Copernicus

Maritime Surveillance Service

Malta/Kalkara / 27 June 2017

Leendert Bal /

Head of Department Operations

Copernicus Training and Information Session

European Maritime Safety Agency

Regulatory Agency of the European Union• Own legal identity• Maritime safety, security,

prevention and response to marine pollution by ships, oil and gas installations

• Technical and operational support to EU Member States and Commission

• ~250 staff,24 nationalities

• ~100 staff in Operations Department

• Annual overall budget: ~74 million Euros

• HQ Lisbon, Portugal

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Copernicus Maritime Surveillance

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3 December 2015

Miss Lowri Evans (Director General –

DG-GROW) and Mr. Markku Mylly

(Executive Director – EMSA) signed the

Delegation Agreement

▪ EMSA is the “Entrusted Entity”

for the implementation of

Maritime Surveillance Services.

▪ Budget 40M EUR (2016 to 2020)

▪ Budget 2017: 7.4M EUR

Background

Earth Observation Data Available

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WorldView-1 WorldView-2 WorldView-3 GeoEye-1

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TIC

AL

MIS

SIO

NS

Pleiades 1A/1B WorldView-4 DEIMOS-2SPOT 6/7

SA

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MIS

SIO

NS

Radarsat-2 TERRASAR-XSentinel-1 A/B

Optical and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Missions

CLS KSAT MDA EDISOFT EGEOSAIRBUS-

DSEUSI

TanDEM-X

The CleanSeaNet service relies primarily on SAR data

Overview: Earth Observation Services

CleanSeaNet

Earth Observation Data Centre(EO-DC)

Web PortalAlerting Mechanism

IMD

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SAR Products OPTICAL Products

/ Service Providers

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SEG

Maritime Surveillance Services

Start with existing Integrated Maritime Services

▪ EMSA currently provides integrated maritime services for

Fisheries Control, Law Enforcement and Maritime Safety users

▪ Services do not contain Earth Observation (EO) information

Copernicus Maritime Surveillance

▪ Establish an EO component in existing services

▪ New EO component provides added value by:

✓ Addressing new user needs (currently not covered)

✓ Increasing the variety of information (expanding the existing data sources)

✓ Expanding the volume of information and geographical scope of services

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Copernicus Maritime Surveillance

Service approach

CMS - Fisheries Control

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▪ Fusion and correlation of vessel data with cooperative sources and specific information from EFCA operations

▪ More than 300 users in 21 Member States

CMS objective: reinforce the service with increased satellite vessel detection and EO monitoring data

▪ EO capabilities in support of operational activities

✓ Detection non-reporting vessels

✓ Monitor the activity of fishing and associated vessel movements

✓ Monitor compliance with the landing obligation through detection of illegal discards

✓ Detect and distinguish vessels towing cages during transit

▪ CMS will support operations in the following areas:

✓ Atlantic Ocean (NAFO and NEAFC)

✓ Mediterranean and Canary Islands

European Fisheries Control Agency

✓ Baltic Sea/North Sea

✓ Pacific Ocean

✓ North East Atlantic

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✓ Provide situational awareness picture

✓Monitor fishing effort

✓Monitor discard bans

✓Cross check monitored fishing activity with recording obligations

✓ Access and vessel behaviour monitoring in restricted areas

▪ EO services✓ Vessel Detection Service

Monitoring of Fish Grounds

RADARSAT-2 Data and Products © MacDONALD, DETTWILER AND

ASSOCIATES LTD [2015] – All Rights Reserved” and “RADARSAT is an official

mark of the Canadian Space Agency

Satellite detected vessels

Restricted Fishing area

Correlated targets- Fishing (VMS)

Correlated targets- Cargo (AIS)

Non-cooperative vessel:

Target of interest for further analysis

CMS - Fisheries Control

✓Monitor operations and vessels close to fish farms

✓Reveal unreported fish farming in 3rd countries

✓Detect tug vessels towing cages

▪ EO services✓ SAR images

✓Vessel Detection

✓Optical images✓Optical High Resolution images for visual interpretation

✓Vessel Detection

Monitoring of Fish cages/farms

© European Space Imaging/DigitalGlobe [2013]

Blue Fin Tuna controls –

location of cages © European Space Imaging/DigitalGlobe [2013]

RADARSAT-2 Data and Products © MacDONALD, DETTWILER AND ASSOCIATES LTD [2015] –

All Rights Reserved” and “RADARSAT is an official mark of the Canadian Space Agency

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CMS - Fisheries Control

✓Monitor recording and reporting requirements of EU fleet

✓Monitor 3rd countries ports

✓Detection of non-reporting vessels combined with intelligence

information

▪ EO services✓Optical Images

✓Activity Detection Service- activities close to the fishing vessels

✓Optical High Resolution images for visual interpretation

✓Vessel Detection

Monitoring of fishing ports

Small Fishing vessels- <10m Medium size Fishing vessels- >20 m

© European Space Imaging/DigitalGlobe [2015] © CNES [2016], Distribution Airbus DS

CMS - Fisheries Control

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CMS- Law Enforcement

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▪ MAOC(N) is an international agency set up by several European

Union states to coordinate anti-drug trafficking action

▪ Area of Operations: Atlantic

▪ CMS service will provide:

✓Monitoring of third countries ports and shores for departure of specific ships

✓Detection of abnormal behaviour- transhipment of drugs from a larger vessels to small boats)

✓Search for non-cooperative vessels

Maritime Analysis and Operations Centre

- Narcotics (MAOC(N)

© European Space Imaging/DigitalGlobe [2015]

© European Space Imaging/DigitalGlobe [2015]

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Beach/shore monitoring/ Monitoring remote areas

(3rd countries)

▪ Optical images✓ Very high resolution images

✓Activity detection

✓Skiffs on the beach

✓Identification of landing sites

✓Infra-structures on the beach used to support suspicious activities

© European Space Imaging/DigitalGlobe [2015]

Activity: vehicle tracks on

the beach

© European Space Imaging/DigitalGlobe [2015]

CMS- Law Enforcement

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Search of non-cooperative targets

▪ SAR images

✓Vessel Detection

▪ Optical images

✓Very high resolution images

✓Vessel Detection Service

✓Activity Detection- At Sea Encounter

RADARSAT-2 Data and Products © MacDONALD, DETTWILER AND ASSOCIATES LTD [2016] – All Rights

Reserved” and “RADARSAT is an official mark of the Canadian Space Agency

CMS- Law Enforcement

High Speed rubber boat12 m length

Pleasure Yacht14 m length

Example of wake detection

✓Transhipment of drugs- At Sea Encounter

✓High-speed crafts approaching shore

▪ EO services✓Optical Images✓Activity Detection

✓Optical High Resolution images for visual interpretation

✓SAR Images

Flagging suspicious vessels- Anomalous Behavior

© European Space Imaging/DigitalGlobe [2015]RADARSAT-2 Data and Products © MacDONALD,

DETTWILER AND ASSOCIATES LTD [2016] – All

Rights Reserved” and “RADARSAT is an official mark

of the Canadian Space Agency

CMS- Law Enforcement

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▪ Establish an EO component to EMSA’s valued adding services to Maritime Safety operations

Vision

▪ Objectives✓Track missing vessels

✓Support to Ice & Iceberg monitoring

✓Provide rapid surveillance for vessel & offshore installations when contact is lost

✓Monitor at-sea refuelling

✓ID ships in distress

✓Support to S&R operations

▪ Areas of Operation✓Global (Areas of EU interest)

Tracking missing vessel / SAR data © Cosmo-Skymed, 2013

Monitoring at-sea refuelling using Envisat ASAR data

CMS- Maritime Safety

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▪ 2016 implementation plan

✓Gather User Requirements – Lisbon workshop 9th of November

✓Provide additional data streams in support to Ice & Iceberg monitoring services

✓Feasibility assessment on tracking drifting containers

▪ 2017 further developments / feasibility assessment

✓ Detecting missing aircraft (debris, jet fuel spill)

✓Integration of GMDSS data for emergency services

Flight MH370 Malasia Airlines search operation in March 2014 / © The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), 2014

Drifting containers in December 2015 off the Portuguese coast / © Portuguese Navy, 2015

CMS- Maritime Safety

Outlook 2016/2017

Communication & User uptake

▪ Communication✓EMSA website

✓Copernicus Maritime Surveillance – Service Overview

✓Copernicus Maritime Surveillance - Product Catalogue

▪ User uptake✓User requirement workshops

✓Trainings

✓Direct assistance

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Copernicus Maritime Surveillance

(September 2016 – May 2017)

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Function areas

▪ Fisheries control

▪ Law enforcement

▪ Customs

▪ Maritime Safety

and security

Organizations

▪ European Fisheries control Agency (EFCA)

▪ Maritime Analysis and Operation Centre -Narcotics (MAOC-N)

▪ Spanish directorate of Customs Surveillance

▪ Portuguese Navy

▪ Spanish Navy

▪ Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Larnaca (Cyprus)

▪ Icelandic Coastguard

▪ United Nation Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

▪ French Polar Institute

EO images

▪ Fisheries control ✓ 583 images ordered

▪ Law enforcement✓ 98 images ordered

▪ Customs✓ 155 images ordered

▪ Maritime Safety and Security✓ 126 images ordered

▪ International cooperation ✓ 21 images ordered

Total CMS EO images: 983

Copernicus Maritime Surveillance

Service

• (Restricted access) service for

governmental/authorised users

• Earth observation data often combined with other

EMSA services (Integrated Maritime Services –

vessel position data)

• Expanding services based on user requirements

• Includes training, and assistance for requirement

drafting

• Questions/requests for information to:

copernicus@emsa.europa.eu

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