Seminar program
Seminar handout
Participants
Seminar presentations
If you wish to make use of the presentations, please contact the author first.Setting the Scene: The Extent of the Problem, Potentially Polluting Wrecks in the Baltic Sea
Associate Professor Ida-Maja Hassellöv, Chalmers University of Technology
Adjunct Professor Henrik Ringbom, Åbo Akademi University
State Responsibility and Sunken Ships (Flag and Coastal State Perspectives)
Associate Professor Henning Jessen, World Maritime University
Environmental Threats from Wrecks: The Point of View of the Environmental Authorities
HRD Manager Jorma Rytkönen, Finnish Environment Institute
Lessons Learned from Canada with a Comparative Analysis on Selected EU Jurisdictions
Professor Neil Bellefontaine & PhD Tafsir Johansson, World Maritime University
Professor Neil Bellefontaine, PhD Tafsir Johansson et.al.
Russian Legislation on Wreck Removal
Professor Alexander Skaridov, Admiral Makarov State Maritime University
A Coherent National Strategy: The Swedish Experience
PhD & Researcher Fredrik Lindgren, Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management
Does Antiquities Act Really Prevent Environmental Protection?
Legal Advisor Juha Maaperä, Finnish Heritage Agency
Professor Markku Suksi, Åbo Akademi University
Remedying Environmental Damage from Wrecks: The Liability of Owners and Salvors
Professor Emeritus Peter Wetterstein, Åbo Akademi University
Wreck Removal Contracts Between Governments and Private Parties: Scandinavian Experiences
Senior Legal Adviser Kjersti Tusvik, Norwegian Coastal Administration
Director, Captain Nicholas Sloane, Resolve Marine Group
Examples of Administrative Complexities in Finland
LL.M. Ville Peltokorpi, Scientific and Technical Diver
Examples of Administrative Complexities, Finnish Environment Institute
HRD Manager Jorma Rytkönen
BALEX and the Finnish Environment Institute SYKE are organizing a seminar for state authorities and other interested parties who are working with shipwrecks in the Baltic Sea. The seminar with the topic “Wrecks as Environmental Risks: The Legal Framework” will take place 29-30 November 2017 in Helsinki, Finland.
BALEX and SYKE wish to highlight the legal issues linked to sunken shipwrecks in the Baltic Sea and related hazardous waste dumped in the sea. The focus is on the rights and obligations of the various parties involved in these operations in practice. This includes discussions on the requirements, limits and guidance placed by international law, national legislation and the national or local authorities as well as questions relating to distribution of costs and responsibilities between authorities, flag States, other owners and coastal States. The aim of the seminar is to shed light on the regulation of shipwrecks, highlight the existing problems, try to find solutions to them and improve the cooperation between different parties. The seminar will be concluded with a round table discussion for civil servants from different governmental authorities who work with wrecks in practice, with a view to finding practical solutions to existing challenges.
We are primarily concentrating on wrecks that are covered neither by cultural heritage rules nor by the Nairobi Convention on wreck removal. However, both instruments will obviously feature in the discussions. A particular emphasis will be on Finnish legislation and the Finnish administrative context, but in order to learn from each other and strengthen the international cooperation we warmly welcome participants from other Baltic Sea region states as well!