Finland introduces new safety zones for special transports on merchant fairways
A harmonised operating model is being developed for Finnish coastal merchant fairways, further securing the flow of special transports with safety zones. The new safety zones will be introduced at the beginning of January for designated Tornio and HaminaKotka fairways used by LNG tankers.
D/S POLO to support rail plans at Finland’s largest railway port - Port of Kokkola
The Port of Kokkola is a long-term user of Fintraffic’s D/S POLO service, which handles pier planning, crane reservations, and service orders, among others. Now, the service expands to rail planning, ensuring safe and smooth shunting on the private track and rail capacity management.
Air navigation strategy 2026: focus on the provision and development of air traffic management
The objectives of Fintraffic’s Air Navigation Services for 2026 focus on legal compliance, digitalisation of aviation, and promoting staff well-being and competencies.
NELSON Stakeholder Event - Good Cooperation Will Pave the Way to a Well-Functioning and Cost-Efficient Digital Maritime Future
The NELSON project hosted its stakeholder conference International Cooperation and Digitalisation in Maritime on 25 November 2025. The event brought together a wide range of perspectives on maritime digitalisation—from international cooperation and port digitalisation to e-navigation, remote pilotage and the future skills needed in our evolving ecosystem.
Invitation: NELSON Stakeholder Event 25 November 2025 – Register now
Welcome to the first stakeholder seminar of the NELSON project! The event will take place on 25 November 2025 from 9:00 to 12:00 at Studio Uusikumpu (Vuoritontuntie 22, 02200 Espoo).
INVITATION: MaDaMe and ORMOBASS Projects Making Progress – Welcome to the Smart Maritime Future in the Baltic Sea Region Seminar!
Fintraffic VTS is actively contributing to the developing of future of maritime services through the MaDaMe and ORMOBASS projects, co-funded by the EU’s Interreg Baltic Sea Region programme. After two years of development and testing, it is time to share our first results and discuss new services and opportunities together with maritime industry stakeholders.
FPC celebrates 15 years since launch of operations "No equivalent air traffic services provided elsewhere in Europe"
Fintraffic’s Air Navigation Services’ Flight Planning Centre (FPC) was established 15 years ago. Its purpose was to centralise support for air navigation services nationally at a single location. The Flan Planning Centre is a unique entity in Finland, and there is no equivalent anywhere in Europe. To celebrate the FPC’s anniversary, we are taking a look at how centralised flight planning services have been built over the years up to today.
New meeting and overtaking prohibition areas will be introduced in the Port of Turku fairways
On 1 May 2025, the busiest fairways in the Port of Turku will introduce new meeting and overtaking prohibition areas for merchant vessels, which will harmonise and clarify traffic regulations in the area.
