Professor Ulla Tapaninen's blog
This summer we have again had to state the weak situation of the Baltic Sea. Blue-green algae blooms have taken over the beaches. As we know, blue-green algae blooms are caused by the fact that the nutrients they need, especially nitrogen and phosphorus, have flowed into the Baltic Sea too much for decades. To our … Continue reading Are cargo ships eutrophicating the Baltic Sea?
The rejection of EU funding does not indicate the financial unprofitability of the project, but, among other things, its suitability for the call of proposals in question. Recently, there has been a discussion (for example HS 29.7.) about why the West Railway did not receive EU support. According to publicly available information, the maturity of … Continue reading The rejection decision of the EU CEF-funding of West Railway was expected
Ports have traditionally been studied using the Anyport model developed by Professor Bird in the 1960s. According to it, the port and the city are born close to each other, for safety reasons often as deep inland as is possible based on the navigability of the archipelago or the river. In the second stage of … Continue reading What can soft values of ports give - how does a port get general acceptance for its operations?
I often hear opinions that Estonia, as a small country, cannot do anything to slow down climate change. Besides, there are so few Estonians that even if the entire country reduced its greenhouse gas emissions to zero, its global impact would still be negligible. Is it really so? Statistics say that China and the USA … Continue reading Could Estonia focus on the carbon handprint?
Science is an attempt to systematically understand the world with the help of different explanations. Science is not the truth but the attempt to find the truth. Young doctorate students often believe that eventually they will find the truth. Little by little, the researchers begin to notice that countless studies have already been done, and … Continue reading Successful science is made of collaboration
At the beginning of April, I was in Brussels for this year's Connecting Europe Days seminar. More than 3,200 participants from more than 80 countries gathered at the conference. Ministers, politicians, financial institutions, industry representatives, transport stakeholders and the European Commission and related agencies participated. Concrete actions were discussed and good practices were shared to … Continue reading By land and sea from Belgium to Finland
Finland's economy is highly dependent on world trade. Due to its geographical location, sea transport is the most significant form of transport in Finland - especially now that trade with Russia has decreased considerably. In 2023, the Finnish foreign trade was just under 230 billion euros, of which almost exactly half was imports and half … Continue reading How did Finnish sea transport volumes look like in 2023?
When talking about corporate sustainability, we come across the letters ESG. In business life, sustainability is reflected in how the company commits to sustainability goals in its operations. Should this idea of sustainable consumption be extended to transport as well? What kind of ESG goals are the shipping companies committed to? There is a lot … Continue reading Seamen’s Service must be reformed to take into account all shipping companies
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