Environmental awareness is key priority for historic 83-year old steam yacht S/S Ukkopekka
The last surviving ship to have seen active service in Finland’s Winter Wars and Continuation Wars from 1939-1944 has stepped up its fight against marine pollution with the installation of new environmental protection products.
Built in 1938, S/S Ukkopekka is a 35-meter privately owned passenger steamship operating cruise trips in the Finnish Archipelago Sea. This area of the Baltic is a MARPOL 73/78 SPECIAL AREA which aims to eliminate intentional marine environment pollution by hydrocarbons and other harmful substances, and to reduce the accidental discharging of such substances.