BSH kompakt 
13 
Monitoring, 
investigation, 
and protection 
of the marine 
environment 
- Prediction of tides, water 
levels, and storm surges 
as a service to shipping 
and the coastal popu 
lation; 
- Running of operational 
models, e.g. to forecast 
water levels, currents, 
and sea states; 
- Monitoring of the North 
and Baltic Seas, ¡.a. for 
nutrients, radioactivity, 
pollutant loads; 
- Operation of automated 
marine monitoring 
stations; 
- Development and opera 
tion of drift and disper 
sion models; 
- Prosecution of environ 
mental offences; 
- Identification of oil spills; 
- Development of test 
methods for and type ap 
proval of ballast 
water treatment systems; 
- Research on the impacts 
of global climate change. 
Safety of 
navigation and 
competent 
shipping 
administration 
Use and 
management of 
the oceans 
- Issue of Certificates of 
Competency, Certifi 
cates of Equivalent 
Competency, radio 
operators certificates 
and endorsements to 
mariners; 
- Type-testing and ap 
proval of navigational 
and radiocommunica 
tions equipment; 
-Tasks within the frame 
work of EU-based 
market surveillance of 
marine equipment; 
- Implementation and 
control of international 
security measures at 
sea; 
- Implementation of natio 
nal measures to promote 
shipping; 
- Management of the 
national Shipping 
Register; 
-Tonnage measurement 
and advice on technical 
details of tonnage mea 
surement; 
- Issue of Civil Liability 
Certificates. 
- Maritime Spatial Plan 
ning in the North and 
Baltic Seas, including 
large-scale mapping of 
geographical areas as a 
basis for Strategic Envi 
ronmental Assessments; 
- Approval of offshore 
activities (wind turbines, 
pipelines, submarine 
cables) in the German 
Exclusive Economic 
Zone (EEZ) in the North 
and Baltic Seas; 
- Co-ordination of special 
information and data 
from the maritime indus 
try and ecological sci 
ences.