Transportation of liquid bulk chemicals by tankers in the Baltic Sea

VTT, Helsinki, Finland, 2006, 155 p. — ISBN 951-38-6702-1.VTT Publication 595While gathering information about oil transportation for VTT Publication 547, Oil transportation and terminal development in the Gulf of Finland (2004), the question about other harmful substances transported in liquid bulk was raised. The Finnish Ministry of the Environment, Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) and Finnish Maritime Administration (FMA) have made it possible for us to continue the work on tanker transportations by financing this study. The area has been widened to cover the entire Baltic Sea.This publication introduces the statistics concerning the chemicals handled in liquid bulk in the Baltic Sea ports in 2004. The data is based on the public registers, data files and announcements of port authorities and operators. A special questionnaire on transported chemicals, and specifically on bulk form chemicals, was made for ports. Some of the ports have expressed their concern about giving what they consider to be sensitive information; alas, the data in this publication is not to be considered full and complete, but it does give an indication of where chemical tankers are sailing.ContentsAbstractPrefaceIntroductionEnvironmental issuesMarine chemical transportationPrevious chemical transportation studiesTransportation statisticsBrief analysis on chemical outflow and spreadingImproving safety of marine chemical transportationDiscussionRecommendationsReferences