The future of maritime activities in the Baltic Sea region, more specifically the environmental dimension and related planning work, is… Read More »
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Checking up pressures on the Baltic environment
Since most of our activities on land and at sea create pressures on—and changes to—the sensitive marine environment, mapping the… Read More »
Shared support for the threatened Baltic harbour porpoise
This week the harbour porpoise, the threatened and also the only small whale (cetacean) species of the Baltic Sea, gets… Read More »
Small Danish vessel brings Atlantic spirit to HELCOM Balex Delta 2016
Danish Naval Home Guard vessel MHV 904 Lyø sails 700 nautical miles with 12 crew from Esbjerg on the Danish… Read More »
EU takes over HELCOM Chairmanship
Reaching a healthy Baltic Sea ecosystem by 2021, promoting innovation for a sustainable Blue Economy and tackling the challenge of… Read More »
Notes on the Estonian Chairmanship of HELCOM
On 30 June 2016, by Harry Liiv, Chair of HELCOM 2014-16 Estonian chairmanship in HELCOM focused on pollution management, management and… Read More »
HELCOM promotes cleaner practices for ships’ sewage
This week the positive progress in management of ships’ sewage in the Baltic Sea region is further boosted by a… Read More »
Response on the shore brings good neighbours even closer
Latvia and Lithuania demonstrate joint onshore capacity at Balex Delta 2016. During Balex Delta regional exercise in Klaipeda this week, Latvian and… Read More »
Oil disaster drill in the Baltic Sea completed successfully
Ten cubic meters of popcorn played the leading role of a large oil slick today offshore Klaipeda, Lithuania, in the… Read More »
HELCOM countries submit Baltic Sea NECA application to IMO
Final stage for HELCOM in making the Baltic Sea area cleaner from Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) emissions from ships was reached… Read More »