Tag: OPR
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OPR Vessels, EAS and MAR-ICE - Activities Report 2024. Sustainability and Technical Assistance
Published11.04.2025
The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) supports EU coastal states in responding to pollution from ships and offshore oil and gas activities. It provides a range of response services, including pollution response vessels, oil storage, dispersant stockpiles, and equipment assistance. These resources are available to EU and some non-EU countries upon request. To maintain readiness, EMSA ...
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Interdisciplinary Practical Guidelines on Oil Spill Sampling in Europe
Published23.10.2024
These guidelines were developed by a group of experts from EU / EFTA Member States and EMSA within the Consultative Technical Group for Marine Pollution Preparedness and Response (CTG MPPR). They comprise of an interdisciplinary, hands-on manual for forensic oil spill sampling and six stand-alone scenarios for different sampling situations (i.e., inshore, in harbours, on beaches, from maritime ...
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EMSA participates in Operation Breeze
Published12.07.2024
On 12 July, in the vicinity of Burgas, Bulgaria, EMSA participated in the operational exercise Breeze 2024 organised by the Bulgarian Navy together with the Bulgarian Maritime Administration and attended by the President of Bulgaria. EMSA mobilised the stand-by oil spill recovery vessel Galaxy Eco, based in Varna, Bulgaria. The vessel simulated oil spill recovery deploying its sweeping arms. ...
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Network of Stand-by Oil Spill Response Vessels: Drills and Exercises. Annual Report 2023
Published09.04.2024
In order to provide additional support to the pollution response mechanisms of EU Member States in a cost efficient way, the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) operates, in European waters, a range of oil pollution response services (PRS) consisting of a Network of stand-by oil spill response vessels, Equipment Assistance Service (EAS) arrangements, including specialised stand-alone ...
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MAR-ICE Network - Fifth review and evaluation of the MAR-ICE network covering its operation from January 2019 to December 2023
Published20.03.2024
The MAR-ICE Network was established in 2008 through a 3-Party Cooperation Agreement (as amended) between the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic), the Centre of Documentation, Research and Experimentation on Accidental Water Pollution (Cedre) and the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA). It became operational in January 2009 and has since been activated by EU and EFTA/EEA countries 70 ...
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New procurement procedure for oil spill recovery vessels
Published19.03.2024
To strengthen its response capacity network EMSA announces the launch of a procurement procedure to contract a new stand-by oil spill recovery vessels in the following areas: Lot 1 - Black Sea South. Lot 2 - Canary Islands and Madeira. More details are provided in the procurement section: Procurement - EMSA - European Maritime Safety Agency (europa.eu) In order to provide additional support to ...
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2nd workshop on HNS in packaged form
Published15.03.2024
This week, EMSA has organised a workshop under the Consultative Technical Group for Marine Pollution Preparedness and Response (CTG MPPR), hosted by the Swedish Coast Guard in Malmö. The workshop gathered experts from across the EU Member States to focus on how to respond to incidents involving hazardous and noxious substances (HNS) transported in packaged form. Member State experts looked at ...
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EU/EFTA States Practical Guidelines on Health and Safety of Oil Spill Responders
Published21.12.2023
This document was developed by a group of experts from EU / EFTA Member States, as well as EU-OSHA and EMSA representatives within the Consultative Technical Group for Marine Pollution Preparedness and Response (CTG MPPR). It aims to provide practical guidance based on real-incident experience on how best to plan for and integrate health and safety measures in oil spill response operations.
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EMSA takes part in Operation BREEZE in Bulgaria
Published19.10.2023
EMSA participated in the operational exercise Breeze 2023 held in the vicinity of Varna, Bulgaria and organised by the Bulgarian Navy together with the Bulgarian Maritime Administration. The stand-by oil spill recovery vessel, Galaxy Eco, based in Varna, was mobilised for the operation. The vessel simulated oil spill recovery using sweeping arms and deployed the onboard RPAS to observe the ...
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Feasibility study for the development of a software tool to support Member States on oil pollution response operations at sea
Published31.07.2023
This report is the result of an external study to evaluate the feasibility of the development of an enhanced tool to support Member States in their preparedness and operational decision-making process of mobilising and deploying oil pollution response resources at sea. The main goal of this project is to gather information on existing tools to evaluate the feasibility of the development of an ...
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