Press Releases
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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) ...
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EMSA's oil spill recovery vessels participate in the operational exercise Breeze 2020
Published20.07.2020
On 17 July, EMSA participated in the operational exercise Breeze 2020. organised by the Bulgarian Navy in conjunction with the Maritime Administration. The Agency mobilised for the exercise two ...
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MAR-ICE service expanded to provide additional support for chemical emergencies at sea
Published17.07.2020
The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) together with the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) and the Centre of Documentation, Research and Experimentation on Accidental Water Pollution ...
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RPAS drones continue monitoring ship emissions in Danish waters
Published15.07.2020
The Danish authorities have requested once again EMSA’s Remotely Piloted Aircraft System services to support the monitoring of ship emissions around the area of the Great Belt. The RPAS will ...
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Towards a Regional Service in the Baltic Sea: EMSA’s RPAS to support Finnish, Estonian and Swedish Coast Guard functions
Published06.07.2020
The Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) services for maritime surveillance will as of the 4th of July, under the command of Finland, support Coast Guard functions of Finland, Estonia and Sweden. ...
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