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ISTITUTO IDROGRAFICO DELLA MARINA
ANNUAL REPORT
2014
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LIST OF CONTENTS
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ISTITUTO IDROGRAFICO
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1. RESEARCH AND SURVEY
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1.1 IIM SURVEY CAMPAIGNS
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1.2 THE MAGNAGHI
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1.3 THE ARETUSA
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1.4 THE GALATEA
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1.5 THE LEONARDO
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1.6 RESEARCH AND COOPERATION PROJECTS
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2. PRODUCTION
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2.1 CHARTS
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2.2 NAUTICAL DOCUMENTS
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2.3 PUBLICATIONS
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3.1 COURSES AT IIM
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3.2 COURSES OUTSIDE IIM
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3.3 BOARD OF PROFESSORS
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4.1 AGREEMENTS
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4.2 VIDEOS AND PUBLICATIONS
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4.3 EVENTS
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4.4 CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS
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4.5 VISITS
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5. OUR ORGANIZATION
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DIRECTION
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2010 - 2014, AN ASSESSMENT
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GLOSSARY
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3. TRAINING
4. EXTERNAL RELATIONS
ANNEXES
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A long-awaited event took place in 2014 – on December 20th the agreement for the relocation of IIM to the
Selom building at Calata Gadda, in the Old Harbour of Genoa, was nally signed.
The Selom building is sizable and, once properly
renovated, it will allow for the IIM to expand and
develop both as a cartographic service and as a
research centre. The Fortress of San Giorgio was
deemed insufcient already in the late 19th century and in the last 100 years or so many possible new locations were suggested. Just to name a
few, the Fortress of San Martino in the ’50s, an area
in Vignolo, between Genova Pegli and Prà, in the
’70s, another one in Genova Pegli in the ’80s, the
Cotton Warehouses in the Old Harbour in the’90s.
From 2008 onwards, the search for the new headquarters became more focused as the Fortress of
San Giorgio was proving more and more inad-
equate for the new production processes. In 2014
the agreement for the new location was nally
signed and the reconstruction works should be
starting soon.
On December 20th, an agreement for the cooperation of Regione Liguria and the Italian Navy was
signed as well, in order to promote partnerships
among national and international research centres
and organizations for the protection of the environment and the safety of the sea. The object is “to exploit the Defense professional staff and infrastructures in
times of peace” as the Navy Chief of Staff, Admiral
Giuseppe De Giorgi, stated in his speech. “Everything must be dual use.”
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The agreement signed by Regione Liguria and
the Italian Navy involves the IIM in many activities, among which: forecasting ood and climate
variations and managing the relevant impact,
hydrographic projects for Liguria, ARPAL and
University, water surveying and sampling and
relevant assessment and specic projects to allow young people to enter the labour market and
to improve marine culture and education. The
agreements were signed at the IIM headquarters
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in the Fortress of San Giorgio. The Minister of the
Defense Roberta Pinotti, the Navy Chief of Staff
Admiral Giuseppe De Giorgi, the president of the
Port Authority Luigi Merlo, the Liguria Maritime
Authority Director and Commanding Ofcer of
the Port of Genoa Admiral Vincenzo Melone, the
director of the State Property Ofce Roberto Reggi, the Deputy Mayor of the City of Genoa Stefano Bernini, and the president of Regione Liguria
Claudio Burlando were present.
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THE ISTITUTO IDROGRAFICO DELLA MARINA
The Istituto Idrograco, within the Italian
Navy, is the Italian Hydrographic Ofce, in
charge of all the ofcial nautical documents published in Italy. 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 Istituto Idrograco
della Marina carries out the following activities:
• hydro-oceanographic research and
survey;
• production, publication and updating of ofcial nautical documentation;
• training, for military and civilian personnel.
In 2014, the whole production cycle of nautical
publications, from the processing of the data collected by the survey vessels to the building and
updating of paper charts and ENCs, was carried
out by 240 IIM employees, both military and civilian. Hydro-oceanographic surveys are organized
in accordance with the National Charting Plan
and with the guidelines from the Italian Navy
Chief of Staff, based on specic requirements by
the Department of the Defence and on the
nautical documentation required. Regular surveys of the Italian coasts and
seas are performed – over 550,000
square kilometres of sea waters
and more than 7,800 kilometres
of coastline – using Italian Navy
vessels and IIM teams. After a
preliminary processing on board
the survey vessels, the collected data
are validated at the IIM headquarters,
where they are downloaded into specic
databases and used to compile and update nautical documents. These currently consist of three
chart portfolios (paper, digital and kits) and a
number of publications, including Sailing Directions, List of Lights and Signals, Tide Tables, and
Radio Signals. Updates are regularly communicated through Notices to Mariners, issued fortnightly. NtMs can also be downloaded free of charge
from the IIM page in www.marina.difesa.it.
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1. RESEARCH AND SURVEYS
In 2014 IIM research and survey activities were
carried out by IIM staff, with IIM equipment, on
board Italian Navy vessels.
A team of hydrographers on board the Italica
took part in the 29th expedition within the Antarctica Research National Program.
IIM’s contribution to the Research Program consists mainly of bathymetry data collecting, geodetic and topographic surveying of the areas in-
volved by the research and of the denition of the
coastline near the Italian base of Terra Nova Bay,
on the Ross Sea.
Lieutenant Fabio Marziani from the Aretusa
and Lieutenant Ottavio Patulli from the Magnaghi sailed from Lyttleton (New Zeland) to the
Mario Zucchelli Italian base and collected 80% of
the data required to build International Nautical
Chart No. 885 (INT 9000).
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In detail:
SURVEY NO
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CHART
AREA/
LOCATION
SURVEY
BEGINNING/
END
885
Sea Ross
Antarctica
06/01/14
08/02/14
SURVEY
VALIDATION - DAYS
DURATION - DAYS
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20
TOTAL
DURATION DAY
LENGTH
KM
AREA
KM2
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1.1 SURVEYS BY IIM
In 2014 the IIM carried out specic surveys in the port of Genoa and in Molfetta. An IIM team carried out
hydrographic surveys in the Tuscan Archipelago on board the Leonardo.
In 2014 the IIM geodetic team operated in Sicily and in Abruzzo, as well as helping Navy units in their
operational campaigns.
HYDROGRAPHIC (IDROSPED)
SURVEY
SURVEY
TOTAL
BEGINNING/
VALIDATION - DAYS
DURATION - DAYS
DURATION - DAYS
END
SURVEY
NO
CHART
AREA/
LOCATION
LENGTH IN KM
AREA
KM2
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Estuary of Rio San
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15/01/14
02/04/14
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Molo Nuovo
Port of Genova
03/04/14
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0.44
S.N.
196
Port of Molfetta
09/06/2014
27/06/2014
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31
275
5.5
S.N.
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Molo Giano
Port of Genova
30/06/2014
01/07/2014
2
5
7
6.6
0.3
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Isle of Gorgona
20/09/14
25/09/14
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56.5
1.13
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Piombino
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02/10/14
19/10/14
10
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28
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GEODETIC (GEOSPED)
SURVEY NO
CHART
SURVEY TYPE
AND ORDER
AREA / LOCATION
SURVEY
BEGINNING/END
ACTUAL
DURATION DAYS
VALIDATION DAYS
TOTAL
DURATION DAYS
POINTS/
STATIONS
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Leveling
S.S. n° 114
Augusta
06/05/2014
19/05/2014
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19/05/2014
27/05/2014
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In Sicily levelling activities were
carried out and a Kalesto tide
gauge was set up in Augusta.
Augusta.
Vasto, the harbour.
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Vasto, the lighthouse at Punta Penna.
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1.2 THE MAGNAGHI
Maintenance works forced the Magnaghi in the
port of La Spezia for a long time. The only survey
carried out in 2014 by the vessel’s hydrographers,
therefore, was in the port of Trieste and, more specically in the basin of S. Giusto, where aircraft
carrier Cavour and the new multipurpose antisubmarine frigate Virginio Fasan where accommodated when the frigate was given her combat ag
by the Comune di Trieste.
Even without their ship, the Magnaghi hydrographers kept themselves busy, however.
The data collected during research on deep water
corals in eastern Ligurian Sea were validated, published in journals and presented at conventions.
In May 2014, Lieutenant Marta Pratellesi, from
the Magnaghi, and Prof Roberta Ivaldi, from the
IIM, spoke to the general assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU 2014, Vienna April
27 – May 2), presenting “Seaoor morphology: nature of the seabed and the cold water corals of the
Levante Canyon - eastern Ligurian Sea, NW Mediterranean”, a research project by Nave Ammiraglio
Magnaghi, Istituto Idrograco della Marina and
Centro Ricerche Ambiente Marino di Santa Teresa
(ENEA).
The equipment on board the Magnaghi was used
to investigate the area - multibeam Elac Seabeam
1050 and Side Scan Sonar Klein 3900. The data collected were processed by the staff on board the
vessel and by IIM and ENEA scientists. An updated mapping of white corals in the area was thus
obtained, 60 years after the rst mapping carried
out by admiral Vincenzo Fusco from the Calypso.
Said mapping, carried out in the late 60s, focused
on cold water corals, shing areas, wrecks and other obstacles on the seabed from the Gulf of Genoa
to the estuary of river Arno.
Cold water corals are particularly interesting because they account for a peculiar habitat, with a
biological diversity three times bigger than in the
surrounding areas. The ROV recorded numerous
species of Decapods, sh and Echinoderms. Being so rich in biodiversity, cold water corals have
become more and more important in the political
agendas of many national and international organizations - the Habitats Directive (Council Directive
92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992), for instance, forms the
cornerstone of Europe’s nature conservation policy.
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Lieutenant Pratellesi also published “Integrated
mapping of seabed features – Dual use hydrographic surveys for seabed nature and morphological research” in Hydro International. The paper
explains the research project and relevant results
with particular reference to dual-use potential.
In 2014 the Magnaghi team took part in an internaFEATURE |
tional competition promoted by Caris, for the selection of the best twelve seabed images to illustrate
a calendar. Two sonar images relevant to the Bari
area and the gulf of Pozzuoli, processed through
Caris software, were submitted by the Magnaghi
team. Both images were accepted and one was the
most voted in the competition.
MARTA PRATELLESI, ITALIAN NAVY, ROBERTA IVALDI, PHD, ISTITUTO IDROGRAFICO DELLA MARINA, IVANA DELBONO, ENEA MARINE ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH CENTRE
Dual use Hydrographic Surveys for Seabed Nature and
Morphological Research
Integrated Mapping
of Seabed Features
The Italian Navy surveyed the Levante Canyon system using survey vessel Ammiraglio Magnaghi and personnel
from the Istituto Idrografico della Marina (IIM), in cooperation with ENEA Marine Environment Research Centre.
This system is located in the offshore area of Cinque Terre, eastern Ligurian Sea, NW Mediterranean.
The purpose of the operation in the area
depicted in Figure 1 was to collect the data
ecological features and habitats at different
spatial scales. The methods used for this
necessary to update nautical documentation
hydrographic research are based upon data
Through digital processing techniques, seabed
morphology maps, based on shaded-relief
on the one hand and to carry out scientific
research on the seabed nature and specifically
integration and multiple focusing approaches
to identify areas to be investigated with
bathymetries, were obtained. Echo-strength
data (reflectance) can be extracted and
on deep coral banks on the other hand.
Italian Navy ships are equipped with state of
different resolution systems in order to
perform data exploitation and multiple usages
presented as seabed ‘backscatter’ maps that
display not only information on sediment types,
the art equipment and designed to be ‘dual
use’ in terms of enhanced logistic autonomy,
of available resources.
This particular approach and the scientific
but also seabed morphodynamics and habitat.
MBES data show that the Levante Canyon
support and service flexibility. Furthermore,
Italian Navy personnel are highly trained and
results obtained prove the power of ‘dual use’
purposes to make HR maps that can be used
the Navy’s expertise can be made available for
civilian purposes. The Italian Navy shares its
by different stakeholders with different aims
but only one standard.
is a peculiar meandering submarine valley,
extending SE-NW (coast direction), strongly
structurally controlled, characterised by a
canyon system (from 150m to 800m depth).
resources with many Italian research institutes
Mapping Data
main valley with channels and drainage
structures that determine fine sediments
and universities, which carry out joint survey
activities while performing their institutional
The Levante Canyon was investigated in
deposition (low energy hydrodynamic
processes). These geometries are typical
tasks, with no additional costs.
Through data integration and the use of
autumn 2013 using the high-resolution
multibeam echo sounder (MBES) SeaBeam
of a valley with a complex origin, referring
to different tectonics and hydrodynamics
seabed-mapping technologies it is possible
to obtain a high-resolution (HR) study of
1050 and side-scan sonar (SSS) Klein3000.
The MBES (50kHz) survey was conducted in
processes clearly shown by slope maps
(Figure 2). In fact, from a combination of
seabed morphology and nature, showing
a 183 km2 area covering the main part of the
shaded-relief bathymetries, slope analysis
and backscatter maps, the seabed can be
Figure 2: Slope (%) map showing the
particular meandering shape of the canyon
system at different scales (valley, channels).
interpreted in terms of both relict and recent
processes (erosive-depositional).
Swath systems (such as SSS) are most
likely to provide the best HR maps made of Figure 3: SSS Klein 3000 system during the Levante Canyon survey operation.
pictures, particularly over wide areas, such as
the Levante Canyon (Figure 3). They provide
information on sediment texture and bedform
It is clear that the different levels of HR spatial
software available on board the Italian Navy
ship. MBES data acquired were processed by
CARIS HIPS&SIPS software and compared
with the IIM database. At first, a seabed map
of the area with high detail of the seafloor
shapes was obtained, and used for other
similar sectors of the canyon catchment
area. The canyon is characterised by a gully
network with a diverging pattern.
On a metric scale (medium scale), acoustic
backscatter analysis enables the accurate
description of the drainage canyon system
(with variable slope up to 30% in the channel
sectors) and its geomorphic variability in
structure and allow for dynamic processes analysis is only limited by the instruments
(e.g. sediment transport) to be deduced. and choice of approach made during the
For broad-scale mapping of aggregate habitatadvancement of the survey. However, the
(>1 km2), SSS and MBES are considered to system selection will depend on survey
be the most cost-effective means of identifying
objectives and scale of the area to be mapped.
Figure 1: Map of the research area showing MBES data. Investigated seafloor depth
from 150m to 800m (red min/ blue max). Black square: section studied in detail.
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different sediment types and dynamic
For baseline broad-scale mapping of the
processes. For small-scale habitat classification
continental shelf, where geological features,
(<1km2), high-resolution SSS, associated such as sand valley, channels, gullies,
with ROV underwater cameras, allows for thesediment waves and reefs are of interest,
the quantitative data offered by MBES in
ground-truthing of the surveyed area.
conjunction with object detection in the order
of tens of metres (at 200m depth) is often
the preferred choice. However, for inshore
areas and depths <50m, where identification
of small (<10m) habitat features may be
required, a combination of MBES and SSS
ensures that both quantitative bathymetric
data (0.3m - 1m resolution) and qualitative,
high-resolution habitat relief data (10cm
resolution) are obtained.
In conclusion, Morphodynamics can be shown
to integrate morphology (bathymetry) and SSS
backscatter maps. Slope is the most variable
element and through its analysis, at a regional
scale, it is possible to display high/medium
sedimentation rate in low gradient sectors
(bottom channel). Moreover, on a local scale,
it shows hard bottom covered by fine deposits
with benthonic features/deep corals.
by different size, shape and slope.
Operating with MBES and SSS integrated
data, morpho-bathymetric analysis and
acoustic characterisation of the sub-bottom
made it possible to calibrate a large area by
ground-truthing. Figure 5 shows the section,
chosen for its morphology, and used for higher
resolution analysis with SSS. The presence
of round structures (mound) of multi-metric
dimensions inside the drainage system must be
remarked. The highest values of slope (17%)
can be found in the steep canyon heads and
flanks. Slope values up to 10% can be seen
depicting seabed mounds on the northernmost
and central interchannel system. MBES and
SSS data show higher acoustic backscatter
in the deepest sections of the canyon than in
the channels and the changes in the seabed
nature on the mounds are highlighted as areas
of variable intensity characterised by high level
of reflectance typical of substrate. Besides that,
SSS images show a flat heterogeneous seabed
with signs of trawler fishing (Figure 5).
3D and 2D acoustic image of the SS Samuel J Tilden Liberty wreck off
Bari, the most voted image in the “Caris Calendar Contest 2015”.
The Italian Navy shares its resources
with many Italian research institutes
and universities
relation with seabed nature. HR maps enable
the identification of sites of interest for
substrate dislocation and benthic features.
These were investigated at a larger scale
(sub-metric) by SSS Klein 3000, 100-500kHz
(Figure 3). SSS operation was planned in
accordance with seafloor canyon morphology
and optimising recording data operations on
board. In fact, SSS lines were recorded in a
selected area from 510 to 370m depth (Figure
4), where the seafloor morphology showed
variable and interesting features characterised
Multiple Focusing
A multiple scale methodology approach was
chosen in accordance with instruments and
In conclusion, the direct sampling bottom
data collected on the mounds displayed the
presence of biological communities, mainly
typical of a deep muddy bottom and small
cold water coral colonies, possibly identified as
‘Madrepora oculata’. The hard bottom, probably
made of buried coral banks, is also present.
Concluding Remarks
The sharing of knowledge and instruments is
the basis of this integrated work focused on
the study of seafloor features with particular
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1.3 THE ARETUSA
The Aretusa summer campaign focused on the surveys in Sardinia.
In July the Aretusa left La Maddalena for the estuary of the Tiber River for the Plastic Buster research
project – against plastic pollution at sea, in collaboration with the University of Siena. In 2013 the project
had been carried out by the Magnaghi and the Galatea in the Ligurian Sea, with particular reference to the sea
mammal sanctuary.
HYDROGRAPHY
TYPE
AND
ORDER
SURVEY
BEGINNING/
END
ACTUAL
DURATION DAYS
VALIDATION - DAYS
LENGTH
IN KM
Coast
26/08/2014
Still in progress
1
2
//
Offshore
05/06/2014
06/06/2014
2
10
25.14
Archipelago of
La Maddalena
West Sheet (ord.1A)
Coast
23/05/2014
Still in progress
8
22
//
323
319A
Gulf of Congianus
and Passo delle
Bisce (ord.1A)
Coast
//
//
//
//
30093D
323
Gulf of Congianus
and Passo delle
Bisce (ord.1A)
Offshore
06/06/2014
Still in progress
4
5
//
S.N.
322
Port of Olbia
Port
27/08/2014
30/10/2014
2
4
8.3
S.N.
//
Ex-Arsenale
La Maddalena
Port
27/10/2014
27/10/2014
1
2
5.1
SURVEY NO
CHART
20306D
324
30093D
323
20302D
325
20302D
AREA/LOCATION
Porto Cervo
Littoral
(ord. 1A)
GEOPHYSICS - OCEANOGRAPHY
SURVEY NO
CHART
TYPE AND ORDER
AREA/LOCATION
S.N.
//
Oceanographic survey and CTD water sampling.
Same as hydrographic surveys.
S.N.
//
QTC Seaoor data processing and validating.
Same as hydrographic surveys.
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TOPOGRAPHIC/LEVELLING
SURVEY NO
CHART
TYPE AND ORDER
AREA/LOCATION
SURVEY
BEGINNING/
END
ACTUAL
DURATION DAYS
VALIDATION- DAYS
50105D
325
Completion of geodetic and
topographic survey by the Galatea
La Maddalena
Archip.
West Sheet
16/06/2014
22/08/2014
12
14
323
National geodetic network framing,
navigation aid determination,
conspicuous landmarks, topography
check, coastline determination
Gulf of Congianus
and Passo delle
Bisce
08/07/2014
Still in progress
6
4
50106D
The purpose of the Plastic Buster project is to
monitor the amount of plastic litter in the
sea and plan suitable actions to reduce
their impact.
Sampling and collecting.
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Researchers from the University of Siena and the Aretusa hydrographic team sampled the waters and the
sediment at the estuaries of the Tiber and the Arno rivers to nd out the amount of plastic waste from industrial areas. Testing the sediment and monitoring the amount of plastic litter therein contained is important
for an accurate assessment of the increase of plastic waste dumped into the Mediterranean Sea.
Core sampling.
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Sample collecting and sieving.
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1.4 THE GALATEA
The 2014 campaign of the Galatea started in the Adriatic Sea with the topographic survey of the area around
Venice and Marghera. The area around Venice is characterized by very particular tide patterns, so it needs
to be continuously monitored for an accurate updating of the relevant charts.
TOPOGRAPHY/LEVELLING
ACTUAL
SURVEY
DURATION BEGINNING/END
DAYS
TOTAL
VALIDATION DURATION DAYS
DAYS
SURVEY NO
CHART
AREA/LOCATION
50118B
225
Venezia
Marghera Nord
22.05.14
Still in progress
10
3
21
50113D
24
Crotone
18.07.14
18.07.14
1
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In late July the Galatea, on her way to La Spezia,
stopped for a while at Punta Penna to carry out the
necessary hydrographic surveys of the port of Vasto
in order for the IIM to compile a new chart of the port.
After La Spezia, the Galatea sailed to the Ionian Sea
to carry out hydrographic surveys in the gulf of Taranto and oceanographic activities in cooperation
with major national research centers.
GEOPHYSICS - OCEANOGRAPHY
ACTUAL
SURVEY
BEGINNING/ DURATION END
DAYS
TOTAL
DURATION DAYS
SURVEY NO
AREA/
LOCATION
4378D
Catania
25.06.14
03.07.14
3
9
4377D
Gulf of
Taranto
01.10.14
11.10.14
11
8
Vasto, from the lighthouse at Punta Penna.
HYDROGRAPHY
AREA/
LOCATION
SURVEY
BEGINNING/
END
ACTUAL
DURATION DAYS
VALIDATION DAYS
SURVEY
TOTAL
DURATION DAYS
LENGTH KM
AREA KM2
SURVEY N
CHART
TYPE
AND
ORDER
S.N.
244
S
Messina
04.07.14
10.07.14
5
2
5
10878
0.0764
24
1B
Crotone
Capo Rizzuto
11.07.14
27.07.14
7
4
7
145201
3.6389
NC216
S
Vasto
30.07.14
11.08.14
8
11
13
263274.4
10.1079
28
2
Taranto
(offshore)
17.10.14
09.11.14
4
7
6
578857.2
109.627
S
Taranto
(Navy Base)
30.10.14
03.11.14
3
15
5
32065.61
0.9756
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NOTES: 20074D
NOTES: To be completed
10190B
NOTES: S.N.
NOTE: To be completed
S.N.
NOTES: -
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1.5 THE LEONARDO
The Leonardo has been part of the survey eet used by the IIM since 2013. Thanks to an agreement signed by
the NATO and the Italian Navy, the Coastal Research Vessel can be used in hydrographic and oceanographic
surveys by the Italian Navy at certain times during the year - in 2014, from mid-September to mid-October.
TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Launched on:
Displacement:
Length:
Width:
Draught:
Propulsion:
Power:
Indicated KW:
Speed:
Autonomy:
Crew:
03/01/2002;
433 t;
29 m;
9 m;
2,8 m;
nr. 2 Main Electric Motors (Azimuth) Schottel SRP330m and nr. 1 Bow Thruster
(Azimuth) Schottel SPJ 57RD;
nr. 1 Cummins KTA-38 (700 KW) Diesel Generator, No. .2 Cummins N-14 (236
KW cd.) Diesel Generators and No. 1 Onan Cummins (35 KW) Diesel Generator;
1172 KW (1571,68 HP);
10 kts (Max) – 8 (cruising speed);
1200 NM;
9.
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On September 17 the Leonardo left La Spezia for Livorno, in order to carry out hydrographic surveys in the
waters surrounding the Isle of Gorgona and Piombino, for the update of Charts No. 71 and 116.
Unfortunately, the bad weather slowed down the operations, but the IIM technicians and the Leonardo crew
succeeded in collecting all the necessary data in the set period of time.
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SURVEY
TYPE AND
AREA/
BEGINNING/
ORDER LOCATION
END
SURVEY No
CHART
20290A
116
ord. 1A
Isle of
Gorgona
20310A
71
ord. 1A
Piombino
roadstead
ACTUAL
DURATION DAYS
VALIDATION DAYS
TOTAL
DURATION DAYS
LENGHT
KM
AREA
KM2
18/09/14
25/09/14
5
12
17
83.8
9.6
30/09/14
17/10/14
8
15
23
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1.6 RESEARCH AND COOPERATION PROJECTS
The Italian Navy is investing more and more in oceanographic research. Many cooperation projects
between the Istituto Idrograco and a number of research centres and universities have been signed in
the last few years.
In 2014, two of them were particularly publicized by the media:
• The Tomo-Etna experimental campaign, within European Project MED-SUV, in collaboration with the
Istituto Nazionale di Geosica e Vulcanologia (INGV). Over 60 researchers from all over Europe, as well
as INGV scientists from La Spezia and Catania, on board the Galatea and the Sarmiento De Gamboa, a Spanish research vessel, carried out integrated activities in the gulf of Catania and southern Tyrrhenian Sea
to study the subvolcanic and tectonic structure of the crust underlying mount Etna and the surrounding
areas, both inland and at sea. Active seismic techniques – waves generated with compressed air - and
passive seismic techniques – natural seismic event recording – were employed.
The scientists on board the Galatea collected bathymetric, magnetometric and stratigraphic data, as well as
hydrologic data to determine the chemical and physical properties of water, while the scientists on board
the Sarmiento De Gamboa laid on the seaoor a network of 25 seismic stations to record articial and natural
seismic events.
The data collected will be shared by the organizations which have taken part in the project and will be
used to obtain an accurate tomography of the area, to acquire a better understanding of magma upow, and
to investigate sliding mechanisms on the eastern side of the volcano, as well as to study the various faults.
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• The “MREA14” (Maritime Rapid Environmental Assessment), a campaign in the Gulf of Taranto, pro-
moted by the IIM and carried out from the Galatea in cooperation with the University of Bologna, the
INGV, the CNR through the Institute of Marine Science ISMAR and the Institute for Coastal Marine Environment IAMC, the Climate Change Euro-Mediterranean Centre CMCC and the Polytechnic of Bari.
The idea is to carry out a number of campaigns at different times of the year to acquire environmental
data for rapid decision-making at sea as well as to check and correct oceanographic forecast models (i.e.
operational oceanography). An assessment of the quality of oceanographic forecast models – small and
large scale – is crucial, as most oceanographic products used in the Mediterranean sea are based on them.
The 2014 campaign was developed in three steps – water column sampling and analyzing was repeated
at various points and at various times, so as to account for different possible weather conditions throughout the area. The results were sent real-time to all the research institutions involved, in order to obtain a
high resolution numerical model exchange and processing network and to allow for a quick comparison
between forecast and observed data.
It was thus possible to adjust the numerical models for the forecast of currents (both deep and supercial)
in the gulf of Taranto. According to prof Pinardi, of the University of Bologna (who is one of the most
important experts in the eld of oceanography), the synoptic dataset thus obtained is the best dataset
ever developed outside the US.
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The institutions listed above are all part of the
GNOO, Gruppo Nazionale di Oceanograa Operativa, which is currently under renovation. The
IIM is part of the working group in charge of dening the organization and tasks of the new structure.
A study on the dynamics of the Arctic icecap was
carried out by the IIM Geophysics Department in
cooperation with the IIM professors, to analyze the
shifting of the icecap and relevant modications
and nd new navigation routes.
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Numeric modelling research is crucial for water
circulation simulation, toxic spill spreading and
marine forecast, and the IIM oceanographic team
has been working hard at it. In particular, a highdenition wave SWAN model for the Gulf of Aden
area (see gure) was developed.
ISTITUTO IDROGRAFICO DELLA MARINA
ISTITUTO IDROGRAFICO DELLA MARINA
Tidal elevation and direction.
Wave heigh, 10 - metre wind.
ISTITUTO IDROGRAFICO DELLA MARINA
Wave period and direction.
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2. PRODUCTION
2.1 CHARTS
During 2014, the IIM continued to work towards
a standardization of all production processes
through the creation of a single cartographic database for all IIM products, in order to improve data
management efciency. By adopting a databaseoriented approach production can be streamlined,
avoiding duplication of efforts and reducing
waste. The complex system which is being implemented, consisting of different software applications, will allow for the creation, the management
and the updating of a Hydrographic Production
Database in line with the international standards.
The system consists of a server hosting the database and a number of clients working as a network and handling information in such a way that
any changes and amendments are immediately
available to all the users. In this way, all nautical
documents will be based on a single database, and
all data will be digitally coded according to international standards.
PAPER CHARTS
The Paper Chart Section issues and updates paper charts. Presently, the IIM paper chart portfolio amounts
to about 300 charts, covering all waters within IIM competence. Scales range from 1:5.000 (main ports) to
1:250.000 and beyond (general planning).
The 2014 production is detailed below:
NEW EDITIONS: 12
NEW EDITION NO
TITLE
SCALE
EDITION
269
Porto di Siracusa
1:10.000
February 2014
43
Da Olbia a Capo di Monte Santu
1:100.000
February 2014
1813
Stato dei rilievi nei mari italiani al 31 Dicembre 2013
1:2.250.000
March 2014
76 INT3370
Porto di Civitavecchia
1:10.000
May 2014
123
Litorale di Civitavecchia
1:30.000
May 2014
6
Dal Promontorio Argentario a Capo Linaro
1:100.000
May 2014
244
Porto di Messina
1:5.000
June 2014
432 INT304
Dalle Isole Baleari alla Corsica e alla Sardegna
1:1.000.000
June 2014
210 INT3466
Litorale di Ancona
1:1.000.000
July 2014
48
Da Capo San Marco a Capo Caccia
1:100.000
September 2014
234
Litorale di Monfalcone
1:25.000
October 2014
62 INT3369
Porto di Livorno
1:10.000
December 2014
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NEW CHARTS: 6
NEW EDITION NO
TITLE
SCALE
EDITION
150
Porto di Corigliano Calabro
1:7.500
July 2014
44
Da Capo di Monte Santu a Capo Ferrato
1:100.000
August 2014
239
Litorale di Trieste
1:25.000
October 2014
1571
Stretto di Sardegna area Ovest
1:250.000
November 2014
1572
Mar di Sardegna area Sud
1:250.000
November 2014
1573
Mar di Sardegna area Nord
1:250.000
November 2014
REPRINTS: 38 (revised)
(revised) – 7 (unrevised)
(unrevised)
PATCHES: 68
A patch used for updating nautical charts.
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SPECIAL CHARTS
In 2014 the Special Chart Section continued working at the MGCP (Multinational Geospatial Co-production Program), whose main purpose is to create and manage a high-resolution vector geospatial database
covering the most sensitive areas of the planet.
The IIM Special Chart Section provided geospatial support:
• in the “Port And Coastal Survey” (PACS) project using REMUS - Remote Environmental Monitoring
UnitS;
• in the ITA-MINEX 2014 operation, for UU.NN. minesweepers (AML and paper charts);
• to the 30th Naval Group during their voyage around Africa (Gruppo Navale Cavour - “Sistema Paese in
movimento”);
• in the MARE NOSTRUM and TRITON operations.
The 2014 production is detailed below:
TYPE OF CHART
N.C.
Special charts
9
Military charts
9
Operational charts
N.E.
4
17
1
MGCP cells (new/revised)
1/7
Digital data construction
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MUST NOT BE USED FOR NAVIGATIONAL PURPOSE
ELABORAZIONE GRAFICA AD USO ESCLUSIVO MILITARE - RIPRODUZIONE VIETATA.
ONLY FOR MILITARY USE - REPRODUCTION PROHIBIT ED
17°15'E
17°15'30"E
9
17°14'30"E
11
12
13
10
14
12
5
3
2
11
12
11
11
10
9
10
1
12
9
16
12
11
12
11
8
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9
8
40°26'30"N
8
10
10
8
15
15
6
1
1
9
7
8
13
9
11
12
10
11
15
14
10
9
8
9
6
9
8
4
5
3
8
9
7
6
5
4
3
12
17
16
15
10
18
17
16
14
17
10
8
2
18
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6
7
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La topografia è stata estratta dalla Carta ENC 153 dell'Istituto Idrografico della Marina.
La batimetria deriva dai rilievi idrografici n. 8990 del 2006 e n. 9051_1 del 2010.
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Stampata dall'Istituto Idrografico della Marina - Genova, 6 Ottobre 2014
DA NON UTILIZZARE PER LA NAVIGAZIONE
MUST NOT BE USED FOR NAVIGATIONAL PURPOSE
© Copyright, I.I.M. Genova 2014
ELABORAZIONE GRAFICA AD USO ESCLUSIVO MILITARE - RIPRODUZIONE VIETATA.
ONLY FOR MILITARY USE - REPRODUCTION PROHIBIT ED
Taranto, Mar Grande Naval Station.
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Plus a further MGCP cell still in progress on 31/12/2014.
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ELECTRONIC NAVIGATIONAL CHARTS
The IIM ENC portfolio includes over 250 cells, updated according to the NtMs.
In 2014, 25 ENC cells were issued, as indicated below.
ENC
NUMERO
EDIZIONE
TITOLO
SCALA
DATA EDIZIONE
IT500130
1
Corigliano Calabro Harbour
1:8.000
October 2014
IT300043
2
Capo Figari to Capo di Monte Santu
1:90.000
June 2014
IT500269
2
Siracusa Harbour
1:8.000
June 2014
IT100340
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Mediterranean Sea, western basin
1:2.250.000
February 2014
IT500191
2
Brindisi Harbour
1:8.000
February 2014
IT300911
2
Sardinia Sea, offshore – Cape to Argentiera to Gulf of Teulada
1:180.000
February 2015
IT400128
3
Approach to Gaeta
1: 22.000
February 2014
IT500060
3
Roads of La Spezia
1:8.000
February 2014
IT300029
3
Torre Specchia Ruggeri to Point Torre Canne
1:90.000
December 2013
IT300912
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(Central) Tirrenian sea, offshore – from Capo Bellavista to Bocche di
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1:180.000
June 2014
IT500244
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Messina Harbour
1:4.000
July 2014
IT400210
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Approach to Ancona
1:22.000
November 2014
IT300007
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Cape Linaro to Anzio
1:90.000
February 2014
IT400107
3
From Nervi to Sestri Levante
1:22.000
February 2014
IT400129
3
Ischia and Procida Channels
1:22.000
February 2014
IT400101
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Approach to Imperia
1:22.000
February 2014
IT300002
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Imperia to Bogliasco
1:90.000
March 2014
IT400234
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Approach to Monfalcone
1:22.000
November 2014
IT400239
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Approach to Trieste
1:22.000
November 2014
IT300003
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Pieve Ligure to S.Rossore
90.000
February 2014
IT300010
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Licola to Agnone
90.000
February 2014
IT300023
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Milazzo Cape to Roccella Ionica
90.000
February 2014
IT400222
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Approach to Venezia
45.000
February 2014
IT300042
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Castelsardo to Gulf of Congianus
90.000
June 2014
IT500055
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Genova Harbour, East side
8.000
February 2014
The IIM paper kit chart portfolio is based on ENCs. It consists of coastal and littoral charts covering waters
up to 6-8 miles off the coast. The charts contained in the kits are smaller and easier to use on leisure craft.
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NEW PAPER KIT CHARTS: 4
CHART AND KIT NO
TITLE
SCALE
DATE
7334-P2b
Dalla Foce del Fiume Ombrone a Capo d’Uomo e Formiche di Grosseto
1:50.000
February 2014
7335-P2b
Da Torre Cannelle a Torre Saline
1:50.000
February 2014
7336-P2b
Promontorio dell’Argentario e Isola di Giannutri
1:50.000
1:30.000
February 2014
7337-P2b
Isola del Giglio
1:30.000
February 2014
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Aggiornata al 18/03/2015
Aggiornata al 18/03/2015
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NEW EDITIONS: 32
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CHART AND
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7300-P1
Da Riva Ligure ad Imperia – Porto Maurizio
1:30.000
From December 2013
7001-P1
Da capo Mortola a Capo Berta
1:100.000
April 2014
7002-P1
Da Imperia a Ceriale
1:100.000
April 2014
7305-P1
Da Arenzano a Genova Ovest
1:30.000
June 2014
7021-P2b
Da Punta S.Agostino a Ladispoli
1:100.000
May 2014
7339-P2b
Litorale di Civitavecchia - Installazioni
1:30.000
May 2014
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7340-P2b
Litorale di Civitavecchia
1:30.000
April 2014
7344-P3a
Da Monte Biancu a Santa Teresa di Gallura
1:30.000
From November 2013
7347-P3a
Isole La Maddalena. S.Stefano, Caprera e Spargi
1:30.000
January 2014
7349-P3a
Golfo di Arzachena
1:30.000
January 2014
7349-P3a
Golfo di Arzachena
1:30.000
March 2014
7351-P3a
Da Isolotto Portisco a Punta delle casette
1:30.000
April 2014
7118-P3a
Da Capo Coda Cavallo a cala Liberotto
1:100.000
June 2014
7122-P3b
Da Scoglio S.Elmo a S.Andrea
1:100.000
February 2014
7355-P3b
Litorale di Cagliari
1:30.000
September 2014
7390-P4
Litorale di Gaeta
1:30.000
April 2014
7391-P4
Da Gaeta a Scauri
1:30.000
March 2014
7410-P4
Litorale di Salerno
1:30.000
March 2014
7026-P4
Da Porto Badino a Scauri
1:100.000
April 2014
7029-P4
Da Scauri a Licola
1:100.000
April 2014
7032-P4
Golfo di Salerno
1:100.000
June 2014
7410-P4
Litorale di Salerno
1:30.000
October 2014
7416-P5a
Stretto di Messina – Villa S. Giovanni
1:30.000
February 2014
7064-P5a
Da Aci Trezza a Penisola Magnisi
1:100.000
March 2014
7075-P5b
Da Torre Mattoni a Torre Pucci
1:100.000
July 2014
7078-P5b
Da Torre Chiancia a Torre Mozza
1:100.000
July 2014
7079-P5b
Da Torre Suda a Torre di Andrano
1:100.000
July 2014
7081-P7
Da S. Cataldo a Casalabate
1:100.000
February 2014
7082-P7
Litorale di Brindisi
1:100.000
February 2014
7083-P7
Da torre S.Sabina a Savelletri
1:100.000
February 2014
7084-P7
Da Monopoli a Secca Punta d’Oro
1:100.000
June 2014
7085-P7
Da Bari a Molfetta
1:100.000
June 2014
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2.2 NAUTICAL DOCUMENTS
In 2014 the Nautical Documents Division processed 7036 reports for the NtM bulletin, issued twice a month.
The 2014 production of Update Bulletins is listed below:
Charts
Sailing Directions
466 + 63 Blocks
309 + 36 Harbour plans
Radio Aids
33
General
36
Catalogues
61
List of Lights
499
Nautical Info
670
NTM III
549
A new edition of Portolano P2 and Portolano P5 was published, as well as a new edition of Elenco fari e segnali
da nebbia, Radioservizi per la Navigazione volume I and Premessa agli Avvisi ai Naviganti.
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2.3 PRINTING
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TYPE OF
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NO OF COPIES
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IN IIM
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3. TRAINING
3.1 IIM COURSES
In 2014 the following courses were held:
TRAINING COURSE IN HYDROGRAPHY FOR NAVY PETTY OFFICERS
Started in February, the course was followed by 8 petty ofcers who, upon completion of the theoretical
part, had their practical training on board Italian Navy survey vessels.
MAGNETIC COMPASS ADJUSTER TRAINING COURSES
Two magnetic compass adjuster training courses were held in 2014. Starting in March and November, the
four-week courses, open to military and civilian personnel, were attended by a number of petty ofcers
from the Italian Navy and Army.
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LEVEL II MARINE GEOMATICS MASTER COURSE – CATEGORY A
The IIM master in Marine Geomatics, providing the necessary skills to obtain Category A hydrographer
certication, was deemed to comply with the FIG/IHO/ICA International Standards of Competence for
Hydrographic Surveyors and Nautical Cartographers by the FIG/IHO/ICA Board in April 2014 in Tokyo,
during the Board annual meeting, and ratied for a further 6 years. Captain Roberto Casula, Head of the
Training Division at IIM, presented the improved curriculum of the course to the Board members. The 6th
edition of the Master course started in October 2014, introduced by the Headmaster of the Faculty of Engineering, Prof. Carlo Podenzana Bonvino, by the Head of the Training Division, Capt. Roberto Casula, and
by some of the IIM professors. The course is presently attended by 16 students - 12 civilians, and 4 ofcers,
3 from the Italian Navy and one from the Lebanese Navy.
The Master Course provides those sophisticated
technical skills which are
necessary to train experts
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course is open to Navy
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shorelines, maritime infrastructures,
geology,
geophysics and environmental matters. The duration of the course is 14
months, including training at sea. Upon completion of the course, and
after two years of documented operational work,
students can obtain the
Category A hydrographer
qualication, ratied by
the International Hydrographic Organization.
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TRAINING COURSE IN HYDROGRAPHY FOR NAVY OFFICERS IN THE “RUOLI SPECIALI” – CATEGORY B
The new edition of the course, providing the
necessary skills to obtain the internationally recognized Category B hydrographer qualication,
started in November 2013.
Category B hydrographers can operate on board
survey vessels, collecting and assessing hydro-
graphic and oceanographic data, in topographic
survey teams, collecting geodetic and topographic
data, or at the IIM, processing and validating the
collected data to compile and update nautical documents. The duration of the course is 7 months,
including training at sea.
WORK-INTEGRATED LEARNING
The cooperation between IIM and the University
of Genoa is not limited to the organization of the
Master in Marine Geomatics, and includes tempo-
rary work opportunities for university students at
IIM. In 2014 students at IIM worked in the Geophysics and Nautical Documents Departments.
3.2 COURSES OUTSIDE IIM
Since 2000, IIM representatives have been invited to teach navigation and operational meteorology at
the Accademia della Guardia di Finanza in Bergamo and at the Accademia della Marina Mercantile in
Genoa. Navigation courses focused on the use of ECDIS, which by 2018 will be mandatory on board all
SOLAS vessels.
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3.3 IIM PROFESSORS
In addition to routine activities – teaching, tutoring, training – in 2014 IIM professors took part in the
FIG/IHO/ ICA IBSC Stakeholders Seminar, IHO (Monaco March 7 2014) for the revision of IHO S5 and S8
publications and the development of new educational products.
IIM professors wrote the document submitted to the FIG/IHO/ICA Advisory Board on Standards of
Competence for Hydrographic Surveyors to have the Category B course ratication renewed. From now on,
lectures will be in English, as in the Master in Marine Geomatics - Category A.
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In December a new professor, Paola Picco, started working at IIM. Associate Professor of Physical
Oceanography, Professor Picco previously worked at the ENEA in La Spezia.
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Professors assist scientists from various IIM departments
in their activities. In 2014 Professor Ivaldi worked with the
staff from the Hydrography and Geophysics Departments
at the Mediterranean sediment database, for the denition
and the classication of the seaoor, analyzing acoustic
backscatter data.
A survey was carried
out with DISTAV (University of Genoa) in the
Gulf of Genoa, for the
collection of bathymetric and seismostratigraphic data.
During survey vessels
campaign, training on board for
IIM students was carried out, with particular reference to the TOMO-ETNA research project, in collaboration with the INGV,
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and to the deep water coral project in Eastern Ligurian Sea with the ENEA research centre in S. Teresa
(La Spezia). Operators on board were taught how to
assess the main features of the sea bottom and sub
bottom through an analysis of the collected data.
Among the equipment used for data collection,
single and multi-beam echo sounders, sub bottom
prolers, magnetometers, ROVs, and corers.
Meetings, congresses and conferences:
• European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2014, Vienna, April 27 /May 2; the IIM presented the
paper “Seaoor morphology: nature of the seabed and the cold water corals of the Levante Canyon
(Eastern Ligurian Sea, NW Mediterranean)”, Geoph. Res. Abs., 16, EGU2014 -14732.
• National Congress of the Società Geologica Italiana, where prof Ivaldi presented the activities carried
out with CNR ISMAR and Seconda Università di Napoli: “Recent evolution of a delta plain and a coastal
zone: the Volturno delta system (southern Italy)” and “New geological, geophysical and biological insights on the hydrothermal system of the Panarea – Basiluzzo Volcanic complex (Aeolian Islands, Tyrrhenian Sea)”, Rend. Online Soc. Geol. It., 31 (1), 191 and 403.
Works published by prof Ivaldi:
• “Integrated Mapping of Seabed Features”, 18 (7), 26-29, (author), Hydro International, October issue.
• “Re-discovery of cold water corals in the Eastern Ligurian Sea (NW Mediterranean)”, Deep Sea Life Issue, 4-2014, 16-17, with ENEA-Centro S. Teresa.
• “Unmanned Surface Vehicles for Automatic Bathymetry Mapping and Shores’ Maintenance” (co-author), paper presented at the MTS/IEEE Oceans’14 International Meeting , April 2014, Taipei (Taiwan),
in collaboration with CNR ISSIA.
A study on the dynamics of the Arctic icecap was
carried out with the IIM Geophysics Department
(see above), as well as a study on the tide gauge in
Genoa for the calculation of harmonic constants
and baric waves and sea level variations.
In January 2014, Prof. Ivaldi became part of the
Board of Professors of the Earth Science PhD,
IUSS, University of Ferrara. One of her PhD students is Lieutenant Marta Pratellesi, Category A
Hydrographer. Together, Lt. Pratellesi and Prof.
Ivaldi wrote “Seabed nature and morphodynamics of deep, volcanic, coastal/port areas – an integrated analysis of high-resolution bathymetric
data”, emphasizing the importance of acoustic
backscatter data in the characterization of the
seabed as related to the sedimentary morphodynamics and the water column dynamics, for the
development of classication standards through
an integrated use of data collected in different
context.
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4. EXTERNAL RELATIONS
4.1 AGREEMENTS
The External Relations Department deals with all
the agreements signed by the IIM, with national
and international partners.
into effect in January 2015. The advantages are manifold – from sharing with other HS problems and
standards, to more efcient quality controls.
The most important agreement signed in 2014
was certainly that with the IC-ENC, a Regional
ENC Coordinating Centre (RENC) for the distribution of electronic navigational charts, which came
In addition to agreements for the sale and distribution of products and data, in 2014 a number of
agreements with scientic organizations and research centres were signed.
4.2 VIDEOS AND PUBLICATIONS
The External Relations Department staff edited L’Agenda Nautica 2015 and wrote the history of the port of
Brindisi and the insert dedicated to Umberto Nobile contained therein.
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In 2014 the publication Norme per prevenire gli
commonly used, the new edition of the Norme
abbordi in mare was revised, amended and upis based on the English version. A new transladated. The previous edition, which
tion was carried out, tables relevant to light and
dated back to 1990, was
danger signals were improved
based on the French version
and updated, and sections
of the International Rules for
II and III, on current laws
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In order to promote safety
at sea and the work by IIM
towards it, a number of
videos were created in collaboration with the Printing
Department. Two of them –
Hydrography explained to kids
and Hydrography, much more
just nautical charts – were
successful beyond all expectations. The IHO asked permission
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to have them in their website,
and so the texts were slightly changed – to make them
“more IHO” - and translated into
French and Spanish (the videos
were already available on YouTube in Italian and English). Portuguese, Japanese, and Korean
versions are in progress.
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4.3 EVENTS
OPEN DAY JUNE 19
World Hydrography Day is
on June 21, but in 2014 the Fortress of San Giorgio opened to
the public on June 19.
Visitors were able to tour the
old Fortress of San Giorgio
learning all the steps behind
the compilation of nautical
charts and nautical documents.
And not only that, as the 2014
edition was dedicated to Hy-
drography – much more than
nautical charts. Approximately
300 people watched the new
videos produced by the IIM
(see above) and then toured the
Nautical Charts Section, the
Printing, ENC and Geophysics Divisions and, nally, the
Workshop, where some of the
old equipment used to collect
data were exhibited.
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At the end of the 90-minute tour, visitors wrote their comments in the book of honour and were given
a reproduction of the pages dedicated to Genoa in the rst Pilot Book of the Coasts of Italy published
by the IIM in 1904.
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SALONE NAUTICO INTERNAZIONALE – OCTOBER 1ST - 6TH
As usual, the IIM was present with its own stand
at the International Boat Show to promote paper
chart kits, sailing directions and historic charts.
Visitors admired the display of old hydro-oceanographic equipment and were shown how the
ECDIS and electronic navigational charts work.
IIM FOR THE ITALIAN NAVY AT ABCD ORIENTAMENTI – NOVEMBER 5TH - 9TH
The 19th edition of Abcd Orientamenti, the
most important event in the field of education,
jobs and guidance in north-western Italy, held
in Genoa in November 2014, was visited by
over 40.000 people – teachers, students, and
relevant families. Representatives from the IIM
were present to illustrate possible careers in the
Italian Navy.
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4.4 CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS
IIM representatives took part in the following:
JANUARY:
JANUARY
WECDIS CAT Meeting (22 – 24 January, Brussels, Belgium);
NOBLE MARINER-14 Meeting (28 – 31 January Rota, Spain).
MARCH:
Internatinal Board on standards of Competence for Hydrographic Surveyors and Nautical
Cartographers (IBSC) Stakeholder Meeting (6 – 7 March, Montecarlo, Monaco);
Oceanology International (11 – 13 March, London, UK);
NATO GMWG - Geospatial Maritime Working Group (16 – 21 March, Leesburg, USA).
APRIL:
WECDIS CAT Meeting (1 – 4 April, Cork, Ireland);
NATO GEOSPATIAL (7 – 8 April, Oberammergau, Germania);
37th meeting of the FIG/IHO/ICA International Board on Standards of Competence for Hydrographic Surveyors and Nautical Cartographers (11 – 17 April, Tokio, Japan);
Technical Cooperation Meeting Italy-Lebanon (14 – 18 April Beirut, Lebanon);
EGU - European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2014 (27 April – 2 May, Vienna, Austria).
MAY:
Main Planning Conference (MPC) for Exercise NOBLE MARINER-14 (6 – 9 May Rota, Spain).
JUNE:
Caris 2014 15th International User Group Conference (1 – 6 June, Brest, France);
IHO-EU working group meeting for the Joint European Coastal Mapping Programme and
North Sea Hydrographic Commission meeting (24 – 26 June, Amsterdam, Holland);
Technical Cooperation Meeting Italy-Lebanon (26 – 28 June, Beirut, Lebanon).
AUGUST:
Antarctic Navigation Course at the Argentinian Hydrographic Service (23 August – 6 September, Buenos Aires, Argentina).
SEPTEMBER: IHO-EU working group meeting for the Joint European Coastal Mapping Programme (1 – 2
SEPTEMBER
September, Paris, France);
IC-ENC Steering Committee (8 – 11 September, Den Haag, Holland);
Main Planning Conference (MPC) for Exercise NOBLE MARINER-14 (8 – 11 September Rota,
Spain);
NATO METOC Orientation Course dal 21 – 27 September (Oberammergau, Germany).
OCTOBER:
5th Extraordinary International Hydrographic Conference (5 – 10 October, Montecarlo,
Monaco).
NOVEMBER: Technical Cooperation Meeting Italy-Tunisia (10 – 13 November, Tunis, Tunisia).
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4.5 VISITS
FEBRUARY
13
20
Istituto Comprensivo San Teodoro, Genoa;
Scuola Media Don Milani Colombo, Genoa.
MARCH
13
19
31
Università della Terza Età, Genoa;
Istituto Comprensivo Voltri 1 - Scuola Sec. 1° Ansaldo;
Cadets from the Naval Academy of Livorno.
APRIL
3
4
9
16
Istituto Tecnico dei Trasporti e della Logistica Nautico “S. Giorgio”, Genoa;
Delegation from the Buoan, moored in the port of Genoa;
Cadets from the Guardia di Finanza;
A.T.L. Coop.
MAY
7
13
14
21
27
Istituto Tecnico dei Trasporti e della Logistica Nautico “S. Giorgio”, Genoa;
Liceo Scientico Leonardo Da Vinci, Genoa;
Istituto Comprensivo Voltri 1;
Gruppo ANMI, Rho;
Istituto Tecnico dei Trasporti e della Logistica Nautico “S. Giorgio”, Genoa.
JULY
3
AISTAP, in collaboration with Galata Museo del Mare.
AUGUST
6
Cadets from Algerian training ship “La Summam”.
SEPTEMBER
25
Ausburg University.
NOVEMBER
13
18-20
24-28
Delegation from the Republic of Uganda;
Delegation from the Albanian Navy;
Delegation from the Moroccan Hydrographic Service.
DECEMBER
15
16
Delegation from the Republic of Uganda;
Delegation from the Republic of Nigeria.
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06.08.2014
13.03.2014
04.04.2014
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5. OUR ORGANIZATION
In 2014, the IIM could count on 240 military and civilian employees.
The IIM deals with the production of nautical charts and publications from the processing and organization
of the data collected by the survey vessels, to the compilation and updating of charts and publications, both
paper and digital.
It is organized into ve departments, most of which are subdivided into divisions.
SURVEY AND PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT
The IIM core business is coordinated by the Survey and Production Department, in charge of all technical
activities, from survey planning to the production of nautical documents.
It is divided into a number of divisions.
HYDROGRAPHY DIVISION
The interface between the IIM and the survey
vessels, the Hydrography Division schedules,
plans and supervises all geodetic, topographic
and hydrographic surveys. As soon as the data
collected during the surveys are received at the
IIM, staff from the Hydrography Division checks
and validates them. The Hydrography Division is
in charge of the bathymetric and geo-topographic
database (coastline and geodetic points). It is also
in charge of the historical archive, containing all
the data collected by IIM from the 19th century.
These paper documents are currently being digitalized and will be gradually made accessible to the
general public. The Hydrography Division includes the Hydrographic units and surveys section
which, among other activities, takes care of vessels, equipment and software used for the surveys.
Through training sessions, the Hydrography Division staff passes on their know-how to the hydrographers on board the survey vessels.
CARTOGRAPHY DIVISION
The Cartography Division consists of two sections – Nautical Charts and Special Charts. The
latter, among others, provides geo-spatial support
to the Navy and manages the shipwreck database.
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ENC DIVISION
It is in charge of the ENC portfolio, in IHO S-57
format, from which kit charts are originated. It is
also in charge of the help desk for Navy Units requiring assistance with the ECDIS and the AIS systems.
GEOPHYSICS DIVISION
The Geophysics Division deals with all matters
concerning marine geophysics, including oceanography, naval magnetism, nautical astronomy
and tides.
It is in charge of the Nautical Almanac (I.I.
3132), and Tide Tables (I.I. 3133), published yearly, and of the tide gauge in the port of Genoa.
Scientists from the Geophysics Division carry
out a number of activities in the field of operative oceanography and provide all the necessary
meteo-oceanographic data to Navy vessels du-
ring operations and drills, and to sailing vessels
during regattas. The Astronomy and Tide Section
deals with the tide data collected by the tide gauge in the port of Genoa and in the port of Brindisi. A tide gauge (radar type) was installed in the
roadstead of Augusta, for the collection of tide
data in the area.
The Magnetism Section, in addition to consulting and compass adjusting for the Navy vessels,
organized two courses for compass adjusting for
Defense personnel.
NAUTICAL DOCUMENTS DIVISION
The Nautical Documents Division collects,
analyses and processes nautical data to update
charts and publications. It is in charge of the Notices to Mariners, which is issued fortnightly and
can be downloaded free of charge from www.marina.difesa.it.
The Nautical Documents Division is in charge of
the writing, revising and updating of IIM publications such as Sailing Directions, List of Lights, and
Radio Signals, as well as the General Catalogue of
IIM Publications. It is also in charge of the “Col-
lezione Mondiale”, a collection of nautical charts
and publications that allows mariners to plan their
journey in any part of the world.
In 2014 List of Lights and Notices to Mariners
were compiled using the CARIS software, allowing
for the data integrated management thanks to one
constantly updated database.
The Nautical Documents Division provides the
necessary authorizations to whoever wishes to carry out research activities at sea and collects the relevant reports upon completing of the same.
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PRINTING DIVISION
Divided into three sections – publishing, technical and photomechanic – the Division deals with
all the technical matters relevant to the printing
and publishing of all IIM publications and charts.
It works together with the Research and External
Relations Department for the publication of promotional material, including videos to be posted
on the Marina Militare YouTube channel.
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I.T. DIVISION
It is in charge of all IIM hardware and software equipment, servers, intranet and cartographic workstations.
ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT
It is in charge of all matters related to the administration of the Institute, including copyright, management of supplies and accounting. It is in charge of the sales as well, through the Nautica Shop located in the
port of Genoa, near the Cruise Station.
In 2014 the purchasing of most goods and services for the IIM was carried out by Agenzia Difesa Servizi
S.p.a., against a commission to cover for running costs.
GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT
The General Services Department is in charge of the maintenance and logistics, including vehicles and
transportation. It is also in charge of all matters relevant to the military staff.
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DISTRIBUTION, EQUIPMENT AND MARKETING DEPARTMENT
EQUIPMENT
The Department takes care of the testing, adjusting and repairing of instruments, tools and
equipment for Navy Units and departments. The
following was carried out in 2014:
jobs
31
testing
185
trials
1
repairs – compass
47
repairs – surveying equipment
34
repairs – meteo-oceanographic equipment
53
repairs – clocks and timepieces
36
jobs outside the IIM – tide gauges
2
jobs outside the IIM – clocks and timepieces
1
jobs in the IIM
2
plaques
30
adjusting
195
electric/electronic repairs
11
DISTRIBUTION AND MARKETING
It is in charge of the marketing, sales and distribution of IIM products, also through the ofces in Taranto and La Spezia.
CHARTS
PUBLICATIONS
substitutions
226
12
new documents
1763
294
barter
266
112
free of charge
82
50
Taranto
1809
702
La Spezia
1093
107
operational
2240
260
miscellaneous
4917
4093
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RESEARCH AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS DEPARTMENT
The Research and External Relations Department carries out research projects, as required by the Director. It is in charge of the external and public relations in Italy and abroad, promoting the IIM in conferences,
exhibitions and events. It deals also with the media. It is in charge of the library.
The following divisions depend directly on the Vice-Director:
TRAINING DIVISION AND
BOARD OF PROFESSORS
Hydrographers and other specialized
technicians are trained at the IIM through a
number of courses organized by the Training
Division and held by university professors
(full and associate), as well as famed experts
in the field. The professors employed by the
IIM provide technical and scientific support
to the various departments and divisions,
publish essays and articles on journals and
present papers in conferences and seminars.
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PERSONNEL DIVISION
It is in charge of all matters related to the civilian personnel. It organizes training courses for civilians and deals with the transfer of employees
to and from different public ofces .It selects and
collects all the laws and regulations concerning
personnel issues, informing the staff and providing the correct interpretation when necessary.It
makes sure that laws and regulations are properly
applied and takes part in negotiations between the
directors and the Trade Union representatives.
REVISION DIVISION
It is in charge of revising all the charts and
documentation issued by the IIM, making sure
that they are accurate and in compliance with
Together with the Training Division, in 2014 the
Personnel Division organized three courses for
military and civilian personnel:
• Basic cartography - the rst module is to be followed by a second and a third module in the next
two years;
• Treatment of personal data;
• Workplace safety, with particular reference to
falls from elevations.
the relevant international standards. A copy of
each document in force is kept and stored in the
division archives.
SAFETY DIVISION
It is in charge of the safety and protection of the staff. In December, the head of the Division held a
course on workplace safety and falls from elevations.
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HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS
DIRECTOR
R. Adm. Andrea LIACI
VICE-DIRECTOR
Capt. Roberto CASULA
(Head of the Training Division)
SAFETY
Mr. Emanuele CALCAGNO
PERSONNEL DIVISION
Mr. Alberto MARINI
REVISION DIVISION
Mrs. Elena ARMANINO
PROFESSORS
MARINE GEOLOGY
METEOROLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS
OCEANOGRAPHY
GEODESY
Prof. Roberta IVALDI
Prof. Lorenzo PAPA
Prof. Paola PICCO
Prof. Marco PIEROZZI
DEPARTMENT
SURVEY AND PRODUCTION
HEAD
Capt. Lamberto LAMBERTI
DIVISIONS
CARTOGRAPHY
HEAD
Cdr. Maurizio DEMARTE
ENC
HEAD
Lt. Cdr. Carlo MARCHI
NAUTICAL DOCUMENTS
HEAD
Cdr. Paolo DEI
PRINTING
HEAD
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GEOPHYSICS
HEAD
Cdr. Lorenzo DIALTI
HYDROGRAPHY
HEAD
Cdr. Erik BISCOTTI
From Sept. 21 2014
Lt. Cdr. Nicola Marco PIZZEGHELLO
ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT
HEAD
Cdr. Lucio IOANNISCI
GENERAL SERVICES
HEAD
Cdr. Massimo GIANELLI
RESEARCH AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS
HEAD
Cdr. Paolo LUSIANI
DISTRIBUTION, EQUIPMENT
AND MARKETING
HEAD
Cdr. Roberto VACCARO
NAUTICAL EQUIPMENT
AND WEATHER
HEAD
Mr. Vincenzo DE SANCTIS
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STATEMENT 10-14
10
11
12
13
14
NEW CHARTS
7
20
6
1
6
NEW EDITION
7
4
9
15
12
REPRINTS
41
60
69
52
45
PAPER CHARTS FOR KITS
33
20
50
ENC
31
12
23
21
25
MILITARY/SPECIAL CHARTS
6
4
12
26
18
Printed copies
58.604
61.144
50.063
54.999
72.645
Distributed
5.322
11.236
11.632
17.415
12.396
Sold
32.746
45.146
26.811
24.523
24.093
NAUTICAL CHARTS
NC 5+NE 62 NC 4+NE 32
748
Sold KITS
13
10
16
52
36
NEW PUBLICATIONS
0
0
0
0
0
NEW EDITIONS
2
4
11
10
11
REPRINTS
0
0
14
15
15
Printed copies
38.502
31.225
41.926
33.121
25.400
Distributed
920
4.160
4.266
5.769
5.630
Sold
21.357
28.071
17.136
16.369
16.368
NtMs
24
24
24
24
24
NtM CHARTS
445
465
535
462
466
NtM PUBLICATIONS
797
673
698
1071
938
NAUTICAL INFO
386
856
699
600
670
NTM III
229
483
458
531
549
BLOCKS
36
15
44
31
63
Printed copies
25.755
18.445
7.545
7.959
6.356
Distributed NtM
21.360
8.654
1.680
1.728
1.656
Sold NtMS
3.312
4.362
2.640
2.710
1.752
SAILING DIRECTIONS HARBOUR PLANS
PUBBLICATIONS
UPDATES
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GLOSSARY
AA.NN.
ARPAL
AIS
AML
ANMI
CAT
CNIK
CMCC
CNR
CTD
DD.NN.
DISTAV
ECDIS
EGU
ENC
ENEA
FF.AA.
FIG
ICA
IC-ENC
GEOSPED
GIS
GNOO
GPS
IAMC
IBSC
IDROSPED
IEEE
IIM
IHO
I-METOC
INGV
INT
ISMAR
ISPRA
ISSIA
IUSS
MGCP
MED-SUV
MM
Avvisi ai Naviganti
Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell’Ambiente Ligure
Automatic Identication System
Additional Military Layers
Associazione Nazionale Marinai d’Italia
Capabilities Assessment Team
Carte Nautiche In Kit
Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
Conducivity Temperature and Depht
Documenti Nautici
Dipartimento di Scienze della terra, dell’ambiente e della vita
Electronic Chart Display and Information System
European Geosciences Union
Electronic Navigational Chart
Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l’energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile
Forze Armate
International Federation of Surveyors
International Cartographic Association
International Centre for Electronic Navigational Charts
Spedizione Geodetica
Geographic Information System
Gruppo Nazionale di Oceanograa Operativa
Global Positioning System
Istituto per l’Ambiente Marino Costiero
International Board on Standards of Competence
Spedizione idrograca
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Istituto Idrograco della Marina
International Hydrographic Organization
Integrated Meteorological and Oceanographic
Istituto Nazionale di Geosica e Vulcanologia
Carte della serie INTernazionale
Istituto di Scienze MARine
Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale
Istituto di Studi sui Sistemi Intelligenti per l’Automazione
Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori
Multinational Geospatial Co-production Program
MEDiterranean SUpersite Volcanoes
Marina Militare
63
Annual Report 2014
MREA
MTS
NATO
NC
NE
NTM
RENC
ROV
S.N.
SOLAS
SWAM
UU.NN.
WECDIS
64
Maritime Rapid Environmental Assessment
Marine Technology Society
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Nuova Carta
Nuova Edizione
Notice to Mariners
Regional ENC Coordinating Centre
Remotely Operated Vehicle
Senza Numero
Safety of Life at Sea
Synchronous Wave Acoustic Modeling
Unità Navali
Warship Electronic Chart Display and Information System