The Finnish government, through the Ministry of Transport and Communications, is urging the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) to spread its network of stand-by oil spill response vessels more evenly across European waters with due regard to the risks of the marine operating environments....
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EU Will Continue to Recognize Filipino Seafarer Training and Certification
European Commission decision reinforces the crucial role Filipino seafarers play in global shipping and trade. The European Commission announced today that it will continue to recognize the training and certification…
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European Commission mulling ban on Filipino seafarer deployment following EMSA audit
Deutsche Welle reports that the European Commission is considering imposing a ban that will prohibit EU-registered ships from employing Filipino crews after a European Ma ..
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COLUMN | No apparent end to blazing boxes [Grey Power]
It is both good news and a recognition of a long-felt need that a powerful consortium of technical expertise is being put to work to address the worrying problem of fires ..
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EMSA to deploy drone to monitor emissions in Baltic Sea
The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) and the German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency are conducting a large-scale emissions monitoring campaign using a remo ..
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Bureau Veritas joins consortium to assess fire safety on containerships
Classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) has joined a consortium that will deliver a Formal Safety Assessment study on Container Ship fires to the European Maritime Saf ..
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EMSA’s drones discover sulphur emission violations on ships sailing in Strait of Gibraltar
The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) has found 27 vessels sailing in the Strait of Gibraltar to be in possible violations of the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) regulation on…
EMSA commissions studies on alternative fuels and technologies
A series of studies commissioned by the European Maritime Safety Agency aims to provide decision makers and stakeholders with an updated and thorough overview of the potential of different sources of power for ships, including a review of the risks associated with their use, an analysis of the regulatory gaps, as well as an economic appraisal of the costs for retrofitting existing ships or building new ones.
EMSA has awarded the contract for studies to a consortium led by ABS, along with CE...
Spire Inks Data Contract To Work With European Maritime Safety Agency
Spire Global, one of the world’s largest space-powered data and analytics companies, will be working with the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) to provide global AIS data to support the Agency via its EU Member States. Automatic Identification System (AIS) is a global standard for ship-to-shore, and shore-to-ship communications and contributes to collision avoidance, search and rescue operations, and maritime domain awareness through vessel tracking.
The new SAT- AIS data feed is expected...
European Maritime Safety Agency Signs Satellite AIS Contract with Spire
European Maritime Safety Agency has selected San Francisco-based satellite data analytics company Spire Global to provide the agency with global satellite automatic identification system (SAT-AIS) data in support its mission…