BSR InnoShip 

- Baltic Sea cooperation for reducing ship and port emissions through knowledge- & innovation-based competitiveness

Maritime transport in the Baltic Sea constitutes an important part of the trade and services in the region and for the whole Europe. Baltic shipping is constantly growing and some of the busiest shipping routes in the world go through the Baltic Sea. Consequently, ship exhaust emissions are increasing and affecting large geographical areas due to atmospheric transport of the pollutants.

IMO has designated the Baltic Sea as a Sulphur Emission Control Area (SECA) requiring a progressive reduction in sulphur oxide (SOx) emissions from ships by 2015.

Due to more stringent international requirements for reducing harmful atmospheric emissions, shipping industry in the Baltic Sea will be faced in the next five years with substantially increased fuel expenses, logistics costs and needs for large investments into low-emission technology and infrastructure. At the same time economies in the Baltic Sea countries are suffering from impacts of the global recession.

In this framework, the Baltic Sea countries are to prepare national implementation plans to bring effect the IMO limitations for emissions. EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive, the EU Strategy and Action Plan for the BSR and HELCOM encourage transnational cooperation between national and regional governance for coordinating various initiatives and making the Baltic Sea a model region for

clean shipping in Europe.

BSR InnoShip Brochure

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BSR InnoShip brochure