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Note our new address!

2.9.20242.9.2024

Our new address is Salakuljettajantie 4, 48100 Kotka. Our workspace is located on the Kotka campus of South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences.

Categories Current
Stakeholders’ perspectives on the sustainable development of marinas in the Gulf of Finland
New publication on management of harmful organisms in the Baltic Sea

Recent Posts

  • The green transition in maritime transport requires systemic change
  • WATERWAYS project supports sustainable use of maritime routes
  • Open position – We are looking for a PROJECT RESEARCHER
  • Presenting Research and Networking at the ICES Conference
  • New publication on management of harmful organisms in the Baltic Sea

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2025
  • The green transition in maritime transport requires systemic change
  • WATERWAYS project supports sustainable use of maritime routes
2024
  • Open position – We are looking for a PROJECT RESEARCHER
  • Presenting Research and Networking at the ICES Conference
  • New publication on management of harmful organisms in the Baltic Sea
  • Note our new address!
  • Stakeholders’ perspectives on the sustainable development of marinas in the Gulf of Finland
  • Thesis: Towards enhanced safety in the age of autonomous shipping
2023
  • Komarec23: Sustainable Development of Maritime Operations Requires a Shared Situational Picture
  • Doctoral thesis: A novel toolbox for risk management in maritime remote pilotage
  • SEE CONFERENCE PROGRAM HERE! #komarec23
  • A Joint Statement of the Merikotka Core Research Network on the Coastal Strategy
  • Call for Abstracts opened
  • Kotka Maritime Research Conference #komarec23
  • Interested in algorithms and probability distributions? – Contact us, we are recruiting
  • GYROSCOPE project studies digital solutions in the green transition of marine logistics
  • Research article: new toolkit helps to develop disaster preparedness training
2022
  • The SIMREC seminar brought together experts in oil spill response and maritime simulators
  • A road map for designing simulator-based oil spill response trainings published
  • Doctoral dissertation: Systems modelling can support the sustainable development of maritime traffic
  • SEMINAR: Simulator exercises for oil spill response and preparedness
  • Research article: a decision analysis model to compare biofouling management strategies
  • Emilia Luoma to be a project researcher in VISIIRI project
2021
  • Tools to encourage intersectoral dialogue are needed in oil spill risk governance
  • Article: Well-organized sewage management advances comprehensive sustainability of boating and marinas
  • Doctoral dissertation on the environmental impacts of seabed mining
  • INFUTURE Final conference Tue 30.11. – Wed 1.12.2021
  • Doctoral dissertation on the use of AIS-data for vessel collision risk analysis
  • A recent scientific article explores biofouling management in shipping
  • Assessing and managing the risks of oil accidents – Doctoral dissertation
  • Annual Report 2020 published
  • COMPLETE project will be followed by an extension stage project COMPLETE PLUS
  • COMPLETE Final Conference materials available
  • Reports of research assessment are now published
  • Annukka Lehikoinen will start as a new Research Director
  • Final Conference of the COMPLETE project coming up on 9-10 February 2021
2020
  • Oil Spill Response in the Northern Baltic and Arctic Areas-Twitter conference 14.1.2021
  • Merry Christmas!
  • Potential Cargo Flows and Routing in Inland Waterways of Lake Saimaa and Volga-Balt area
  • Installation and start of practical testing of Finnish buoys
  • How can we simulate ship performance in level ice reliably and efficiently?
  • OPEN POSITION – We are seeking a RESEARCH DIRECTOR
  • Invitation to participate – INFUTURE Round Tables
  • Doctoral dissertation today
  • Our new address!
  • Read digital Kotka Maritime Research Center Annual Report 2019
  • Open post-doc position at Aalto University
  • Sailing boat hull with a patchwork of anti-fouling paints for studying biofouling growth
  • Potential of Inland waterways is truly seen!
2019
  • COMPLETE Stakeholder Conference materials now downloadable at the web
  • Comprehensive Academic Studies on Finnish – Russian IWW
  • Final evaluation of the DigiPort project, part 4.
  • Final evaluation of the DigiPort project, part 3.
  • INFUTURE Seminar: Inland Waterways and Cargo Potential
  • Merikotka and BONUS BALTIMARI hosted a panel discussion on improving uptake from research to practice
  • Final evaluation of the DigiPort project, part 2.
  • Final evaluation of the DigiPort project, part 1.
  • Questionnaire for leisure craft owners opened!
  • Baltic Sea Village 2019
  • INFUTURE seminar in NEVA2019
  • The first issue of COMPLETE project newsletter has been published
  • SAVE THE DATE: COMPLETE Stakeholder Conference on 4-5 December 2019
  • New article on Port Digitalization published
  • Aalto hosts the ISSAV and ESWC 2019
  • INFUTURE visit Volgo-Balt Administration in St Petersburg
  • Hack the Port created new digital solution ideas for the port
  • The Baltic Seas International Maritime Conference: Call for Abstracts open
  • COMPLETE project at IMO GloFouling Partnerships Project Kick Off
  • COMPLETE at ICES WGBOSV and ICES/IOC/IMO WGITMO meetings
  • Status of ports digitalization – report available
  • Artificial intelligence onboard – how does data change maritime transport?
2018
  • COMPLETE at the Joint HELCOM/OSPAR TG BALLAST meeting
  • Research Director’s blog: Who are we?
  • COMPLETE at the PA Ship Steering Committee Meeting
  • Port digitalization gained interest at DigiPort AamuAreena
  • KMRC involved in the trilateral co-operation of Gulf of Finland
  • Flagship project developing management strategies for ships’ ballast water and hull fouling
  • Maria Hänninen Appointed Research Director at Kotka Maritime Research Centre
  • COMPLETE was presented at the HELCOM MARITIME
  • Morning Coffee at the Helsinki Baltic Herring Market
  • New Research Project for Development of Inland Navigation
  • Drawing competition for kids organized in summer 2018
  • International Evaluation of Research Activities Begins
  • Children Inspired to Draw by Introduced Species
  • Open data in ports – requirement or opportunity?
  • Baltic Sea Village at the Kotka Maritime Days Festival
  • Merimaili Visits 30MILES Ports
  • 30MILES at Naantali’s Saaristo Areena Event
  • 30MILES introduces new tool for port design
  • 30MILES final seminar
  • Digitalisation and data as solutions to ports’ problems?
  • 30MILES at Boat Shows in Helsinki, Stockholm and Tallinn
  • Responsible Maritime Transport
  • COMPLETE at ICES WGBOSV and ICES/IOC/IMO WGITMO in Madeira on 5-9 March 2018
2017
  • COMPLETE project presented at the 8th Meeting of the Joint HELCOM/OSPAR TG Ballast
  • COMPLETE at EUSBSR PA Ship Steering Committee meeting on 7 November 2017
  • COMPLETE presented at BONUS SYMPOSIUM in Tallinn 17-19 October 2017
  • COMPLETE at the HELCOM MARITIME 17-2017
  • Wihuri Foundation Grants Funding for KMRC Professorship
  • Low-carbon energy gains ground in ports
  • Final Seminar of the “Low-Carbon Ports” Project
2016
  • Results presented at DEVPORT symposium in Le Havre
2015
  • IMISS 2015 – International Maritime Incident and Near Miss Reporting Conference
  • Final seminar on 25 August 2015 in the context of the IMISS 2015 seminar, part of the Maritime Safety Week
2014
  • INTER final seminar 2 December 2014
  • RescOP project presented in Brussels
  • Gastropod unknown to science discovered in Finland
  • WINOIL Final Seminar
2013
  • Baltic Sea Oil Spill Conference 20-21.11.2013
  • CAFE at European Maritime Days
  • OILRISK results in Kymen Sanomat
2012
  • InnoSuomi 2011 winners selected
  • Public lecture

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Kotka Maritime Research Center
Salakuljettajantie 4
48100 Kotka
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+358 40 752 4392

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