The Baltic Sea
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The Baltic Sea has been important not just to the Scandinavian countries and Russia, but to the evolution of all Europe. But most of us are not really very familiar with the geography of the Baltic or the international organizations and cooperation needed to keep the sea healthy and open as a major trade route.
(NASA Satellite photo: The Baltic Sea in Winter)
(NASA Satellite photo: The Baltic Sea in Winter)
Contents at a Glance
The Baltic Sea and Its Associated Gulfs
The Gulf of Finland
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The Gulf of Bothnia
The Gulf of Riga
The Skagerrak
The Kattegat
The Baltic Region
Blogging The Baltic
- First Urals Cargo Said to Be Offered From Ust-Luga, New Baltic Terminal
- OAO Surgutneftegas (SGTPY), Russia's fourth- largest oil producer, issued a tender to sell Urals crude from the new Baltic Sea terminal at Ust-Luga for loading from Feb. 27 to Feb. 28, said two traders who participate in the market.
- Baltic board discusses legislation
- By Luke Tatge With House Bill 1234 and its amendments on the task list for the South Dakota State Legislature to decide upon, the Baltic School Board made its own assessment of the bill during a rescheduled meeting Feb. 8.
- The Baltic Dry shipping index just turned a big corner
- After a harrowing two-month plunge, the Baltic Dry index of shipping costs has finally rounded a bottom. The question is whether this is more than a brief respite for this key indicator of the health of global commodity markets -- everything from grain ...
- Baltic overflight tests ESA's PARIS receiver
- By comparing GPS signals arriving directly from space and the same signals bounced back from the Baltic Sea they measured a tiny 2 cm per kilometre sloping sea surface due to local gravity variations. The airborne trial 3 km above the Baltic marked the ...
Books on The Baltic Sea
News Posts from Google on the Baltic Sea
- First Urals Cargo Said to Be Offered From Ust-Luga, New Baltic Terminal
- OAO Surgutneftegas (SGTPY), Russia's fourth- largest oil producer, issued a tender to sell Urals crude from the new Baltic Sea terminal at Ust-Luga for loading from Feb. 27 to Feb. 28, said two traders who participate in the market.
- Baltic overflight tests ESA's PARIS receiver
- By comparing GPS signals arriving directly from space and the same signals bounced back from the Baltic Sea they measured a tiny 2 cm per kilometre sloping sea surface due to local gravity variations. The airborne trial 3 km above the Baltic marked the ...
- Tougher Ship-Fuel Sulfur Limits Endorsed by EU Parliament Panel
- The committee also decided to reduce sulfur in fuel used by all ships in EU waters other than the Baltic Sea, North Sea and English Channel to 0.5 percent in 2015 and 0.1 percent in 2020 from 3.5 percent at present. In addition, the panel voted to ...
- Baltic sea index slumps to 25-year low
- Capesize earnings stays below operating cost level * Main index falls below levels seen during 2008 turmoil By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Feb 1 (Reuters) - The Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index, which tracks rates to ship dry commodities, ...
Links on the Baltic Sea
- Euroregion Baltic - Cooperation in the Baltic Sea
- EU Strategy for Baltic Sea
- Baltic Sea Tourism Commission
- Baltic Sea Tourism Commission
- CBSS - Council of the Baltic Sea States
- Council of the Baltic Sea States
Connections
Countries with Baltic Coastlines
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