MIMIC
Minimizing risks of maritime oil transport by holistic safety strategies
- Thematic cluster:
- Vigorous sea
- Programme:
- Central Baltic Programme
- Priority:
- 1. Safe and healthy environment
- Direction of support:
- Supporting sustainable spatial planning and environmental management
- Duration:
- May 2011 - Dec 2013 (2 years, 8 months)
- Total funding:
- 2 072 340 €
- ERDF funding:
- 1 590 560 €
- EUSBSR Priority area
- Protection from emergencies and accidents on land
To become a leading region in maritime safety and security
- Website:
- http://www.merikotka.fi/mimic
Development idea
Oil transportation in the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Finland poses transnational risks to the marine environment. Maritime oil transportation is also vulnerable to security threats – an area which attracts less attention on the Baltic Sea. Traditionally, improvements to maritime safety regulation have been realised only after major accidents. Post-accident policies are not very comprehensive and may be biased by the characteristics of a certain accident.
Aim of the project
The aim of the project was to combine the information provided so far in earlier projects dealing with maritime safety and risks related to oil transportation with new information about the less studied aspects of maritime accidents and risks.
Main project activities
The MIMIC project assessed the current control options, policy instruments, and overall safety management in society, and provided this information for stakeholders and decision-makers. The project also estimated the environmental effects and financial consequences of oil spills. Ultimately, these efforts resulted in a web application for decision analysis and support as well as seminars and training exercises concerning the security threats and oil accident response.
Partners
Kotka Maritime Research Association
- Country:
- Finland
- Region:
- Kymenlaakso
- ERDF funding:
- 211 702 €
- Amount of eligible national funding:
- 70 568 €
University of Turku, Centre for Maritime Studies
- Country:
- Finland
- Region:
- Kymenlaakso
- ERDF funding:
- 157 500 €
- Amount of eligible national funding:
- 52 500 €
University of Tartu, Estonian Marine Institute
- Country:
- Estonia
- Region:
- Lõuna – Eesti
- ERDF funding:
- 170 000 €
- Amount of eligible national funding:
- 30 000 €
University of Helsinki, Department of Environmental Sciences
- Country:
- Finland
- Region:
- Uusimaa
- ERDF funding:
- 241 875 €
- Amount of eligible national funding:
- 80 625 €
Tallinn University of Technology
- Country:
- Estonia
- Region:
- Põhja-Eesti
- ERDF funding:
- 138 627 €
- Amount of eligible national funding:
- 24 465 €
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
- Country:
- Sweden
- Region:
- Östergötland
- ERDF funding:
- 96 000 €
- Amount of eligible national funding:
- 32 000 €
Kymenlaakso University of Applied Sciences
- Country:
- Finland
- Region:
- Kymenlaakso
- ERDF funding:
- 195 000 €
- Amount of eligible national funding:
- 65 000 €
Finnish Environment Institute
- Country:
- Finland
- Region:
- Uusimaa
- ERDF funding:
- 106 941 €
- Amount of eligible national funding:
- 35 648 €
Aalto University Foundation (operating as Aalto University)
- Country:
- Finland
- Region:
- Uusimaa
- ERDF funding:
- 272 917 €
- Amount of eligible national funding:
- 90 973 €
Results
Report "Maritime safety in the Gulf of Finland. Evaluation of the regulatory system"
The report discovers how maritime governance systems and maritime safety policy instruments could be made more efficient in the future in order to improve the maritime safety level.
Results of the research are based on a literature review and nine expert interviews, with participants from shipping companies, interest groups and authorities.
Maritime safety in the Gulf of Finland. Evaluation of the regulatory system ENG
Report "Oil transportation in the Gulf of Finland in 2020 and 2030"
The report analyses the current structure of maritime oil transportation in the Baltic Sea and forecasts the future development in the Gulf of Finland until 2020 and 2030.
The future scenarios help to analyze future risks and to develop necessary risk mitigation measures in order to decrease the risk of an oil accident at sea. The alternative scenarios for 2020 and 2030 describe oil transportation volumes in different circumstances considering, for example, energy policies and the economic situation. Future oil volumes are based on expert estimations.
Oil transportation in the Gulf of Finland in 2020 and 2030 ENG
Overview on the Cost-effectiveness of Maritime Safety Policy Instruments
The report presents an overview of the cost-effectiveness of maritime safety policy instruments.
The study focuses on what kind of costs maritime safety policy causes, to whom, what affects the cost-effectiveness and how cost-effectiveness is studied. The study is based on a literature review and on the interviews of Finnish maritime experts.
Overview on the Cost-effectiveness of Maritime Safety Policy Instruments ENG
