Aronnax

In this third and final Aronnax miniseries, Craig is onboard the Finnlines ferry Finnfellow which takes him from Travemunde in Germany, North through the southern part of the Baltic Sea, to Malmö in Sweden. He talks to two of the youngest officers onboard and ponders the growing activities in the Baltic Sea and the much needed spatial planning to ensure it all happens sustainably and without hitch.LinksFathom WorldVASAB (Vision and Strategies Around the Baltic Sea)FinnlinesSeaFocus (and the Intelligence Hunt)

The Baltic Sea has huge economic, social and political importance. The ship's that sail it and the environmental work to save it are oft forgotten cogs in these machinations.In this first of three episodes I take three trips on three routes operated by Finnlines to talk to the crew about their careers and their views of the future. and to experts about the Baltic and work to clean it up and ensure its economic value can be sustainably achieved.This second part includes a visit to Helcom to discuss the issues of the poor environmental health of the Baltic Sea, unexploded ordnance and Russia, and then my conversations onboard Finnline's Finnlady while we travelled South.More details about the trip including photos and video clips can be found on www.fathom.world.Many thanks to Finnlines for letting me travel on their vessels and to give me such open access to the crew and to Sea Focus and the Intelligence Hunt programme who helped make it possible

The Baltic Sea has huge economic, social and political importance. The ship's that sail it and the environmental work to save it are oft forgotten cogs in these machinations.In this first of three episodes I take three trips on three routes operated by Finnlines to talk to the crew about their careers and their views of the future. and to experts about the Baltic and work to clean it up and ensure its economic value can be sustainably achieved. This first part reflects the crew and journey from Kapellskär, north of Stockholm, to Naantali, in the South West of Finland.More details about the trip including photos and video clips can be found on www.fathom.world.Many thanks to Finnlines for letting me travel on their vessels and to give me such open access to the crew and to Sea Focus and the Intelligence Hunt programme who helped make it possible

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Talks are still going on in Brussels (this is early December 2022) about the changes to the European emission trading scheme.However the part about bringing shipping into it and how it will get a special fund to help decarbonise seems to have been agreedCraig Eason talks to ECSA's Sotiris Raptis and Transport & Environment's Faig Abbasov, to organisations normally on opposing side of the table, on why they agree the news is goof news