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HELCOM Actions to Eliminate Illegal and Accidental Oil Pollution from Ships in the Baltic Sea

Authors : Anne Christine Brusendorff, Samuli Korpinen, Laura Meski, Monika Stankiewicz

Published in: Oil Pollution in the Baltic Sea

Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Abstract

The Baltic Sea countries have been quite successful in preventing major pollution spills from shipping, and establishing a system to monitor ship traffic and detect illegal oil spills using aerial and satellite surveillance. The regional cooperation is carried out in the framework of HELCOM, an intergovernmental organization of the nine coastal states and the European Union. Ships operating in the Baltic Sea have to follow strict global and regional anti-discharge regulations, and the number of illegal, deliberate oil discharges has decreased since 1980s substantially. While the risk of large accidental spills is constantly present, requiring that sufficient response capacities are available in the region, smaller oil discharges also pose a threat to, and have an impact on the marine environment of the Baltic Sea.

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Title: HELCOM Actions to Eliminate Illegal and Accidental Oil Pollution from Ships in the Baltic Sea
Authors: Anne Christine Brusendorff
Samuli Korpinen
Laura Meski
Monika Stankiewicz
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Book: Oil Pollution in the Baltic Sea
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-38475-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-642-38476-9

Copyright Year: 2014
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2011_131