Shipping Police

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According to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) ( international law ), the shipping police is one of the sovereign tasks of the states that have acceded to UNCLOS .

Federal Republic of Germany

The shipping police include the defense against dangers to the safety and ease of traffic as well as the prevention of dangers emanating from shipping on the federal waterways (Section 1 No. 2 Maritime Tasks Act , Section 1 Paragraph 1 No. 2 Inland Navigation Tasks Act ).

Maritime sector

The Mayor Brauer ( FPB 29 ) police boat from Hamburg in the port of Cuxhaven
Coastal boat Helgoland
Work ship "Sehestedt" of the shipping police

In Germany , the shipping police for shipping on the federal waterways is regulated in the Maritime Tasks Act , in the Maritime Road Regulations (SeeSchStrO) and, based on the Ems-Dollart Treaty with the Netherlands, in the Ems Estuary Shipping Act (EmsSchO).

As the authorities of the Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration (WSV), the shipping police authorities responsible for maritime shipping are the General Direction for Waterways and Shipping (GDWS) with its branches in Kiel and Aurich and the waterways and shipping authorities subordinate to it . On the basis of these tasks, the shipping department of the GDWS developed the traffic safety concept for the German coast , which consists of various modules and guarantees safety on the German coast with its preventive measures to avert danger. "In the territorial sea " , the WSV is operationally "supported" by the water police of the coastal states in the enforcement of shipping police .

According to the Maritime Tasks Act, the WSV is also responsible for the safety and ease of shipping “outside German territorial waters” , insofar as this is permissible under international law. In addition to the WSV, customs and the Federal Police also act as enforcement officers in this area .

Another task of the shipping police is the investigation of violations of environmental protection laws at sea.

See also: Coast Guard and Coast Guard Coordination Network .

Area of ​​inland shipping

In Germany, the shipping police for inland navigation on federal waterways is regulated in the Inland Shipping Tasks Act and in the Inland Shipping Road Regulations (BinSchStrO) with the exception of the Rhine, Moselle, Danube and Elbe in the Port of Hamburg . The Rhine, Moselle and Danube each have their own shipping police regulations, which have been drawn up with the relevant international commissions. The Port Traffic and Shipping Act applies in the Hamburg port area.

As the authorities of the Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration (WSV), the shipping police authorities responsible for inland navigation are the Waterways and Shipping Directorates (GDWS) and their subordinate Waterways and Shipping Offices (WSÄ).

Shipping police enforcement tasks are largely incumbent on the water police of the federal states in accordance with an agreement concluded between the federal government and the federal states.

Austria

Navigation control on the Danube, 2012

Since the 2005 amendment to the shipping law , the former shipping police have been renamed Shipping Supervision in order not to confuse them with the maritime and electricity police , which perform normal police duties on waterways . The name shipping police is now also used by the police themselves. The tasks of the shipping supervision are:

  • Enforcing administrative regulations on waterways
  • come to the rescue of damaged vehicles
  • Operation of the Danube locks
  • Regulate shipping

Switzerland

An important task of the Swiss shipping police is the care of the three Rhine ports in the cantons of Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landschaft . These are: Port of Kleinhüningen, Port of Birsfelden and Auhafen Muttenz.

In addition, the sections of the Rhine between Rheinfelden and Basel are supervised by the Swiss Rhine ports for all relevant cantons .

See also

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Motor ship (MS) 'Sehestedt'
  2. ↑ Maritime and Electricity Service of the Federal Police: “Stripes on water and on land” , in: Public Safety, 11–12 / 07, 30 ff (PDF; 800 kB), accessed on October 14, 2009
  3. ↑ Federal Police Directorate Linz: Shipping Police : "Use on the water" , accessed on October 14, 2009