EMSA | Pollution Response for Cleaner European Seas

The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) offers a range of services to support EU coastal states to respond quickly, effectively and efficiently to marine pollution from ships as well as oil and gas installations. By developing these services at EU level, EMSA aims to complement and top up the response resources available at national and regional level through targeted cost effective and efficient support.

To support the affected coastal states in the response to oil or chemical marine pollution incidents, EMSA offers the following operational services:

• A network of stand-by oil spill response vessels, with different types of oil-combatting equipment arrangements
• Lightweight Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) to support pollution monitoring and detection operations from vessels
• An equipment assistance service, offering dedicated stockpiles of stand-alone pollution response equipment
• A satellite-based oil spill monitoring service known as CleanSeaNet
• The MAR-ICE network, a service for chemical emergencies providing expert information and advice
• The MAR-CIS database of substance-specific marine chemical information sheets.

You can download here the full brochure of the pollution response services for your perusal.

Source: www.emsa.europa.eu