Tag: Baltic Sea

The "Specification of a European Offshore Hydrogen Backbone" study, commissioned by infrastructure system operators GASCADE and Fluxys and conducted by DNV, highlights the significant benefits of an offshore hydrogen backbone in the North and Baltic Seas.

Aker Arctic announced that the development of the next-generation Baltic assistance icebreaker has progressed to the next phase. The Aker ARC 130 S design has been finalized in close co-operation with the Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA) and optimized for Sweden’s icebreaking needs.

In order to strengthen its response capacity network, EMSA launched a procurement procedure to contract new Intermediate storage vessels in the North and Baltic Seas.

The European Green Corridor Network including Port of Gdynia, the Port of Roenne, the Port of Rotterdam, the Hamburg Port Authority, and the Port of Tallinn in partnership with the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping have jointly performed a pre-feasibility study to determine opportunities for green shipping corridors in the greater Baltic Sea region.

New research from Chalmers University of Technology shows that the discharge water from scrubbers is responsible for up to 9% of certain emissions of carcinogenic and environmentally harmful substances in the Baltic Sea.

Cruise Baltic presented an overview of onshore power supply in the Baltic Sea region. With the overview, it aims to make it easier for cruise lines to make itineraries taking into consideration the available onshore power supply in the Baltic ports.

Due to the damage to the Nord Stream gas lines in the Baltic Sea, an enormous amount of methane gas has been released into the atmosphere. The leak is estimated to equal the size of a whole year's methane emissions for a city the size of Paris or a country like Denmark. 

Denmark imposed a no-shipping zone in Baltic Sea after Nord Stream pipeline gas leak, while concerns over what a might a sabotage action increase.

Eight European Union countries bordering the Baltic Sea agreed to increase offshore wind power generation capacity sevenfold by 2030 to decrease dependency on Russian energy.

A UK officer has been sentenced to 18 months in jail in Denmark for his role in a fatal collision in 2021, involving the "Scot Carrier", that hit the "Karin Hoj" in the Baltic Sea.