Finland forces ships to discharge wastewater in port

Finland forces ships to discharge wastewater in port
Sam Chambers December 13, 2024 https://splash247.com/finland-forces-ships-to-discharge-wastewater-disch...

The Finnish parliament has passed legislation banning cargo ships from discharging wastewater in the country’s coastal waters. The law will become effective next July.

“This is a huge achievement. Major environmental victories are rare, but this decision is truly world-class. No other country has enacted such ambitious laws,” Ville Wahlberg, CEO of the Baltic Sea Action Group (BSAG), told Yle, Finland’s national broadcasting corporation.

Neighbours Sweden and Denmark are looking at introducing similar measures with the Baltic, already an emissions control area, one of the world’s most protected seas.