Tag: Coast Guard Functions
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EMSA supports POLEX26 response exercise in Vigo, Spain
Read more...EMSA has joined the Spanish Directorate General of the Merchant Marine, the Spanish Search & Rescue Agency, Salvamento Marítimo, the Port Authority of Vigo, the Galician Coastguard Services, and other Spanish and international maritime stakeholders in the POLEX26 response exercise, taking place in Vigo, Spain. The exercise simulates a fire on board a Ro-Ro vessel carrying electric vehicles, ...
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Joint search and rescue exercise in the Gulf of Trieste under MMO ADRIA 2026
Read more...The maritime authorities of Italy, Croatia and Slovenia held a joint search and rescue exercise (SARex) in the Gulf of Trieste on 22 September, with the participation of EMSA, the European Fisheries ...
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SARex 2026 tests multinational maritime coordination in North Sea search and rescue exercise
Read more...SARex 2026 tests multinational maritime coordination in North Sea search and rescue exercise On 10 September 2026, coast guard authorities from Belgium, France and the Netherlands carried ...
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Major Oil Pollution Response Exercise Conducted off the Belgian Coast within MMO MSNS 2026
Read more...On 17 June, seven Belgian, Dutch and EMSA vessels carried out a major oil pollution response exercise off the coast of Zeebrugge, testing how partners would contain and recover a large oil slick ...
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Greening Award Initiative 2026
The Greening Award Initiative, set up to celebrate the sustainability actions that are carried out and developed across more than 170 authorities that make up the European Coast Guard community, has ...
Read more...Published16.06.2026Categories -
Annual European Coast Guard Event takes place in Azores
Read more...On 9-10 June, representatives of coast guard authorities from around the EU and beyond gathered in Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal for the Annual European Coast Guard Event. The event, organised by ...
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EMSA Opens 2026 Multipurpose Maritime Operation in La Manche and the Southern North Sea
Read more...On 11 May 2026, EMSA launched the 2026 Multipurpose Maritime Operation (MMO) in La Manche and the Southern North Sea, marking the third consecutive EMSA-led MMO in this strategically important ...
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The Greening Award Initiative [2024 edition]
The Greening Award Initiative aims to celebrate the sustainability actions that are carried out and developed across more than 300 authorities that make up the European Coast Guard community. The ...
Read more...Published23.02.2026Categories -
EMSA hosts ECGFF thematic workshop on evolving maritime challenges
Read more...On 11-12 February, EMSA hosted the first thematic workshop of the European Coast Guard Functions Forum (ECGFF) programme for 2026 at its premises in Lisbon. Organised in conjunction with the Italian ...
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EMSA participates in international Coast Guard Fora in Rome
Read more...From 9-12 September 2025, EMSA participated in a week of international gatherings hosted by the Italian Coast Guard in the year of its 160th anniversary: the European, Mediterranean and Global Coast ...
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