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Foreign Ships in Vulnerable Waters: Coastal Jurisdiction over Vessel-Source Pollution with Special Reference to the Baltic Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2019

Kari Hakapää
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Protection and preservation of the marine environment is a topical issue around the Baltic Sea. Not least does it refer to vessel-source pollution. The Baltic Sea is a particularly vulnerable sea area with its narrow waters, often severe climatic conditions, and growing tanker traffic, especially to and from Russian ports at the far end of the Gulf of Finland. By way of example, oil transports in the Gulf of Finland tripled in 1995 to 2003, recently reaching to some 78 million tons a year.

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International Journal of Legal Information , Volume 33 , Issue 2 , Summer 2005 , pp. 256 - 266
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Copyright © 2005 by the International Association of Law Libraries. 

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