Is there a noticeable change in the maritime transport flows in the Baltic Sea following the introduction of SECA regulation? was a question raised in many occasions and by many stakeholders before SECA entered into force 2015. Now we have an answer to that much-discussed question.

According to A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF FOREIGN TRADE FLOWS AND MARITIME TRANSPORT -report, the impact of more stringent sulphur limit introduced in 2015 was much less important than what was previously feared. In addition, there was no clear statistical evidence of modal shift from sea to land transport in the years 2015 – 2017.

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