Tag: Baltic Sea

MONALISA project enhancing maritime safety

Enhanced regional cooperation on alternative fuels for ships have been a key matter in the Meeting of HELCOM Maritime Group closing last week, which has followed up various maritime commitments of the HELCOM Copenhagen Ministerial Meeting in October 2013. Other agenda items include safety of navigation; ballast water; sewage discharges and port reception facilities and the detection, investigation and prosecution of offenders of anti-pollution regulations.

The vessel traffic plying the Baltic Sea accounts for some 15% of the world's maritime transportation business, according to the European Commission (EC), but every year harsh winter conditions pose a significant hazard to safe navigation.

WINMOS project will further develop efficient maritime transport in the Baltic Sea

Small-scale infrastructure for LNG chain a priority project for EU transport The LNG Rotterdam-Gothenburg project has been acknowledged by the European Commission as a priority project for European transport infrastructure development.European Commission grants 34 million euro for the development of a small-scale LNG chain in Rotterdam and Gothenburg, accommodating LNG supply for cleaner maritime transportThe collaboration between the ports for the infrastructure enables shipping companies to switch to Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)-powered vesselsLNG allows the shipping industry to meet the stringent 2015 emission requirements for the North Sea, English Channel and Baltic SeaThe Commission grants 34 million euro (SEK 305 million) to develop small-scale infrastructure for liquefied natural gas (LNG) as an efficient and cleaner alternative for fuel oil and diesel in the North and Baltic Sea region. The Dutch-Swedish LNG collaboration involves the ports of Rotterdam and Gothenburg, together with gas infrastructure companies Gasunie (the Netherlands) and Swedegas (Sweden) and the international tank storage provider Vopak.The decision of the Commission represents a clear support for the realization of this initiative, which aims at creating a new supply infrastructure for LNG in the maritime region of North Sea and Baltic Sea by 2015. LNG Rotterdam-Gothenburg is considered to be one ...

Baltic Sea Bathymetric data (BSBD): Water depth data for all Baltic Sea areas

MONALISA project to enhance maritime safety

Efficient, Safe and Sustainable Traffic at Sea

Oil spill response exercise off Rostock

MONALISA project : Sea Traffic Management