Tag: Finland

Viking Line, ESL Shipping and Attracs have joined forces with Åbo Akademi University and PBI Research Institute to reduce emissions and improve transparency in the industry.

Fintraffic´s Vessel Traffic Services has signed a service agreement with Awake.Ai Oy for the new Port Call Time Stamp and Estimation Service.

Swedish Port of Stockholm and Finnish Port of Naantali are about to install Cavotec’s automated mooring system, in an effort to reduce CO2 emissions.

Effective from 1st July, the government of Finland has amended its Act on Environmental Protection in Maritime Transport, tightening up the rules governing waste treatment in ports. The amendments are expected to prevent littering of marine and inland waters and discharges of hazardous substances into waters. 

The Finnish Border Guard will be using EMSA’s remotely piloted aircraft services over the coming weeks to provide increased situational awareness for operational tasks.

Finnish University of Vaasa is leading a consortium of several other universities and organizations in a EUR 15 million project aiming to develop new low-carbon solutions across global transport sectors. 

Finnish technology group Wärtsilä is cooperating with the Finnish Border Guard in the testing of bioLNG as fuel for a Coastguard patrol vessel. The aim is to lower GHG emissions, thereby lessening the impact on global warming.

Following the recent Suez Canal blockage situation, Aker Arctic has developed a new concept for the Northern Sea Route, an icebreaking Arctic container ship.

A Finnish-led consortium focuses on the commercialisation of electrofuel (e-fuel) production with the use of sustainable electricity and sequestered carbon dioxide. In fact, the E-fuel research project is coordinated by VTT and is connected with the Neste Veturi Ecosystem.

The Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency recently launched a new icebreaker concept vessel named as "Calypso", equipped with a hybrid motorized removable bow. Powered by Danfoss Editron, the icebreaker is currently moored in Mustola harbor in Lappeenranta, while has started operating on Lake Saimaa and the deep waterways of the surrounding area this winter. As explained, the removable bow, the world’s largest motorized of its kind, has been delivered by Turku Repair Yard as part of the Winter Navigation Motorways of the Sea II project. In fact, the €7.6 million scheme, co-funded by the EU Connecting Europe Facility program, aims to develop and enhance the maritime winter navigation system and its safety during the winter. This new kind of removable bow will make the whole industry more efficient and sustainable, as it will enable virtually any kind of tug to become an icebreaker ship. Our EDITRON system is easily adaptable for future optimizations and we are eager to learn more about our supercapacitor’s ability to control the peak powers. ...as Kari Savolainen, Project Manager at Danfoss Editron, commented. One of its key targets was the creation of a motorized icebreaking removable bow concept, which would enable ice-strengthened vessels to be used ...