Environment and safety
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Discounted vessel charges serve as incentives
The Port of Turku has encouraged shipping companies to take the environment into account by granting environmental …
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Digitalisation helps reach reductions in emissions
Increasing the digital aspects of port operations will reduce the carbon dioxide emissions of the entire transport …
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Safety is part of the port services
“Although the safety measures of ports are guided by a number of international and national regulations, the …
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Dredging masses are reused in earthworks in Turku
Turku Science Park is studying the utilisation of dredging masses and other excess soil in earthworks. It …
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SecurePax project aims at enhancing telecommunications and security
The European Union granted nearly 800,000 euros of financing to the Port of Turku’s SecurePax project which …
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The goal is to minimise the adverse impacts on the environment
The Port’s new environmental programme for 2019–2025 has been completed. The Port made an environmentally significant decision …
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Port of Turku and the City to end disposal of dredging masses in the sea
The disposal of dredging masses in the sea in Airisto has been a hot topic in the …
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Follow-up is an essential part of dredging
The environmental impacts of dredging are being debated on by both experts and citizens. The aspects of …
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Dredging contributes to the safety of seafaring
Dredging means making a waterway deeper or improving it by mechanically removing sediment i.e. soil accumulated at …
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Significant reduction of emissions with a Finnish invention
In mid-April, M/S Viking Grace became the first passenger vessel in the world that gets part of …
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Climate change brings green thinking to logistics
Green logistics is a concept consisting of various activities, and the goal to reduce the environmental impacts …
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Port invests in energy saving
The Port of Turku is renewing the lighting in the port area by investing in energy saving …