More EU countries use remotely piloted aircrafts
June has been a record month for EMSA’s remotely piloted aircraft service as flights got underway in 10 different locations.
Read moreJune has been a record month for EMSA’s remotely piloted aircraft service as flights got underway in 10 different locations.
Read moreThe Finnish Border Guard will be using EMSA’s remotely piloted aircraft services over the coming weeks to provide increased situational awareness for operational tasks.
Read moreStarting from May, the Port of Tallinn mandates that the cleaning and other procedures carried out on ships` hulls underwater surfaces can be conducted in their premises only when the residue is collected.
Read moreThe European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) expanded its drone services to assist in monitoring ship emissions in the Baltic Sea, as well as support surveillance in the Black Sea region.
Read moreThe Baltic Ports Organization (BPO) board met last week, to discuss the impact of the European Green Deal (EGD) on the port market in Europe and the Baltic Sea region (BSR).
Read moreThe Finnish project development company Flexens Oy Ab will finish a feasibility study of the Power2AX project in November 2020. The project aims to implement green hydrogen production and use in fuel ferries in the Åland archipelago.
Read moreFollowing the newly-published Cruise Baltic Market Review, in 2019 5,909,784 guests visited the ports in the Baltic Sea, presenting an increase of 9.1% from 2018 and 16.9% from 2017. A recent report revealed that the cruise industry supports over 12,500 jobs in the Baltic Sea region, which has been recently seeing a surge of cruise passengers, which is showing on the positive economic impact in the region.
Read moreAccording to a recent statement by the Freeport of Riga, 62.4 million marine shipments were handled by Latvian ports in 2019; the total volume of cargo decreased by 5.7% compared to 2018. Taking into consideration that the traditional regional cargo flows tend to change, and that the volume of handled transit consignments has decreased in Latvia, this development can still to be considered fairly good. Namely, the largest ports of Latvia handled 41% of the total cargo volume in the Baltic States, amounting to 147 million tonnes.
Read moreHutchison Ports will operate two brand new super-post-Panamax cranes at the container terminal at the Stockholm Norvik Port. The container cranes started their journey from Shanghai on 10th January and will arrive for installation at the new port at the end of March.
Read moreThe Swedish Club issued its 2020 Navigational Claims issue, focusing on a collision between two vessels, resulting to the fact that the lookout of the responsible seafarers at the time of the incident was improper, highlighting that the OOW is always responsible for reporting of any targets observed.
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