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What is going on with the Tallinn-Helsinki tunnel project?

At the end of April 2021, Estonia’s Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure Taavi Aas and Finland's Minister of Transport and Communications Timo Harakka signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation between the two countries in the transport sector. This is a good sign for the Helsinki-Tallinn tunnel initiative.The purpose of the MoU to promote … Continue reading What is going on with the Tallinn-Helsinki tunnel project? →

Environmental views on shipping, part 2: reducing exhaust gas emissions

“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”, writes Martin Stopford, the world’s most important maritime economist. The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) … Continue reading Environmental views on shipping, part 2: reducing exhaust gas emissions →

How does Finland’s foreign trade show at sea?

Figuratively speaking, Finland is an island. Finland lives off exports. Sea transport is our lifeline, but how are the goods shipped at sea? Maritime transport is not growing In 2019, Finland’s foreign trade, in tonnage, totalled 101 million tons. The total has fluctuated around 90–100 million tons since 2003. This means that the volume of … Continue reading How does Finland’s foreign trade show at sea? →

Environmental views on shipping, part 1

Maritime transport has traditionally been seen as an environmentally friendly mode of transport and has thus avoided the strict environmental regulation of other modes of transport. However, the situation changed rapidly after the 1990s, and in the 2010s, many new environmental controls have been introduced globally. The biggest local environmental impact from maritime transport is … Continue reading Environmental views on shipping, part 1 →

A perspective on organisational culture in relation to the sinking of the Estonia

In May 2007, Hannu Hänninen, Doctor of Economics, defended his dissertation on the sinking of the Estonia. According to his dissertation, this was a so-called systemic failure, meaning that it was due to the operating culture of the maritime transport industry at that time. No individual fault or person can be blamed for the accident. … Continue reading A perspective on organisational culture in relation to the sinking of the Estonia →