During the New Hansa project, common guidelines for three concrete
practices – prevention of ships’ emissions to the
air, receiving and handling waste from the ships and management
of waste waters – were created (Memorandum of Understanding on Sustainable Ports and Maritime Policy in the Baltic Sea Region).
The first phase of the project was information
gathering and analysis. Information on ships’ emissions
to the air, waste treatment and waste water management was
collected from all participating ports by the University of Turku,
Centre for Maritime Studies in Pori, Finland.
A dialogue between participating ports, cities,
shipping lines and other stakeholders followed in order
to identify possible common solutions and good practices to build
on. Good practices found were agreed upon and formulated into
common recommendations to improve and harmonise emission prevention
practices, waste treatment and waste water management step-by-step
in all Baltic ports.
Results,
practices and experiences from ports and cities were discussed
in a number of joint workshops. During the project, three newsletters
were published for the dissemination of the results.
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