EUROPEAN MARITIME SAFETY AGENCY (EMSA)

EMSA drone to monitor vessel emissions in the Strait of Gibraltar area

The Spanish Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda will monitor sulfur and nitrogen emissions from ships using the European Maritime Safety Agency’s (EMSA) remotely piloted aircraft operating in the Strait of Gibraltar area.

The initiative builds on experience gained during a similar operation in which the aircraft’s special detector capabilities were used to monitor emissions.

In addition to checking the compliance of passing ships with pollutants, flights can also be directed to...

https://container-news.com/emsa-drone-to-monitor-vessel-emissions-in-the-strait-of-gibraltar-area/

European maritime agencies use drones to monitor sulphur emissions in Baltic Sea

The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) and the German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) are conducting a large-scale emissions monitoring campaign using remotely piloted aircraft, scheduled to begin later in April.

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 detect violations of the applicable limits, according to a statement.

At the same time, image data...

https://container-news.com/european-maritime-agencies-to-use-drones-to-monitor-sulphur-emissions-in-baltic-sea/

Bureau Veritas joins consortium to work on container ship fire safety

The French classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) will join a consortium that will deliver a Formal Safety Assessment study on boxship fires to the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA).

Led by the Danish Institute of Fire and Security Technology (DBI) and supported by Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE), the University of Southern Denmark (SUD), the Odense Maritime Technology (OMT) and BV, the consortium will conduct a project that aims to identify cost-effective risk control options for...

https://container-news.com/bureau-veritas-joins-consortium-to-work-on-container-ship-fire-safety/

RINA tests the potential of Digitalisation expansion

RINA tests the potential of Digitalisation expansion

Over the last few months RINA has teamed up with the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) on a pilot project aimed at testing the extension of the data exchange capability of the ‘THETIS’ system.

Currently, Recognised Organisations at EU level are required to enter data about a ship’s certification process, including the location and date of inspections, the type of certificate issued, its date of issue and expiry. This tested new feature in...

https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/09/02/rina-tests-the-potential-of-digitalisation-expansion/

ESPO welcomes the EMSA and ECDC COVID-19 Guidance for safe and sustainable restoration of cruise operation

ESPO welcomes the EMSA and ECDC COVID-19 Guidance for safe and sustainable restoration of cruise operations

29 July 2020

On July 27, the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) and the European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC) jointly published the COVID-19 EU guidance for cruise ships.

ESPO welcomes the initiative taken by EMSA in producing this useful and timely goal-based guidance, and supports the recommendations outlined in the document. The guidance is not intended to provide prescriptive...

https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/07/29/espo-welcomes-the-emsa-and-ecdc-covid-19-guidance-for-safe-and-sustainable-restoration-of-cruise-operation/

Drones monitor ships emissions in Denmark

EMSA’s service of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) is now being used by the Danish authorities to monitor ship emissions around the area of the Great Belt where many large tankers transit on their way to and from the Baltic Sea. The RPAS will specifically measure the ships’ sulphur emissions to check compliance with EU rules governing the sulphur content of marine fuel.

The RPAS is fitted with a gas sensor, known as a sniffer, which is capable of measuring individual ship’s sulphur...

https://container-news.com/drones-monitor-ship-emissions-denmark/

EMSA’s assistance to Grande America accident

European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) published a press release about the accident of the Grande America in the Bay of Biscay, on March 12. EMSA says that it has been providing emergency assistance at the request of the French authorities

EMSA’s press release:

It was reported that the vessel, Grande America, a vehicle carrier with container capacity (IMO 9130937, 56 642 GT, built 1997, Italian flagged) had been carrying 15 000 tons of cargo (860 tons of which were dangerous goods) and...

https://container-news.com/emsa-assistnce-grande-america-accident/