Regional Conference on Sustainable Financing Mechanisms – Public/Private Sector Partnerships, November 1996.

1. Development of a
Regional Marine Electronic
Highway
in the
Straits of Malacca and Singapore
by
S. Adrian Ross, Senior Programme Officer, PEMSEA
and
James Paw, Technical Officer, IMO London

2. Background on the MEHProject
1996 - 2002
1. Regional Conference on Sustainable Financing Mechanisms – Public/Private
SectorPartnerships, November1996
2. GEF/UNDP/IMORegional Programme Steering Committee Meetings 1996,
1997, 1998
3. TTEG Meeting, May 1997
4. World BankPrefeasibility Study: The SE Asia MEH, June 1997
5. Regional Workshop on the MEH, October1998
6. IFC Feasibility Analysis of the SE Asian MEH, April 1999
7. PDF BlockBGrant Request: Development of a Regional MEHin the East
Asian Seas with a First Phase in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore,
March 2001 – December2002

3. An innovative marine information and infrastructureAn innovative marine information and infrastructure
system that:system that:
enhances maritime services and navigationalenhances maritime services and navigational
safety standards;safety standards;
integrates marine environment protection andintegrates marine environment protection and
sustainable development of the coastal andsustainable development of the coastal and
marine resources; andmarine resources; and
provides a sustainable financing mechanismprovides a sustainable financing mechanism
through public-private partnerships.through public-private partnerships.
MARINE ELECTRONIC HIGHWAYMARINE ELECTRONIC HIGHWAY

5. Marine Electronic Highway
Functional Diagram
Applications Module Goals
emergency
response
electronic navigation
traffic management
resource management
and intervention
environmental
protection
- hydrodynamics
- s, T, δ t
- plankton
- nutrients
- sediments
3D circulation
model
plus 3D
ecology model
oil and chemical spill
search and rescue
tanker drift
tsunami / surge wave forecasting
tides and currents
fishery forecasts
ocean productivity
hazardous plankton forecasts
effluent dispersion
contaminant fate and effects
in situ obs.
Real-time
Envt’l Info
GPS
VTIS
radar
ENCs
Data
interface

6. SUSTAINABLE FINANCINGSUSTAINABLE FINANCING
Partnership arrangements involving:
• national government agencies
• shipping and maritime industries
• environmental/coastal resource
managers
• data providers/data users/technology
providers

7. Revenues from Products and Services
Considerations to Generate Revenues:
UNCLOS (Art. 26 and Art. 43)UNCLOS (Art. 26 and Art. 43)
SOLAS (Minimum Threshold of NAVAIDS)SOLAS (Minimum Threshold of NAVAIDS)
Public Private Sector Partnerships
Financial Sustainability of the MEH

8. MEH Demonstration Project
7 Components, 26 Activities
Duration: 4 years
Geographic Scope: Sector 1-9 [ STRAITREP Area ]
Hydrographic survey: Sector 1-6
The Partners:
Indonesia
Malaysia
Singapore
GEF
World Bank
IMO
IHO
PEMSEA
INTERTANKO

9. 1 Establish the Marine Electronic Highway and demonstrate
its technical functionalities on navigation safety and
marine environment protection for the Straits of Malacca
and Singapore;
2 Facilitate the integration of marine environment systems
and data flow and information exchange through the MEH
system;
3 Develop the operational and administrative mechanisms
for the sustainable management of the MEH system;
4 Evaluate the financial, social and economic benefits and
legal issues of the MEH system;
SpecificObjectives
MEH Demonstration Project

10. SpecificObjectives
MEH Demonstration Project
5 Promote awareness and participation of relevant
stakeholders to support the MEH system;
6 Strengthen national and regional capacity in maritime
safety and marine environment protection for the
sustainable management of the MEH system; and
7 Implement transitional activities to develop the first phase
MEH Full-scale Development Project and assess the
feasibility of establishing the second phase MEH system
extending to other sea areas in the East and West of the
Straits.

11. Some Expected Outputs of the
MEH Demonstration Project
Software including:Software including:
• MEH administrative and management mechanismMEH administrative and management mechanism
• Partnership arrangementsPartnership arrangements
• Sustainable financing mechanismSustainable financing mechanism
• MEH Fund blueprintMEH Fund blueprint
• Proposal for MEH full-scale development projectProposal for MEH full-scale development project

12. Some Expected Outputs of the
MEH Demonstration Project
Hardware:
Operational pilot MEH system, including:
• 1 DGPS station
• 2 AIS stations
• 1 offshore station for oceanographic data
• Upgraded tide stations with telemetric capability
• High resolution hydrographic data and ENCs
• 3 MEH Data Centres

13. Regional Marine Electronic Highway Project
Phase 1: Straits of Malacca and Singapore
Stage 1- Demonstration Project
Stage 2 – Full-scale Development Project
Phase 2: Extending the MEH in other sea areas