Marine environment
On these pages we explain environmental obligations in maritime transport, such as waste delivery in ports and emissions trading.
- The application for approval to be recognised as a verifier of maritime transport emissions trading
- For Shipping Companies and Shipowners
- National maritime wastewater discharge prohibitions
- Legislation on emissions trading in maritime transport
- Emissions trading in maritime transport in the EU region
- EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) for Maritime Transport
- For the shipping MRV verifiers
- Administrative fees for maritime emissions trading in Finland
- Frequently Asked Questions about maritime transport and the EU ETS
Current topics on the marine environment
Finland begins to check insurance certificates of tankers coming from Russia
, updated at 15:00As from 11 December 2024, Finland will start asking tankers to provide insurance details. The requirement applies to tankers that come from Russia and carry crude oil or petroleum products.
Cooperation between the John Nurminen Foundation and Traficom reduces chemical emissions into the Baltic Sea
, updated at 9:07When a tanker carrying liquid bulk cargoes – that is, chemicals – washes its tanks, this can result in the discharge of hundreds of litres of harmful and hazardous chemicals into the sea in one go. The John Nurminen Foundation and the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom have launched a project that seeks to identify the most harmful and hazardous chemical discharges into the Baltic Sea resulting from the washing of tanks in chemical tankers calling at Finnish ports. It also seeks to find solutions to reduce permissible discharges.