Dr Henrik Ringbom is Professor II (part-time) at the Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law at the University of Oslo and Adjunct Professor at the Åbo Akademi University in Turku/Finland. He is currently responsible for setting up BALEX, a joint iniative of the Faculty of Law of the University of Turku and the Department of Law at Åbo Akademi University which focuses on legal research and training on issues related to the Baltic Sea Region.

His work experience includes being Head of Unit for Marine Environment, Training and Statistics at the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) in Lisbon (2007-2012), Research Fellow at the University of Oslo (2003-2007) and Administrator at the Maritime Safety Unit of the European Commission in Brussels (1997-2003).

He has published widely in the field of European and international shipping law and is the author of the book The EU Maritime Safety Policy and International Law (Brill, 2008) and editor of Jurisdiction over Ships (Brill 2015). He is also the Chairman of the Finnish Maritime Law Association.

First book-length publication on regulatory voids regarding the Baltic Sea

Discusses many legal questions such as eutrophication, seabed usage and wartime disposed materials in detail

Of theoretical interest, but also of substantive relevance

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Gaps in Baltic Sea Maritime Boundaries.- Chapter 3. Straits in the Baltic Sea: What Passage Rights Apply?.- Chapter 4. Regulating Eutrophication - Flexible Legal Approaches and Environmental Governance in the Baltic Sea Area.- Chapter 5. The Lack of Regulation of Chemical Mixtures and its Legal Consequences in the Baltic Sea Area.- Chapter 6. Salvage of Wrecks in the Baltic Sea - a Finnish Perspective.- Chapter 7. Government Action against Wrecks - a Finnish Perspective in Light of International Law.- Chapter 8. Subsea Gas Pipelines in the Baltic Sea area - Civil Liability Issues.- Chapter 9. Using the Continental Shelf for Climate Change Mitigation: a Baltic Sea Perspective.- Chapter 10. Concluding Remarks: Regulatory Gaps and Broader Governance Patterns in the Baltic Sea.