Professor Ulla Tapaninen's blog
The key to the development of Finnish shipping is that it should be seen as its own internationally competitive industry, and not just as an activity that supports the export industry and security of supply.During my summer vacation, I found a treasure from ten years ago on my bookshelf "Global Shipping in Small Nations – … Continue reading What happened to Finnish shipping?
Global Maritime Forum offers a financially feasible tool for decarbonising Baltic Sea ferry lines. The European Union (EU) is introducing new regulation to reduce GHG intensity and emissions from the shipping industry under the ‘Fit for 55’ package to achieve the decarbonization goals set out in the European Green Deal. Global Maritime Forum writes that … Continue reading Global Maritime Forum proposes Baltic Sea ferry lines as Green Corridors
The fairway responsibility model would increase the responsibility of ports in icebreaking on access and archipelago routes. HELSINGIN SANOMAT reported (2.6.) that Finland achieved its goal in the EU climate package by considering the special conditions of winter shipping. Finland's foreign trade is almost entirely dependent on shipping, and the rise in the cost of … Continue reading It is possible to reduce the cost of icebreaking
There is a need to introduce common economic incentives to support the development of environmentally friendly maritime transport both in and between Finland and Estonia. Finland and Estonia both have a small but lively and nationally significant maritime clusters. They are different but are linked each other through skills, manpower and development projects. Many Estonian … Continue reading Finnish and Estonian maritime clusters should be developed together
Martin Stopford, the world’s best known maritime economist wrote in April 2020: “In the next 20 years the maritime industry must rebuild its cargo fleet. If this is done with the radical technologies now available, it will lead to the biggest change in ship design since steam replaced sail in the 19th century.” Shipping has … Continue reading Stricter environmental norms are coming – how can shipping companies cope?
Supporting tonnage under the Finnish flag has long been an inadequate and ineffective measure from a security of supply point of view, as potential disruptions are increasingly occurring far from our sea areas and affect only a small proportion of products. Tonnage management will not help if the product is not available. Expert opinion Parliamentary … Continue reading Expert opinion on maritime security of supply
Already in 2008 the international shipping has achieved the so-called decoupling. Since 2008, emissions from maritime transport in relation to tonne-kilometers transported have decreased slightly, although tonne-kilometers have continued to increase (IMO 2020). This has largely been done through operational solutions, such as slowing down at sea while streamlining port operations. Expert opinion 6.4.2022 Finnish … Continue reading Expert opinion Fit for 55
A quarter of a century ago, I began my career in shipping. My first job at the shipping company was to clean up my new room. It had been used as a project room for the Metropolitan Port, a project more commonly known as the Port of Kantvik. The project had just been finished, it … Continue reading Helsinki Western Harbour congestion, what is it all about?
Tales of Talsinki 