Tag: Baltic Sea

Denmark is exploring options to prevent a fleet of tankers, known as a "shadow fleet," from transporting Russian oil through the Baltic Sea, the country announced on 17th June, Reuters highlights.

In response to the heightened risk of oil spills in the Baltic Sea, particularly in the Gulf of Finland, Finland is urging the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) to enhance its preparedness measures.

A Ukrainian security agency is said to have carried out a drone strike on a gas company facility located at a Baltic Sea port in Russia.

The Baltic Sea is facing increasing challenges due to climate change and biodiversity degradation driven by eutrophication, pollution, land use, and resource extraction, according to a report published by the Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (HELCOM).

Swedish prosecutors announced fines for the captain and 3rd Officer of a 1599 gross tonnes RO/PAX Ferry Marco Polo, which run aground on 22nd October. 

Last week, after a 7-year-old boy fell out of a Stena ferry and into the Baltic Sea, his mother dove in to recover him, resulting in a major rescue operation. Now, things have taken a dark turn as the case is being investigated for murder.

On 29th June, the Swedish Maritime Administration rescued a mother and her son from the water after an hour of immersion, in the 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.