Acknowledge­ments

The assessment presented in this report would not have been possible without the cooperation of many people. First we would like to thank Ms. Nadya Maslova, project coordinator with the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA). She was the liaison officer that linked the project team to the Technical Advisory Committee of the Nordic Council of Ministers, that acted as a Steering Committee. The guidance of the other members of the Steering Committee was of utmost importance for which the authors of this report are grateful. Its members were (presented in alphabetical order): Ms. Katrín Sóley Bjarnadóttir (Iceland), Ms. Johanna Eriksson (Sweden), Ms. Kristine Von Hanno (Norway), Ms. Maja Heegaard (Denmark/Greenland), Mr. Frank Jensen (Denmark), Ms. Helén Klint (Sweden), Ms. Mirka Laurila-Pant (Finland), Ms. Pipaluk Lynge-Rasmussen (Denmark/Greenland), Ms. Anne Christine Parborg Meaas (Norway) and Ms. Julia Talvitie (Finland).

Information and visions on the background of the topic and the current state of play regarding levels of pollution, legislation, measures and actions were provided by a large number of people that are thanked for their contribution, including (in alphabetical order): Mr. Rune Bergstrøm (Copenhagen Agreement), Ms. Katrín Sóley Bjarnadóttir  (Icelandic Environmental Agency), Ms. Therese Bornemann Christensen (Danish Maritime Authority), Ms. Halla Einarsdóttir (Icelandic Environment Agency), Ms. Johanna Eriksson (Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management), Mr. Lars Christian Espenes (provided information in written form, Norwegian Maritime Agency), Ms. Maja Heegaard (Government of Greenland), Mr. Johan Genestig (Swedish Coast Guard), Ms. Kristine von Hanno (Norwegian Environment Agency) , Ms. Mirja Ikonen (provided information in written form, Finnish Transport Agency), Mr. Frank Jensen (Danish Ministry of Environment), Ms. Helén Klint  (Swedish Environmental Protection Agency), Ms. Florina Lachmann  (West Coast Trust), Mr. Fredrik Lindgren (Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management), Mr. Fredrik T. Lindgren (Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management), Mr. Ryan Metcalfe (KIMO-Denmark), Mr. Nicolay Moe (Oslofjorden Recreation Council),  Ms. Ragnhild Nyland (MARFO), Mr. Dominic Pattinson (Bonn Agreement & OSPAR Convention), and Ms. Lise Maria Strömqvist (MARFO). The Norwegian Coastal Administration is thanked for sharing a number of photos of the pollution caused by and the clean-up actions after the Trans Carrier incident which are used in this report.