01 Sep 2026
Photo by Jan Ledermann On an island off the Finnish city of Kotka, less than 100km from the Russian border, workers have been drilling bolts into ancient coastal cliffs to create a permanent attachment system for oil containment booms — a defence against what officials describe as a “very high” risk of a major […]
12 May 2026
Photo by Hubert Neufeld A newly published 20-year analysis of maritime incidents along the Northern Sea Route (NSR) has found that ice-related accidents are increasing even as melting sea ice opens the route to more traffic, raising fresh concerns about safety standards and rescue capacity along one of the world’s most remote and strategically […]
07 Apr 2026
Photo by Daniel Olah Sweden has seized and subsequently released an oil tanker linked to Russia’s shadow fleet after it was suspected of causing a 12-kilometre oil slick in the Baltic Sea east of Gotland, in what authorities described as a landmark case in the campaign to hold sanctioned vessels to account. The incident began in […]