2019 11 11 BSPC AMUCAD
A m m u n i t i o n C a d a s t r e S e aJANN WENDTINFOABOUT MEJann WendtM.Sc. in Environmental•Management and GeographyFounder and CEO of EGEOS GmbH•Around 10 years of experience in•the field of ammunition in the seaInitiator and developer of the•Ammunition Cadastre SeaMember of the HELCOM•SUBMERGED drafting group2AMMUNITION IN THE SEAAMMUNITION IN THE SEABSPC „AMMUNITION IN THE SEA“23th BSPC in Olsztyn (2014):“Towards the monitoring of dumpedmunition thread “ (Jacek Beldowski)28th BSPC in Oslo (2019):“with regard to the detection of unexplodedordnance and buried/deposited ammunitionpresent in the Baltic Sea, and with reference tocurrent HELCOM activities, work together anddevelop a cross-border, sustainable strategy fordealing with this [...]”4AMMUNITION IN THE SEA5AMMUNITION IN THE SEAAMMUNITION IN THE BALTIC SEANumerous wars have been fought over•territories adjacent to the Baltic Sea.However, the impacts of WWI and WWII•were extraordinaryMunition entered the sea in different•ways:Naval warfareoMilitary trainingoMunitions dumpingo6AMMUNITION IN THE SEACHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS (CWA)InfoAfter World War II, the Baltic Sea began to•be used as a dumpsite for at least 40 000tons of chemical warfare agents (CWA)Little Belt, Bornholm and Gotland Deeps•as well as Gdansk Deep are recognized tobe the most importantTabun, Mustard gas, Lewisite, Adamsite,•Arsine Oil7AMMUNITION IN THE SEACHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS (CWA)InfoAfter World War II, the Baltic Sea began to•be used as a dumpsite for at least 40 000tons of chemical warfare agents (CWA)Little Belt, Bornholm and Gotland Deeps•as well as Gdansk Deep are recognized tobe the most importantTabun, Mustard gas, Lewisite, Adamsite,•Arsine OilMap shows accidents of stakeholders•(mostly fishermen) with chemicalmunition (HELCOM)8AMMUNITION IN THE SEACONVENTIONAL AMMUNITIONInfoAn estimated amount of 300.000 tonnes•of dumped explosive ordnance in theGerman EEZ aloneNearly 100.000 mines were laid in WWI•and WWII in the Baltic SeaNumber are uncertain:•Naval warfareoDismantled and recoveredoTraining and battle excercisesoMunition dumpingo9AMMUNITION IN THE SEADUMPINGSource: Imperial War Museum, London10AMMUNITION IN THE SEADUMPINGSource: Imperial War Museum, London11AMMUNITION IN THE SEAHOW DOES IT LOOK UNDERWATERSource: GEOMAR, 201812AMMUNITION IN THE SEAHOW DOES IT LOOK UNDERWATERSource: Jana Ulrich, 201813AMMUNITION IN THE SEAHOW DOES IT LOOK UNDERWATERSource: Jana Ulrich, 201814AMMUNITION IN THE SEAHow does it look underwater?Source: Jana Ulrich, 201815RISKS OF AMMUNITIONSafety and SecurityRISKSSAFETY AND SECURITYA tanker hooked a torpedo•Norwegian “SKAW PROVIDER” hookedooutside of Portland an exercise torpedoChemical/Oil tanker built in 2005 whichocarried around 1000 tonnes of oil at thistime17RISKSSAFETY AND SECURITYFloating mine from World War II•A floating mine in 2017 near the Germanooffshore wind farm Gode Wind 2Mine could not be detonated at sea due toothe weather conditions and had to betowed to a sandbankSource: German Federal Police(2017)18RISKSSAFETY AND SECURITYChild in Northern Germany played with “stones”•Schießwolle (TNT, Aluminium, HND) causedoskin irritationA man was injured while collecting amber:•white phosphorus which self-ignited andoburned in the mans trousers at 1300°C102 children were injured in Poland in 1955•they played with a rusted barrel of sulfuromustard (HELCOM, 2013)19RISKS OF AMMUNITIONEnvironmentRISKSENVIRONMENTEnrichment in blue mussels (UDEMM):•5-8 ng/g of 4-ADNT next to corrodingomines266 ng/g next to explosion craterso21RISKSENVIRONMENTLiver deterioration of common dab•(DAIMON):25 % showed macroscopic liver lumpsowith 17 % identified as tumorsReference sites showed < 5 %o22RISKSENVIRONMENTChemical warfare agents in Skagerrak•(DAIMON):Lobster, lamprey and cod showedoremnants of Clark I and II andDiphenylamine (ng/g)23AMUCAD.orgThe Ammunition Cadastre SeaAMUCADHISTORYThe idea of AMUCAD was already•developed in 2011 but limited capacitiesonly allowed a “Proof of concept”Granular development of new modules,•and ideas based on other projects andavailable ressourcesAMUCAD has until today NO funding•Due to its unique approach and•technologies it became known in theEuropean research communityIt is in BETA status already with central•functionalities and datasets includedAMUCAD doesn’t know borders!•25AMUCADIDEA AND FUNCTIONALITIESCombine and understand worldwide•historic and modern datasets regardingammunition in the seaLarge scale web-based software system•that provides functionalities for:capturing modern and historicodatasetsmanaging large-scale informationo(BigData)analysing spatial and non-spatialorelationshipsMonitoring the status of our oceans in•terms of ammunition in the sea26MEASUREMENTS27MEASUREMENTS28AMUCAD.orgHistoric Data and InformationHISTORISCHE DATENDOCUMENTS, REPORTS, MAPSHistoric data is the key for understanding•our legacy of ammunition in the seaMillions of documents are available in•archives scattered all over the worldDocuments are of different quality in•terms of:Information content and valueo(Spatial) precision of the informationoQuality itselfoAnalysis of historic data provides us with•very important insights30MAPS31MAPS32SEARCH33AMUCAD.orgExample: Historic Spatial AnalysisCONSTRAINT ROUTES35CONSTRAINT ROUTES36AMUCAD.orgModern DataCONSTRAINT ROUTES38CONSTRAINT ROUTES39CONSTRAINT ROUTES40AMUCAD.orgCentral PlatformAMUCADAMUCAD42AMUCADDAIMON43AMUCADDAIMON I & II –D AI M ONecision d for arine Muniti – Practical ApplicationInformation GoalsFunding institution: - Analysis of fish (common dab, cod etc.)regarding ammunition compoundsINTERREG Baltic Sea RegionFinancial Volume:- Development of a toolbox for evaluation4.73 Million €/0.9 Million €and monitoringTimeline:03.2016 - 02.2019/08.2019 - 01.2021- AI-based decision support system44DAIMON45DAIMON46DAIMON - REPORT47DAIMON - REPORT48AMUCADNorthSeaWrecks49AMUCADNSW –N S Worth ea recksInformation GoalsFunding institution: - Precise mapping and investigation of shipwrecks and surrounding munitionsINTERREG North Sea RegionFinancial Volume:- Statistical/machine learning based4.2 Million €assessment of risksTimeline:12/2018 – 11/2022- Development of a travelling exhibition50AMUCADERPAD51ERPADERPAD –E R P A Dxtraktion äumlicher ositionen us historischen okumentenInformation GoalsFunding institution: - Preprocessing of historic documents basedon artificial intelligence and BigDataLandesprogramm Wirtschaft (LPW)Financial Volume:- Automatic extraction of historic locations0.6 Million €and events to mapsTimeline:04/2018 – 02/2021- Analysis of relationships between events52ERPAD53AMUCADBASTA54BASTABASTA BASTA –Boost Applied munition detection trough Smart data inTegration and AIInformation GoalsFunding institution: - AI-based detection and classification ofmunition with autonomous underwaterEASME EMFF BlueLabs – Blue EconomyvehiclesFinancial Volume:1 Million €- Definition of quality metrics for sensorsTimeline:12/2019 – 11/2022- Data management/analysis inside AMUCAD55ConclusionCONCLUSIONCONCLUSIONWe are now starting to understand the threat of ammunition in•the seaWe need responsible entities in our governments and intensive•national and international collaborationBLANO Expert Group “Munition im Meer”, MELUND Schleswig-HolsteinoOur window of opportunity to change things is closing•The Ammunition Cadastre Sea (AMUCAD) plays a key role in•bringing information, research and stakeholders togetherTHANK YOU!CONTACTEGEOS GmbHEinsteinstraße 124118 KielPhone: +49 431 3821 6810Mail: info@egeos.deInternet: www.egeos.de