According to Are Piel, the chief of Navigation Department of the Estonian Waterways construction of the Nord stream pipeline would hardly have any significant impact on shipping in the Gulf of Finland, RZD-Partner.Ru reports quoting the official’s interview with a local radio station.
Are Piel said that the pipeline might cause ships to have changed their usual routes, a "common practice" in shipping. "Now, for example, the Finnish coastline of the bay is covered with ice, and most of the ships are sailing along the Estonian side" Are Piel said, adding that shippers should be compensated for the sail diversion.
Another expert, Juha-Antero Puistola, assistant professor at Higher Military School of Finland wrote in a Uusi-Suomi Saturday's issue, the Nord Stream pipeline would hardly stem the navigation or impose a security threat in the Baltic Sea region, since “the region is of very importance for Russia".
This is currently the region for 40% of all Russian seaborne shipments and at least 50% of all Russian crude oil exports. Therefore, the region has been, from a strategic point of view, so important that the Nord Stream will not change the situation, the Finnish expert writes.
He did not rule out that the Nord Stream might increase Russian Navy fleet in the Gulf of Finland to ensure safe construction works and the further pipeline operation.
Construction of the Nord Stream pipeline, meant to pump gas from Russia directly to Germany, is scheduled to start in April 2010.
Are Piel said that the pipeline might cause ships to have changed their usual routes, a "common practice" in shipping. "Now, for example, the Finnish coastline of the bay is covered with ice, and most of the ships are sailing along the Estonian side" Are Piel said, adding that shippers should be compensated for the sail diversion.
Another expert, Juha-Antero Puistola, assistant professor at Higher Military School of Finland wrote in a Uusi-Suomi Saturday's issue, the Nord Stream pipeline would hardly stem the navigation or impose a security threat in the Baltic Sea region, since “the region is of very importance for Russia".
This is currently the region for 40% of all Russian seaborne shipments and at least 50% of all Russian crude oil exports. Therefore, the region has been, from a strategic point of view, so important that the Nord Stream will not change the situation, the Finnish expert writes.
He did not rule out that the Nord Stream might increase Russian Navy fleet in the Gulf of Finland to ensure safe construction works and the further pipeline operation.
Construction of the Nord Stream pipeline, meant to pump gas from Russia directly to Germany, is scheduled to start in April 2010.