and multi-instrumental cam- paign, involving different entities to collect and process an enormous quantity of hydro-oceanographic data.
The main results are as follows:
• high-resolution multibeam sonar data relevant to the INBIS channel showed glacial features and can- yons originated from melt water following LGM;
• water masses having different physical and ge- bio-chemical characterictics, e.g. dense and slow flows typical of particular habitats and hydrodynamics.
Articles, news and a day-by-day report of the cam- paign were published in www.marina.difesa.it. Video- clips were also posted online, by Anna Maria Biavasco
and Marco Carlevaro, from the IIM, who took part in the campaign on board the Alliance.
Roberta Ivaldi, professor of Marine Geology at the IIM, was Scientist in Chief. Cdr Maurizio Demarte, head of the Marine Geophysics and Oceanography De- partment, was head of the campaign. They coordina- ted all the preparation activities and relevant spin-offs.
A variety of media and promotional activities were or- ganized about High-North 17:
• a press conference before the beginning of the campaign (Genoa, June 27);
• a press conference involving some Norwegian authorities the day after the ship’s arrival at Tromso (Tromso, July 28);
• a press conference at the Italian Navy’s General Staff headquarters in Rome (September 20);
• a public lecture: “Il programma High North 17.
Le tecnologie della Marina Militare a supporto della ri- cerca scientifica e delle esigenze della collettività” (Ge- noa, October 30);
• a meeting: “High North 17 e sviluppi futuri”
(Genoa, December 13,14).
Sediment grainsize analysis
Coring
Water testing
Recovering a glider
Thanks to High North 17 and the work carried out in the EPPR (Emergency, Prevention, Preparedness and Response) Arctic Council Working Group, the IIM has become the national focal point as regards polar geophysic, hydrographic and charting issues, together with other research centres (CNR, OGS, ENEA etc.), for international organizations such as
the IHO and GEBCO.
The IIM has proved crucial in the promotion of scienti- fic research in the North Pole, according to the guideli- nes stated by the Italian Government in Verso una stra- tegia italiana per l’Artico. Linee guida nazionali, 2016.
Seminars were held at the CNR ISSIA (April 5, Genoa) on marine robotics and seabottom mapping, and at the ENEA (May 9, Santa Teresa) on sediment collection and analysis. Further teching seminars were carried out on board the Alliance (La Spezia, May 11). Three at- tendees from the Master’s Degree in Marine Geomatics carried out their training on board in High North 17.
Polar research was the subject of a number of activi- ties at the University of Genoa and at the University of Ferrara.
IIM representatives took part in the Arctic Table in Rome.
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Paper charts
262
Electronic Navigational
Charts
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Sailing Directions
Chapter 4
Production
Sicily 1914
Signig chart n. 885 INT 9000
In 2017 the new approach to charting and data processing started in 2016 was completed. This implies one big Production Office for paper charts, ENCs and nautical publications, divided into geo- graphical areas.
The purpose of this radical change is to streamline work processes and to have documents published on demand, in order to avoid unnecessary storage and waste.
Thanks to its efficient production chain, the Istituto Idrografico della Marina is one of the few Italian public organizations that can almost completely support itself financially.
The conversion to WGS84 datum continued, aimed at having the whole IIM portfolio in one datum only.
paper cHarTs issUed in 2017
New paper charts issued in 2017: 6
Charts
No. Title Scale Ed.
243 Isola di Pianosa 25.000 D i c e m b r e 2016
885 INT 9000
Coulman Island to Ross
Island 500.000 Marzo
248 Isole di Lipari, Vulcano e
Salina 30.000 Aprile
948
INT 3210 Da Benzart a K’Libia, Tra-
pani e Pantelleria 250.000 Giugno 213 Porto di San Benedetto
del Tronto 5.000 Settembre
264 Rada di
Porto Empedocle 20.000 Settembre
New editions issued in 2017: 10
elecTronicnavigaTionalcHarTs
New ENCs issued in 2017: 1
NEW ENC EDITIONS: 36
REPRINTS: (REVISED) 41 + 69 (UNREVISED)
No. Title Scale Ed.
38 Dal Porto di Goro a
Punta Tagliamento 100.000 D i c e m b r e 2016
124 Litorale di Fiumicino 30.000 Febbraio
210
Int. 3466 Litorale di Ancona 30.000 Marzo
126 Isole Pontine 30.000 Marzo
252
Porti Minori della Sicilia San Vito Lo Capo - Ca-
stellammare del Golfo 5.000 Luglio 258
Porti Minori della Sicilia - Marsala- Mazara del Vallo
- Sciacca 5.000 Luglio
204 Isole Tremiti e Pianosa 15.000 Luglio
119 Isola del Giglio 20.000 Luglio
311 Porto di Cagliari 10.000 Ottobre
947 Da Ras El Melah a Cap
Africa - e Isole Pelagie 250.000 Novembre
ENC No Title Data Ed.
IT200885 1 Coulman Island to Ross
Island Marzo
The IIM produces paper chart kits providing coastal nautical chart coverage. IIM paper charts in kits are based on ENCs, smaller than ordinary paper charts and easier to use on leisure crafts.
New kit charts: 66
No. Title Scale Data Ed.
7036 Da Isolotto di Cirella a Paola 100.000 D ic e mbr e 2016
7037 Da Paola a Capo Suvero 100.000 D ic e mbr e 2016
7038 Da Capo Suvero a Capo Coz- zo
100.000 D ic e mbr e 2016
7039 Da Tropea a Bagnara Calabra 100.000 D ic e mbr e 2016
7041 Da Rometta Marea a Capo Calavà
100.000 D ic e mbr e 2016
7043 Stromboli e Panarea 100.000 D ic e mbr e 2016
7066 Da Capo Sant’Andrea a Meli- to di Porto Salvo
100.000 Gennaio
7030 Ischia e Napoli 100.000 Gennaio
7031 Da Pozzuoli a Positano 100.000 Gennaio
7032 Golfo di Salerno 100.000 Gennaio
7033 Da Agropoli a Casal Velino 100.000 Gennaio
7034 Da Fiume Alento a Punta del- le Grive
100.000 Gennaio
7367 Da Porto Palma a Stagno Corru de S’Ittiri
40.000 Gennaio
7368 Golfo di Oristano 40.000 Gennaio
7401 Rada di Napoli 30.000 Gennaio
7402 Da Portici a Torre del Greco 30.000 Gennaio
No. Title Scale Data Ed.
7114 Da Eraclea Mare a Lignano Sabbiadoro
100.000 Febbraio
7505 Litorale di Ravenna 30.000 Febbraio
7341 Litorale di Fiumicino 30.000 Febbraio
7342 Lido di Ostia 30.000 Febbraio
7035 Da Punta di Mezzanotte a Capo Tirone
100.000 Marzo
7111 Dal Po di Goro al Po di Le- vante
100.000 Marzo
7113 Da Lido a Caorle 100.000 Marzo
7392 Isola di Palmarola 30.000 Marzo
7393 Isola di Ponza 30.000 Marzo
7394 Isola di Zannone 30.000 Marzo
7395 Dall’Isola di Ponza allo Sco- glio della Botte
30.000 Marzo
7396 Isole di Ventotene e Santo Stefano
30.000 Marzo
7040 Stretto di Messina 100.000 Marzo
7042 Vulcano, Lipari, Salina e Pa- narea
100.000 Aprile
7045 Da Santo Stesano di Cama- stra a Capo Piraino
100.000 Aprile
7112 Da Porto Levante a Lido 100.000 Aprile
No. Title Scale Data Ed.
7510 Da Porto Levante a Porto Fossone
50.000 Aprile
7511 Litorale di Chioggia 50.000 Aprile
7512 Porto di Malamocco 50.000 Aprile
7513 Litorale di Venezia 50.000 Aprile
7004 Da Savona a Quinto al Mare 100.000 Maggio
7005\ Da Genova a Riva Trigoso 100.000 Maggio
7013 Isola D’Elba 100.000 Maggio
7404 Da Marina di Meta a Sorrento 30.000 Maggio
7304 Da Albissola Marina a Cogo- leto
30.000 Maggio
7305 Da Arenzano a Genova Ovest 30.000 Maggio
7306 Genova 30.000 Maggio
7307 Da Quarto dei Mille a Punta della Chiappa
30.000 Maggio
7407 Da Punta di Montaldo a Pun- ta Sant’Elia
30.000 Maggio
7408 Da Positano ad Amalfi 30.000 Maggio
7409 Da Amalfi a Cetara 30.000 Maggio
7410 Litorale di Salerno 30.000 Maggio
7115 Da Grado a Trieste 100.000 Maggio
No. Title Scale Data Ed
7108 Da Casteldimezzo a Cesena- tico
100.000 Maggio
7501 Litorale di Ancona 30.000 Maggio
7403 Da Torre Annunziata a Vico Equense
30.000 Maggio
7405 Da Punta Campanella all’Iso- la di Capri
30.000 Maggio
7406 Isola di Capri 30.000 Maggio
7404 Da Marina di Meta a Sorrento 30.000 Luglio
7337 Isola del Giglio 30.000 Luglio
7091 Da Punta Pietre Nere a Torre Petacciato
100.000 Settembre
7117 Da Capo d’Orso a Punta Sa- batino
100.000 Settembre
7118 Da Capo Coda Cavallo a Cala Liberotto
100.000 Settembre
7397 Isola d’Ischia (Ovest) 30.000 Settembre
7398 Isola d’Ischia (Est) 30.000 Settembre
7399 Canale d’Ischia e Canale di Procida
30.000 Novembre
7400 Golfo di Pozzuoli 30.000 Novembre
7091 Da Punta Pieve Nere a Torre Petacciato
100.000 Dicembre
7090 Da Foce di Capoiale a Punta Pietre Nere
100.000 Dicembre
7464 Litorale di Catania 30.000 Dicembre
In 2017 the IIM studied the possibility to standardize nautical publications – mainly Sailing Directions.
• Among the nautical publications issued in 2017:
• Portolano P1. Dal confine italo-francese a Marinella, updated to NtM 22/2017, to replace the 2012 edition;
• Portolano P2. Da Marina di Carrara a Sabaudia, updated to NtM 6/2017, to replace the 2014 edition;
• Elenco dei Fari e Segnali da Nebbia. Da Cannes (Francia) a Saranda (Albania), updated to July 19, 2017, to replace the 2012 edition;
• Radioservizi per la Navigazione. Parte I – Mar Mediterraneo, updated to February 8, 2017, to replace the 2012 edition.
Publications
NO. TITLE NE/NP.
I.I.3146 Premessa agli Avvisi ai naviganti 2017 N.E.
1st quarter
I.I.3146 Raccolta semestrale II.NN. 2017 N.E.
I.I.3202 Portolano P2- Da Marina di Carrara
a Sabaudia 2017 N.E.
I.I.3146 Elenco controllo 2017 N.E.
I.I.3128 Radioservizi per la Navigazione 2017 N.E
2nd quarter I.I.3001 Catalogo Generale Carte e Pubblic-
cazioni 2017 N.E
I.I.3146 Raccolta semestrale II.NN. 2017 N.E
I.I.1086 Piano Cartografico 2017 N.E
3rd quarter
I.I.3134 Elenco dei Fari e Segnali da Nebbia 2017 N.E
I.I.3146 Elenco controllo 2017 N.E
I.I.3132 Effemeridi Nautiche 2018 N.E
4th quarter I.I.3178 Linee guida per lo studio
zona costiera 2017 P.E
I.I.3180 High North 17 - Cruise Report 2017 P.E
I.I.3179 Non Linear Oscillations of mean an-
nual sea level data at Genoa 2017 P.E
I.I.3133 Tavole di Marea 2018 P.E
Digital printing on demand
The printing and distribution department is divided into two offices - Printing and Distribution. The latter is in charge of distributing nautical documents issued by the IIM and by other entities and hydrographic services – e.g.
the UK Admiralty – to Navy units, research centres and universities.
Type Charts Publications
Substitutions 134 27
New Documents 87 45
Barter 180 73
Free of charge 340 59
Taranto 767 594
La Spezia 673 91
Operational needs 2.160 264
DOCUMENTS PROVIDED TO DEFENCE INSTITUTIONS in 2017
Printing and Distribution
Publications by the Istituto Idrografico della Marina
DOCUMENTS PRINTED in 2017
* L’ Agenda Nautica
Printed by
the IIM Outsourced Total
Nautical charts 133 11.625 0 11.625
Military/special charts 4 4 0 4
ToTal 137 11.629 0 11.629
Kit charts 864 11.662 0 11.662
Miscellaneous 7 4.380 0 4.380
Publications * 31 12.287 8.000 20.287
Updates
NtMs 26 3.153 0 3.153
Bulletins 17 2.469 0 2.469
ToTal 74 17.909 8.000* 25.909
Miscellaneous prints 11 11.597 0 11.597
Large, high quality scans 698 0 698
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High specializa- tion courses
34
Attendees
918
Hours of lectures
1080
Hours of training on board
Chapter 5
Education and Training
One of the classrooms at Forte S.Giorgio
The IIM has achieved outstanding results in organizing courses together with major research and high speciali- zation institutions, to guarantee competence and professionality in the field of hydrography, oceanography and charting.
• New post-graduate course (Hydrography and Oceanography), in collaboration with the University of Genoa, (from October 2017), LM 75
• Master’s Degree (2nd level) in Marine Geomatics, 7th edition, in collaboration with the University of Genoa, for 14 civilian and 5 military students (19 in total);
• Master’s Degree (1st level) in Hydrography and Oceanography, in collaboration with the University of Genoa, for 4 military attendees;
• Specialization course in Hydrography Cat B, for 4 Italian military students, 2 Lebanese military students, 2 civilian IIM employees;
• 1-week course in military charting for 3 Navy officers from Bangladesh;
• 3-week course in charting for 3 Albanian chartographers;
• 1-day seminar for the EULOS (European Union and Law of the Sea) Summer School.
Furthermore, the IIM has designed custom-made courses for employees from the MISE, the Ministery of Economic Development.
The IIM has stated their availability to hold specific courses within IHO capacity building projects.
Courses held in 2017
Courses attended by IIM personnel in 2017
A course at the IIM
• SNA (Scuola Nazionale dell’Amministrazione): 2 attendees;
• DIFEFORM (Ufficio Formazione Specialistica e Didattica): 2 attendees;
• CEIDA (Scuola Superiore di Aministrazione Pubblica e degli Enti Locali): 3 attendees;
• EBIT (Scuola di Formazione e Perfezionamento per la Pubblica Amministrazione): 1 attendee;
• Promo P.A.: 2 attendees;
• Valore P.A.: 13 attendees;
• Master’s Degree in Sustainable Blue Growth, University of Trieste: 2 attendees;
• “Jean Monnet Module European Union and the Law of the Sea/EULOS Summer School”, University of Genoa: 2 attendees;
• IIM Cat B hydrography course: 2 attendees;
• English language course for civilian personnell involved in international activities: 12 attendees;
• PhD course, University of Ferrara: 1 attendee.
• categoria B (“Surveyor idrografico”);
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Sections
35
Events
1200
Visitors
Chapter 6
External Relations
DAL PO LO NO
RD...
...AL POLO SUD dove finisce la terra inizia il nostro lavoro
open day
GIORNATA MONDIALE DELL’IDROGRAFIA21 giugno 2017
Passo Osservatorio, 4 - Genova Orario apertura: 9.30 ~ 16.30
marina.difesa.it
In occasione dell’evento, saranno esposte alcune importanti opere d’arte di proprietà del Museo Beni Culturali Cappuccini di Genova
Communication and promotion of IIM activities are the main tasks of the External Relations Office.
The External Relations Office is divided into 4 sec- tions: International Relations and Web, Marketing, National Relations and Events and Library.
• The International Relations Section Section sup- ported the IIM delegation at the IHO General Assem- bly (Monaco, 23-28 April) . New promotional mate- rial and presentations were designed and updated.
In particular, videoclip Choose Hydrography as a Career by the IIM was shown for the first time at the Assembly.
• The Marketing section promoted IIM activities on the dedicated page in the Italian Navy website (www.marina.difesa.it) as well as in iim.shopfacto- ry.com, developed by IIM personnell and dedica- ted to online sale of IIM products.
• The National Relations and Events section sup- ported communication and promotion at a national level. One of the employees attended a course held by UPICOM, Ufficio Pubblica Informazione e Comu- nicazione of the Italian Navy.
• The library stores 30,000 volumes and 2,000 maps from the 17th to the early 20th century, 1,000 rare Russian river charts and 350 scientific journals, diaries of journeys and expeditions, atlases, sailing directions and essays on a variety of scientific subjets such as meteorology, oceanography, and so forth. It is open to the public upon appointment.
• June 2nd – 71st anniversary of the Italian Re- public.
IIM personnel illustrated the importance of pilots and portolans through four precious works stored in the IIM library: Della nuova e grande illuminante face del mare, 1695, The English Pilot for the Southern Naviga- tion and A Complete Pilot for the West Indies - both 18th century nautical atlases for navigation to the West Indies - and Portolano della Liguria, 1855.
• June 21st – Open Day
The evolution of the port of Genoa was illustrated through a number of nautical documents: “Orografia dell’arco portuale di Genova alle origini”, from Forma Genuae by Piero Barbieri; “Piano del Porto di Genova”
by Joseph Roux (1764); “Rada e Porto di Genova” by Giuseppe Albini (1855);
“Porto di Genova: provincia di Genova” (circa 1870);
“Piano del Porto di Genova, 1945, danni e distruzio- ni provocati dai bombardamenti della seconda guer- ra mondiale”, from Guida del porto di Genova (1954);
“Porto di Genova: foglio ovest” (2005) and “Porto di Genova: foglio est” (2008).
• November 4th - Giornata dell’Unità Nazionale e delle Forze Armate, caserme aperte, caserme in piazza
A selection of early charts issued by the IIM were shown to visitors, together with “Carta dell’isola e re- gno di Sardegna”, 1845; “Carta di cabotaggio del mare Adriatico”, 1822-1824; “Idrografia generale del Mare Adriatico”, 1825; “Carta topografica del Regno Lom- bardo-Veneto”, 1833).
• December 12th
Captain Enrico Antonino and Dr. Bruna Giuntini gave a lecture to the students of the Scuola Vaticana di Bi- blioteconomia, highlighting the IIM’s role according to the Italian law and in the International Hydrographic Organization and explaining how charts are catalo- gued at the Institute.
External Relations
Events
International Cooperation
• Albania – a joint survey plan was discussed relevant to Albanian waters, under the IHO capacity building umbrella;
• Argentina - an expert meeting was planned to update cooperation opportunities;
• Brazil - an expert meeting was planned to update cooperation opportunities;
• Croatia - ENC overlapping issues were discus- sed and an expert meeting was planned to update co- operation opportunities;
• Greece - an expert meeting was planned to define ENC cell boundaries;
• Egypt - an expert meeting was held in Novem- ber 2017 to plan joint survey activities under the IHO capacity building umbrella;
• Israel - exchange of geospatial information;
• Lebanon - a capacity building program has been implemented, with 3.7 million euro to be spent from 2014 to 2020 on the creation of a national hydro- graphic service;
• Peru - an expert meeting was planned to iden- tify cooperation opportunities;
• Slovenia - an expert meeting is being planned to identify cooperation opportunities;
• Tunisia - an agreement signed on June 18 2009 regards INT charts 3210 and INT 3212. The former has already been issued, the latter is in process. At the 8th meeting of the Gruppo Tecnico Misto di Controllo Ita- lia/Tunisia in Biserta in November 2017, the final draft of an agreement for the training of hydrographers, oce- anographers and cartographers was signed, to be ap- proved by the Italian Navy General Staff before the 9th meeting, to be held in Genoa in 2018;
• Turkey - the Cooperation Agreement has been finalized.
In 2017 the number of agreements with research centres and universities has increased. The IIM is involved in European projects – e.g. “Coastal Map- ping” and “EMODNet” - and new opportunities are being explored in the field of remote sensing and marine environment protection, especially in vulnarable areas such as the Mediterranean Sea and the Arctic Ocean.
• The adoption of guidelines in Disciplinare Tecnico I.I. 3176 was promoted with Port Authorities and other entities involved in surveys in harbour areas.
Meetings were held for this purpose with Autorità Portuale di Sistema di Venezia and a number of private companies;
• a second meeting of the national board for the defi- nition of baselines was held in Palazzo Marina with representatives from eight different ministeries;
• an on-going cooperation with the Central Charting Authority, the Italian Cadastre and the Revenue Agency focuses on the drafting of guidelines for the inventory of infrastructures in national waters;
• hydrographic and support data have been exchan- ged with the Protection Department on gas emis- sions in the Tuscan Archipelago;
• following a meeting with Dr. Franco Terlizzese from the Ministery of Economic Development, the IIM will provide material to the ministery and hold spe- cific courses to their personnel;
The IIM cooperates with the University of Genoa, both in education and in research projects, and with the University of Milano-Bicocca on legal and research issues; furthermore, the IIM is working at a cooperation program with the University of Cagliari and the Univer- sità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Brescia.
The IIM will join the Cluster Tecnologico Nazionale Blue Italian Growth as soon as the Italian Navy Gene- ral Staff gives their approval.
