HELSINKI COMMISSION

     
Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission

     
HELCOM RECOMMENDATION 25/7

     
SAFETY OF WINTER NAVIGATION IN THE BALTIC SEA AREA

     
     
Adopted 2 March 2004
having regard to Article 13, Paragraph b)
of the Helsinki Convention

THE COMMISSION,

CONSCIOUS of the sensitivity of the marine environment of the Baltic Sea area and of the importance it represents to the people living around it, for economical, social, recreational and cultural reasons,

NOTING the increase of shipping activities, especially the increase of oil transportation, in the Baltic Sea area during the past ten years,

NOTING ALSO the special requirements set for maritime transportation by low temperature and ice conditions in winter in the Baltic Sea area,

NOTING FURTHER the important work of the Baltic Sea Ice Services to provide information on ice conditions in the Baltic Sea area,