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EMSA’s remotely piloted aircraft is in operation in the vicinity of the Strait of Gibraltar providing the Spanish Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda with the capacity to monitor sulphur and nitrogen emissions of passing ships. The initiative builds on the experience gained during a similar operation which saw the aircraft’s special sniffer capabilities used for emissions monitoring. ...

The Icelandic Coast Guard is using EMSA’s remotely piloted aircraft services from on board their patrol vessels to enhance maritime situational awareness for an array of different operational tasks. The services have been deployed from on board the ICGV Thor vessel since 30 May and will be deployed from on board the ICGV Freyja vessel from July. The Icelandic Coast Guard has the challenging task ...

First comprehensive report confirms the impact of collective effort in improving maritime safety in the EU Two decades after the devastating Erika and Prestige accidents, the European maritime safety framework has evolved to become one of the most robust in the world. That’s according to the European Maritime Safety Report (EMSAFE), the first ever comprehensive overview of maritime safety in the ...

From Cap Gris-Nez on the Pas-de-Calais coast in the north of France, EMSA remotely piloted aircraft are being used by the French Directorate General of Maritime Affairs, Fisheries and Aquaculture to measure sulphur and nitrogen emissions from ships operating in the Emission Control Area (ECA) of the North Sea and English Channel. The payload on board the sniffer drone makes it possible to check t ...

Together with the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency, the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) is conducting a large-scale emissions monitoring campaign using remotely piloted aircraft, scheduled to begin later this month. Over a three-month period, a specially equipped drone will measure the sulphur content in the exhaust plumes of ships transiting the Baltic Sea in order to be able to d ...