Alg@line

20 years of Baltic Sea monitoring

1986-1989 Prehistory

Mati Kahru, Sulev Nômmann (EMI),Kaisa Kononen, Juha-Markku LeppänenTesting of flow-through systems in PEX86 project (ICES Baltic patchiness study)on board Arnold WeimerTesting the system on board Arandaduring the ”vernal missions”

1990

Unparalleled by her reputation as the homeof the Finnish vodka-tourism, GO had thehonour of being the 1st Alg@linerGO acted within Alg@line 1990-91, butsteamed on her route altogether 1980-2000Mihail Gorbatšov sailed on board toReykjavik for having a presidential meetingwith Ronald Reagan back in 1987

Leading ActressGeorg OtsSupporting ActorsMati Kahru, Sulev Nômmann (EMI)MTLAlg@crewProductionEstonian Shipping CompanyDirectionHelsinki-Tallinn

1992

The most famous Baltic ferry had a longcareer, grounding the Alg@line brand,first 1992-97 across the Baltic Proper,and yet 1998-2004 across the Gulf ofFinlandBuilt in 1977, she was the biggest andfastest ferry in the world at that time,with top speed of 30 knotsIn september 2005, she was rented toUSA to accommodate students in thehurricane Katrina’s disaster area

Leading ActressFinnjetSupporting ActorsMTLAlg@crewProductionHenrik Bachér (Silja Line)DirectionHelsinki-Travemünde

1992

Fennia was built in 1966, beingthe first Baltic ferry with aswimming poolShe acted as an Alg@liner inthe Quark area 1992-95.

Leading ActressFenniaSupporting ActorsSinikka Jokela, Olle Siren(Kokkolan vesi- ja ympäristöpiiri)Eeva-Kaarina Aaltonen(Pohjanmaanvesiensuojeluyhdistys,Pietarsaari)Hans-Göran Lax (Vaasan vesi-ja ympäristöpiiri)ProductionWasa Line / Silja LineDirectionKokkola-Vaasa-Pietarsaari-Skellefteå-Umeå

1992

KS was the former of the twoAlg@liners especially targeted tomonitor the state of the EasternGulf of Finland. KS acted 1992-95,and Silja Opera did the same inthe 2000sHer Baltic career ended quiteunexpectedly in 1996, when herdeparture from the Kiel harbor wasdenied due to bankruptcy of hershipping company

Leading ActressKonstantinSimonovSupporting ActorsVladimir Korbatsky,Krylov ShipbuildingInstituteMTLAlg@crewProductionBaltic Shipping Co.DirectionHelsinki-St. Petersburg

1993 - Alg@line’s truebeginning

The nationwide monitoring anddissemination of the state of the BalticSea environment commencedThe weekly situation was mapped byphone meetings and the disseminationfor the end-users was fax-basedMikaela Kruskopf invented the termAlg@fax

Supporting Actors

Harri Hongell, Sinikka Jokela, OlleSiren (Kokkolan vesi- jaympäristöpiiri)

Karl-Erik Storberg, Pertti Sevola,Hans-Göran Lax (Vaasan vesi- jaympäristöpiiri)

Kauko Häkkilä, Jouko Hakala, TeijaVirtanen (Turun vesi- ja ympäristöpiiri)

Ilppo Vuorinen, Anita Mäkinen(Saaristomeren tutkimuslaitos)

Tore Lindholm, Petra Öhman (Åboakademi)

Kalevi Keynäs, Guy Hällfors, JoukoPokki (Tvärminne)

Hilkka Viljamaa, Eeva-Riitta Puomio,Leena Villa (Helsingin vesi- jaympäristöpiiri)

Liisa Lepistö, Pentti Kangas, PirkkoKokkonen, Vesa Gran, PirkkoKauppila (Vesi- ja ympäristöhallitus)

Johanna Mattila Kyösti Jumppanen(Lounais-suomenvesiensuojeluyhdistys)

Ilppo Kettunen, Marja Kauppi (Kymenvesi- ja ympäristöpiiri)

MTLAlg@crew

1995 - Alg@line into the web

Kimmo Kahma brought up thebenefits of using the internet as acommunication platformThe predecessor of the Baltic SeaPortal was introducedThe Portal itself was released in2002The Baltic Sea Portal 2006 (FI)

136 portal news46 algae newsweb hits 7.4 million

1996-

The explorers of the southern Finnisharchipelago within the Alg@line startedtheir careerFor KB, that career is still on-going,(although not without breaks), whichmakes KB currently the Alg@liner with thelongest-lasting contract.KB and KR are the only Alg@liners thathave ploughed through fresh waters

Leading ActressesKristina Brahe &Kristina ReginaSupporting ActorsPentti Välipakka, PauliHaimi (Kaakkois-Suomenympäristökeskus)ProductionMikko Partanen (KristinaCruises)DirectionHelsinki-Kotka-Vyborg-St. Petersburg

1996

Outokumpu (odd knoll) deserves hername

Her route is really something elsethan the other ferries’ onesShe is the only cargo ship that hasacted as an Alg@liner

She steamed on her route 1996-99shipping Outokumpu Oy Kokkolazinc factory’s productsHer successor is in search

Leading ActressOutokumpuSupporting ActorsSinikka Jokela, OlleSiren, Hans-Göran Lax(Länsi-Suomenympäristökeskus)ProductionOutokumpu Shipping OyDirectionKokkola-Rotterdam

1998-99 New grand Alg@line

WQ’s role as an Alg@liner lasted1998-99WQ was Fennia’s route partner in theQuark area in the middle 90s

Leading ActressWasa QueenSupporting ActorsKatja Pellikka (Helsinginkaupungin ympäristökeskus)Mikaela Ahlman (Uudenmaanympäristökeskus)ProductionHenrik Bachér, MikaelLindholm, Anders Nyman,Birgitta Öhman, ChristinaNousiainen (Silja/Tallink Silja)DirectionHelsinki-Tallinn

1999

Leading ActressFinnjetSupporting ActorsAndres Jaanus, Inga Lips,Kaire Kaljurand, LauriLondon (EMI)ProductionHenrik Bachér, MikaelLindholm, Anders Nyman,Birgitta Öhman, ChristinaNousiainen (Silja/TallinkSilja)DirectionHelsinki-Tallinn

Finnjet’s shiny pale-facedafterlife as an Alg@liner lasted1999-2004

1999Leading ActressSilja Serenade

Supporting ActorsMikaela Ahlman (Uudenmaanympäristökeskus)ProductionHenrik Bachér, Mikael Lindholm,Anders Nyman, Birgitta Öhman,Christina Nousiainen (Silja / TallinkSilja)DirectionHelsinki-Maarianhamina-Tukholma

SS has provided a huge dataset fromthe SW Finnish coastal area and theArchipelago SeaCurrently, she is the longest-workingAlg@liner with an uninterruptedcareer!

1998

FP was Finnjet’s successor with a role ofBaltic Proper steamerActually, she did one better; her day-inlasted all the way to 2007, as compared toFinnjet’s six yearsShe holds an all-time record of collectingmore water samples (over 6000 of 900 ml)than any other Alg@linerFinnjet (over 5000) got quite close jaSerenade (sligthly less than 5000) has stillchances to hit the pole position

Leading ActressFinnpartnerSupporting ActorsBernd Schneider (IOW)MTLAlg@crewProductionAnna-Liisa Perttilä,Henrik Lindroos, JuhaAhia, Kurt Kvikström(Finnlines)DirectionHelsinki-Travemünde

1998 - CPR

Continuous plankton recorderstrengthened Alg@line’smenuCPR was donated byTransfennica

Lead actressesHamnöTransgardSerenadenSupporting ActorsMTLAlg@crewProductionKimmo Kari (Transfennica)DirectionHelsinki/Hanko-LübeckHamina-LübeckHamina-Lübeck

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1999 – Coastal guard’sparade begins

Finnish Coastal Guard joined theAlg@line-forcesPatrol ships’ habits differed from theones of the commercial Alg@liners;you don’t get to know about the patrolships’ manoeuvres beforehandMerikarhu is the only Alg@liner thatprobes the Baltic deeper than at 5 mdepth (CTD)Trivia: Silja Opera is the onlyAlg@liner that has visited the Balticdeeper than at 5 m depth (more later)

Leading ActressMerikarhuSivuroolissaMTLAlg@crewDirectionGulf of Finland 1999-

Leading ActressTelkkäSupporting ActorsJanne Suomela, TapioSuominen (Lounais-Suomenympäristökeskus)DirectionArchipelago Sea 2000-

Leading ActressTurvaSupporting ActorsHans-Göran Lax, JuhaKatajisto, Hannu Jerohin(Länsi-Suomenympäristökeskus)DirectionGulf of Bothnia2002-05

2000 – Sea scouts

Sea scouts provide the bulkof the blue-green algalobservationsThey also measure Secchidepths

Supporting ActorsAki Mäkinen, Kaisa Luodekari, JariPäkkilä, Jukka Kostiainen+ unnumbered group of sea scoutsMTLAlg@crew

2002 – Coastal pilots broughtthe algal bloom maps

Maps over the blue-green algalblooms in the Finnish sea areaswere introduced as a new productCoastal Guard air bases in Helsinkiand Turku fax the eye-based mapsIt is quite easy to judge the flightroute from the algal distributions

Leading ActressSuper Puma,Dornier, Agusta-BellSupporting ActorsErkki Uitti, Mikko Paiho,Antti Pesari, SanttuMannila, Ville Marttila(Rajavartiolaitoksenvartiolentolaivue)MTLAlg@crew

2003

SO is the latter of the explorers of theEastern Gulf of Finland. Furthermore, sheis the only true Alg@line cruiser; sheprovides no room for carsDon Quixote of the Alg@line (althoughbeing a she): burned all the way to the hullin Stockholm port in 1990, was re-built,sank onto the Porkkala shoal in 1994, ranaground in St. Petersburg port in 2003Currently she steams in theMediterranean, replacing a ship that sankin April 2007!

Leading ActressSilja Opera (a.k.a.Viking Saga, SallyAlbatross)Supporting ActorsMTLAlg@crewProductionHenrik Bachér, MikaelLindholm, AndersNyman, Birgitta Öhman,Christina Nousiainen(Silja / Tallink Silja)DirectionHelsinki-St. PetersburgHelsinki-Tallinn-RigaHelsinki-Mariehamn-Visby

2003

KB made a comeback as an Alg@liner

Leading ActressKristina BraheSupporting ActorsJouni Törrönen, PenttiVälipakka, Pauli Haimi(Kaakkois-Suomenympäristökeskus)Katja Pellikka, PäiviMunne, Ilppo Kajaste(Helsingin kaupunginympäristökeskus)ProductionMikko Partanen (KristinaCruises)DirectionSavonlinna-Vyborg-Kotka-Helsinki-Mariehamn

2004

Romantika was engaged to back-upthe retiring FinnjetLater, she chose the route Tallinn-Stockholm in 2006The transfer of the equipment fromFinnjet to Romantika in Tallinn portwas undoubtledly the fastest in theAlg@line history; from the ship toanother about 10 min

Leading ActressRomantikaSupporting ActorsAndres Jaanus, Inga Lips(EMI)Urmas Lips, RaivoPortsmuth (EMA)ProductionTallinkDirectionHelsinki-TallinnStockholm-Tallinn

2006

Galaxy replaced Romantika, andstarted to zigzag in and out the Gulf ofFinland trafficThe face of the actress has dividedopinionsShe will change probably to the routeTurku-stockholm in the early summer

Leading ActressGalaxySupporting ActorsInga Lips, Urmas Lips (EstonianMarine Systems Institute)Raivo Portsmuth (EstonianMaritime Academy)ProductionTallinkDirectionHelsinki-Tallinn

2007

Finnlines hired Finnmaid as the new BalticvoyagerThe replaced Finnpartner currently actsunder the Swedish flag, having Malmö asthe home portFinnmaid is the first actress that allowedthe Alg@line’s aspects to be taken intoconsideration during her building process

Leading ActressFinnmaidSupporting actorsMTLAlg@crewProductionAnna-Liisa Perttilä,Henrik Lindroos, JuhaAhia, Lars Kvikström(Finnlines)DirectionHelsinki-Travemünde

2008

TransPaper

Leading ActressTransPaperSupporting actorsSYKE MRCSMHIProductionTransAtlanticDirectionKemi – Oulu – Lübeck-Göteborg

First ferrybox line covering the whole Gulfof Bothnia24 parameters measured + weatherstation

2009

Leading ActressViktoriaSupporting ActorsAndres Jaanus(EMI)ProductionTallinkDirectionTallinn - Stockholm

Leading ActressBaltic PrincessSupporting ActorsVillu Kikas, Urmas Lips, Raivo Portsmuth(EMA)ProductionTallinkDirectionHelsinki-Tallinn

2011

Leading ActressMTA LouhiSupporting ActorsSYKEMinistry of DefenceProductionUudenkaupungin työvene OyDirectionRandom walk, harbour Upinniemi

2012

Leading ActressFinnseaSupporting ActorsSYKEProductionFinnlinesDirectionSt Petersburgh-Helsinki-Antwerpen-Bilbao

2013 -Celebrating 20 yearsof Alg@line!