emsa.2.2.dir(2020)2658988
EMSA Administrative Board Members
Sent by email only
Lisbon, 04 May 2020
Subject: Copernicus Maritime Surveillance Service: capabilities
to support at-sea operations
Dear Sir/Madam,
I hope this letter finds you well in view of the current situation with COVID-19.
The purpose of this communication is to recall to you the capabilities of the Copernicus Maritime Surveillance
(CMS) service, which is the service delegated by the European Commission to EMSA in the framework of the
European Union Copernicus Programme.
Through CMS, EMSA is since 2016 already providing to 42 different organizations from 15 Member States
and European Institutions with timely, relevant, and targeted satellite-based maritime information.
This service could be used, in combination with the EMSA integrated Maritime Information Services (IMS), in
cases such as:
• Safety of navigation: to support search and rescue operations of a longer duration;
• Safety of navigation: to detect drifting containers or abandoned ships;
• Monitoring ship-to-ship transfers;
• Monitoring traffic separation schemes;
• Monitoring windmill farms at sea;
• Monitoring vessels of interest: e.g. nuclear transport, end-of-lifetime vessels sailing to ship recycling
sites;
• Operations where an up-to-date coastline map is needed;
• Environmental protection: to supplement the CleanSeaNet Service and support the detection and
monitoring of oil spills in non-European waters;
• Others.
If not done already, we would like to invite your organisation to start testing and using the CMS service in
support to your operations at sea. The process is rather simple, and the first step consists on filling up the
attached CMS Registration Form and to sending it to
[email protected].
The CMS team at EMSA is also available to provide a more in-depth introduction to the service, describe the
different satellite data types available and the value-added products that are extracted from satellite imagery,
such as vessel and objects of interest detection or oil spill detection. The team can help you understand what
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[email protected]
Tel +351 21 1209 201 / Fax +351 21 1209 212
EMSA, Praça Europa 4, 1249-206 Lisbon, Portugal / emsa.europa.eu
services would fit your operations better. Please do not hesitate to contact at
[email protected]
with queries or to ask for a teleconference.
You may find more information describing the CMS services and the satellite products under the following link:
http://www.emsa.europa.eu/copernicus.html
I would like to take this opportunity to express my hopes that we will be able to strengthen our support to
Member States in the near future.
Yours sincerely,
Maja Markovčić Kostelac
Executive Director
Enclosure:
- CMS Registration Form
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Hr Jüri Saska
Eesti Merevägi
[email protected]
Hr Olav Avarsalu
Keskkonnainspektsioon
[email protected]
Hr Valdur Laid
Maksu- ja Tolliamet
[email protected]
Hr Elmar Vaher
Politsei- ja Piirivalveamet Meie 13.05.2020 nr 1-1-5/1103
[email protected]
Teema Copernicus programmi satelliitseire
Edastame Teile Euroopa Meresõiduohutuse Ametist (EMSA) saabunud kirja. EMSA korraldab Copernicus
programmi satelliitseire teenust, mille eesmärk on jälgida merealadel toimuvaid tegevusi.
Pakutav teenus on mõeldud riigiinstitutsioonidele, mis tegelevad meresõiduohutuse, merepääste,
merereostuse ja riigi turvalisuse tagamisega seonduvate mereliste tegevustega. EMSA pakub seda tasuta
ning ilma kasutusmahu piiranguteta (EMSA andmetöötluse võimekuse piires). Kui olete huvitatud
ligipääsust EMSA vahendatavale merendusteenusele, siis palun saatke kirjaga kaasas olev
registreerimisvorm EMSA-sse ning ühtlasi informeerige ka meid.
Kui te kasutate Copernicus programmi sarnaseid rakendusi juba läbi mõne teise Euroopa institutsiooni
pakutava teenuse, siis andke ka palun selles meile teada. Samuti on oodatud Teie arvamus Copernicus
programmi merendust puudutava teenuse kohta. Kogutud informatsiooni põhjal saame anda EMSA-le
tagasisidet, et vältida erinevate EL institutsioonide dubleerivaid tegevusi või millises suunas edasi arendada
juba olemasolevat lahendust.
Lugupidamisega
(allkirjastatud digitaalselt)
Rene Arikas
peadirektor
Lisad:
Lisa 1_EMSA kiri
Lisa 2_registreerimisvorm
Tarmo Ots
620 5529
[email protected]
Valge 4 / 11413 Tallinn / 620 5500 /
[email protected] / www.veeteedeamet.ee
Registrikood 70002414
Copernicus Maritime Surveillance Service
Registration Form
Registration Form
Complete and send to
[email protected]
Date of submission: dd/mm/yyyy
1. Purpose
The purpose of the User Registration Form is two-fold.
To register new users in the Copernicus Maritime Surveillance service (CMS). The form requests
information regarding the user organisation and type of activity carried out.
To assist the users in describing their activities in order to provide a basis for ascertaining which
Earth Observation (EO) products are appropriate to support their maritime operations.
The information provided in the User Registration Form is intended to be broad in scope and should be
general to all operations carried out by the user. The specific service requirements for any given operation
or campaign are defined in more detail in the service request.
To update any information previously submitted (e.g. point of contact), an updated User Registration Form
can be submitted.
The CMS team is prepared to assist the users in any aspect related to the completion of this form. CMS
team contact:
[email protected].
Please note that the registration to the CMS service enables users to place routine and short notice
requests. Requests for support to maritime emergencies and exercises are outside of scope and shall be
sent to the MSS:
[email protected].
2. User information1
2.1 Organization
Please fill the following information related with your organization and high-level description of activities in the
scope of Maritime Surveillance.
Question Information
Organisation name
Unit/Section (if applicable)
Organisation acronym (if you use one)
Identification of functional area(s) – tick the
☐ Fisheries Control ☐ Law Enforcement
box(es) as required
☐ Maritime Safety and ☐ Marine Environment Pollution
Security Monitoring
☐ Customs ☐ Support to International
organizations and other
activities:___________
Description of your organisation’s activities in
<insert brief description using bullet points>
the scope of Maritime Surveillance
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The processing of personal data (Personal data’ means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person; an
identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name,
an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic,
mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person) in the Union institutions and bodies like agencies is regulated by
Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons
with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of
such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC.
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Copernicus Maritime Surveillance Service
Registration Form
2.2 Main Point of Contact (PoC)
Please provide the details of the person that will be the point of contact between EMSA and the
organisation.
Question Information
Name
Role in organisation
E-mail
Phone number(s)
2.3 Authorized Users
Please identify the users in your organisation that will be authorized to place EO service requests to EMSA in
the scope of the CMS service.
First name Last name Role in Organization Email address
3. Operational details
3.1 Area of Operation
Please describe broadly your area(s) of interest. Smaller, more targeted areas of interest will be
specified only when service requests are placed. The definition here is to give EMSA a general
overview of the regions where you operate and where you will be asking for CMS services.
Definition of Area of Operation
Areas of operation (e.g. Atlantic, Italian waters, Canary islands, Baltic Sea, ..)
Optional: Insert screenshot or AOI file in KMZ/KML or Shapefile1 format
Polygon of the area(s)
3.2 Operational Needs
Please select the type of services/activities your organization is interested in. For more information consult
the CMS Product Catalogue (http://emsa.europa.eu/copernicus.html).
Please tick Service Description
☐ EO images (Optical/SAR) Receiving and visualising satellite imagery only
☐ Vessel Detection Services Detection of vessels and correlation with vessel
reporting information
☐ Pollution monitoring Detection of oil slicks and their extent
☐ Feature detection services Detection of features (containers, icebergs…)
☐ Other (please describe)
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Registration Form
4. Data delivery
4.1 Data access
The EMSA portal2, a secure web access interface available only to registered users, is the default means of
EO service delivery.
Please confirm whether you/your organization is already authorised as a user of the EMSA portal. If so,
please insert the User Account(s) that should have access to CMS.
Access to Data
☐ Yes, I have access to the EMSA portal
Insert your User Accounts
and authorised Operation(s) in the
portal
4.2 Communication of service delivery incidents
EMSA’s Maritime Support Service (MSS) may contact users to inform them regarding incident(s)3 affecting the
operational services, namely service anomaly or cancellation.
If you want to subscribe to the MSS mailing list of your organisation’s function area please list below the contact
points that should receive the notification emails.
Note that emails are sent to all users registered in the same functional area and therefore users might receive
notifications of anomalies/cancellations that do not correspond to acquisitions they ordered.
First name Last name Role in Organization Email address
5. Data policy
5.1 Handling of Sensitive Information
Given the profile of CMS users and the types of operations in which they are engaged, information exchanged
within the context of requesting and receiving CMS services4 may be considered sensitive. Although
information exchanged in this context is not is not considered to be EU Classified Information, the sensitive
nature of the information is nonetheless addressed by controlled procedures which have been put in place
internally.
Information from users is provided to the CMS team through request forms which are sent via unencrypted
email. Once the request has been received, the request forms are not shared with third parties outside EMSA.
Discreet data elements from the request forms are shared with satellite service providers only to the extent
that is necessary to provide the requested service (e.g. definition of the area of interest and period of
acquisition).
2 Also referred to as the SafeSeaNet Ecosystem Graphical User Interface (SEG)
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The goal of the incident management process is to restore a normal service operation as quickly as possible and to minimize the
impact on business operations, thus ensuring that the best possible levels of service quality and availability are maintained
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An EO service is considered to be one satellite image product, along with any relevant additional data such as vessel detection or
value-added products which may be combined with the image.
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Registration Form
5.2 Data sharing
CMS is one of the security services of the Copernicus Programme, and as such does not have an open data
policy. When services are delivered they will normally be visible in the restricted EMSA portal to other
authorised users, all of which are governmental authorities or EU institutions or bodies with functions in the
maritime domain5.
Please check the box below if you agree with the Copernicus Maritime Surveillance service data access and
sharing policy:
Data sharing
☐ I agree to access CMS service via the EMSA portal and acknowledge that I have understood
that the data ordered can be seen by all authorised users accessing the portal
Data sharing restrictions:
If you have restrictions on data
sharing imposed by the nature of
operations, please explain here
If the operational activities you are undertaking are particularly sensitive, EMSA can restrict the visibility of and
access to the products delivered. This option can only be implemented in justified cases as it entails additional
technical steps. Please contact
[email protected] to discuss this further if applies to your
operation(s).
6. User Satisfaction Feedback
All CMS services are available to authorised users free of charge. The Copernicus Programme is a user
driven programme that relies on user feedback for providing a sustainable quality service. Feedback from
the service is a requirement from the Copernicus Programme as it enables the understanding of the impact
of the services being provided, as well as a continuous service improvement of CMS. Thus, at the end of
each operation or campaign, a feedback form is sent to the CMS users with the purpose of gathering
feedback on users’ satisfaction with the service and suggestions for qualitative improvement.
Please check the box below if you agree to send the User Satisfaction Feedback at the end of each operation
/ campaign.
Feedback agreement
☐ I agree, as integral part of the reception and use of CMS services, to send the completed User
Satisfaction Feedback Form at the end of each operation / campaign in order to contribute to the
improvement of the Copernicus Maritime Surveillance service
5 There may be alternative options for delivery of data if justified. If you require tailored delivery of services, please contact EMSA
team (
[email protected]).
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