Tag: News
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EMSA and DG SANTE hold Workshop on Animal Welfare Inspections for Sea Livestock Vessels
On 14 January, EMSA co-hosted with the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE), a technical workshop on Animal Welfare inspections on sea livestock vessels. Experts from Member State authorities participated in-person and remotely. The workshop was the opportunity for DG SANTE to share information on upcoming projects, digitalisation initiatives and ...
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Launch of the European Maritime Transport Environmental Report 2025
On 4 February 2025, EMSA and the European Environment Agency (EEA) will jointly launch the second edition of the European Maritime Transport Environmental Report (EMTER) at a high-level conference ...
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Webinar: MaKCs monitoring and tracking tools
The Maritime Knowledge Centre Services (MaKCs) - implemented through Moodle - is the EMSA Academy’s E-learning Platform / Learning Management System (LMS). MaKCs provides integrated support for six ...
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EMSA’s RPAS activities across Europe
EMSA is now active in nine separate operations across 10 Member States and from on board two European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) patrol vessels. These operations benefit over 20 national ...
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Frontex, EMSA and EFCA open second annual European Coast Guard Event
On 16 April, Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri opened the annual European Coast Guard Event in Świnoujście, Poland. This is the second such event jointly organised by Frontex, the European ...
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RPAS drones monitored ship emissions in Danish waters
EMSA’s service of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) was used by the Danish authorities to monitor ship emissions around the area of the Great Belt where many large tankers transit on their ...
Published12.04.2019 -
EMSA contingency plan for emergencies activated in response to the Grande America accident
Following the fire on board the Grande America which subsequently sank on 12 March in the Bay of Biscay, EMSA has been providing emergency assistance at the request of the French authorities. It was ...
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RPAS drone flights get underway in Spain to assist SASEMAR in its search and rescue and pollution monitoring operations
EMSA’s service of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems is being used by the Spanish maritime safety agency SASEMAR in the southern province of Huelva for the purpose of identifying and monitoring oil ...
Published06.02.2019 -
EMSA contracts additional RPAS for maritime surveillance, emissions monitoring and pollution response
EMSA has recently secured four contracts for maritime surveillance services based on remotely piloted aircraft systems. These contracts will provide increased maritime surveillance capabilities ...
Published28.11.2018 -
EMSA pollution response measures mobilised following collision in the Mediterranean
EMSA is assisting French and Italian authorities as they engage in clean-up operations following a collision between Tunisian ro-ro vessel Ulysse and Cypriot general cargo ship CSL Virginia in the ...
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