Mandatory Vessel Reporting

Ships bound for a Swedish port or anchorage and ships carrying dangerous or polluting goods departing from a Swedish port or anchorage shall fulfil certain reporting requirements. The reporting is mandatory and shall be notified electronically in the Swedish vessel reporting system called FRS or SafeSeaNet Sweden, which is operated by the Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA).

There are different ways of notifying the information to FRS/SafeSeaNet Sweden:

1. manual input via the SMA’s web application, or
2. automatic transfer through standards assigned solutions (XML or Edifact)

Application on access rights to use FRS, which is an e-service at the SMA, may be done at the their web page or by contacting SMA Customer Support (phone number +46 (0)11 191540, e-mail kundstod@sjofartsverket.se).

If you are interested in the possibility of exchanging information to FRS from your own system, please contact IT department of the Swedish Maritime Administration.

Rules and regulations

From the 30th of November 2010 new regulations (TSFS 2010:159) will be in force. You may download the regulations or the adherent directives below:

• Transportstyrelsens föreskrifter och allmänna råd (TSFS 2010:159) om rapporteringsskyldighet för fartyg i vissa fall (only in Swedish)
• Transportstyrelsens föreskrifter och allmänna råd (TSFS 2010:96) om åtgärder mot förorening från fartyg (only in Swedish)
• Transportstyrelsens föreskrifter och allmänna råd (TSFS 2009:2) om tillsyn inom sjöfartsområdet (only in Swedish)
• Directive EU 2002/59 establishing a Community vessel traffic monitoring and information system
• Directive EU 2000/59 on port reception facilities for ship-generated waste and cargo residues

Other notifications or reporting

There may be other requirements on reporting different information than what is mentioned here depending on the ship’s cargo, different activities etc.