Press Releases
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EMSA provides enhanced surveillance capacities for Romanian border authorities in the Black Sea
Published07.04.2021
Multipurpose coastguard support via remotely piloted surveillance system (RPAS) services is as of this month provided by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), at the request of the Romanian Bor ...
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Portuguese and Greek Prime Ministers visit EMSA
Published11.01.2021
Prime Minister António Costa of Portugal and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of Greece visited EMSA in Lisbon today, hosted by the Agency’s Executive Director, Maja Markovčić Kostelac. During thei ...
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Annual European Coast Guard Event 2020 - “The new normal for EU Coast Guard cooperation”
Published10.12.2020
The Annual European Coast Guard Event for 2020 under the theme of “The new normal for EU Coast Guard cooperation” was held virtually on 10 December, having been postponed from earlier in the year due ...
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Interactive EMSA-EEA workshop calls on participants to share their views on first ever report of the environmental performance of the maritime transport sector in the EU
Published02.12.2020
On 2 December a jointly held EMSA-EEA workshop gathered together over 150 participants from maritime and environmental administrations, industry associations, civil society organisations and the Euro ...
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Belgian Port of Antwerp using EMSA RPAS for pollution monitoring
Published29.10.2020
Port authorities in Antwerp, Belgium, are making use of EMSA’s Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) to support their day-to-day monitoring of port operations and rapid response to pollution incide ...
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Romania’s border authorities using EMSA RPAS for coast guard surveillance
Published27.10.2020
A lightweight Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) is currently being used by Romania’s Border Police for multipurpose coast guard surveillance over the Black Sea. The service, provided by the Eur ...
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EMSA’s RPAS enhances maritime surveillance of the French Mediterranean Sea
Published02.10.2020
Aiming to test the use of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) in enhancing the maritime awareness picture in the French Mediterranean Sea, Secrétariat Général de la Mer requested the European Ma ...
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Sniffer drone deployed in the strait of Pas-de-Calais to monitor ship emissions
Published23.09.2020
With the aim of tightening control over ship emissions in French waters, the Ministry of the Sea is deploying on a trial basis a sniffer drone in the strait of Pas-de-Calais, the world’s busiest area ...
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EMSA and ECDC issue guidance in response to COVID-19 challenges
Published03.08.2020
In their joint guidance published today, the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) outline ways to facilitate the gradual restart of ...
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EMSA’s RPAS surveillance flights in support of EFCA’s fisheries control resumed
Published23.07.2020
The Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) services provided by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) have been successfully resumed on board the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) charte ...
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