After Schiebel has recently been commissioned by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) to monitoring ship emissions for the German Federal Police and the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agencythe authority has now also commissioned the Austrian company to operate the Camcopter S-100 on behalf of the Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs, Fisheries and Aquaculture (DGAMPA) to support emissions monitoring and maritime control in northern France.
The Camcopter S-100 stationed at CROSS Gris-Nez currently supports emissions monitoring and maritime safety, including environmental protection and measures, fisheries inspection, search and rescue (SAR) and the inspection of all relevant vessels passing through the English Channel. CROSS Gris-Nez is the regional center for maritime surveillance and rescue and is responsible for the tasks of the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) on the French side of the English Channel. The S-100 fulfills these tasks, equipped with a Trakka TC-300 EO/IR sensor, an Explicit Mini Sniffer for emission monitoring, a Becker Avionics BD406 Emergency Beacon Locator, an Automatic Identification System (AIS) receiver and a Mode-S transponder ADSB out. “This sea area is one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world, where 24/7 monitoring of all maritime activities is essential,” says Hans Georg Schiebel, Chairman of the Schiebel Group. Postscript: “Schiebel’s S-100 has supported numerous maritime authorities to date, with EMSA being one of our most prestigious customers.”
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