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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...