BALTWRECK – Preventing massive marine waters chemical pollution from the leaking wrecks and munition/ weapon dumps in the South Baltic

• Programme: Interreg South Baltic Programme 2021–2027
• Total budget: 3,830,285.76 €
• ERDF funding: 3,064,228.60 €
• Duration: 2024–2027
• Lead Partner: Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery Polish Academy of Sciences
• Consortium: 14 partners from Poland, Lithuania, Germany and Sweden

OBJECTIVE

The BALTWRECK objective is to contribute to reducing pollution of the Baltic Sea by hazardous fuel, munitions and other remains of shipwrecks by jointly developing, demonstrating and implementing wreck management methods.

EXPECTED RESULTS

Results will include:
(1) efficient wrecks diagnostics methods,
(2) in-situ remediation technologies for hazardous fuels from wrecks as well as munition and explosives,
(3) testing the developed solutions in at least 3 pilot locations, and
(4) examining the toxicological risk for marine ecosystems caused by dumped munitions and hydrocarbon deposits.
Last but not least, the recommendations for policy makers, local marine and cities administration will be formulated.

The project aims to include municipalities located in the vicinity of wrecks in the decision process, by raising awareness of decision makers and general public via a series of workshops and conferences, as well as public information campaign.

The BALTWRECK project concentrates on four key areas:
1. Policy
2. Risk Assessment & decision making
3. Remediation
4. Public Awareness

The BALTWRECK Consortium consists of 14 partners and is coordinated by the Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery PAS.
  1. Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery Polish Academy of Sciences (https://www.imp.gda.pl)
  2. University of Gdańsk (https://ug.edu.pl)
  3. Association of Polish Communes Euroregion Baltic (https://eurobalt.org.pl/en/home-en)
  4. Gdynia Maritime University (https://umg.edu.pl/en)
  5. Klaipeda University (https://www.ku.lt/en)
  6. Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research in Warnemünde (io-warnemuende.de/en_index.html)
  7. JT Ship Service Tomasz Jatkowski
  8. Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (https://www.geomar.de/en)
  9. Nature Research Centre (https://gamtostyrimai.lt/en)
10. Chalmers University of Technology (https://www.chalmers.se/en)
11. German Environment Agency (https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/en)
12. North.io LtD. (https://north.io/en)
13. CLEANERGY LtD. (www.bioecoph.pl)
14. Jagiellonian University (https://en.uj.edu.pl/en_GB/start)

BALTWRECK aims to reach a wide spectrum of target groups, including international, national and local policy makers, local citizens and researchers in the field of marine waters and its environmental protection.