Copernicus Maritime Surveillance

Providing timely, relevant, targeted satellite-based data for maritime surveillance to MS&EU bodies. Managed by @EU_Commission, implemented by @EMSA_EU.

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Check out our new video and learn more about #CopernicusMaritimeSurveillance implemented by @EMSA_EU 🛰️🌊!

📹 Full video: https://t.co/uwiqjFpeVH

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A warm welcome to all attendees taking part in EMSA’s @CopernicusCMS training sessions!

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We are delighted to welcome our users to our annual @CopernicusCMS training, hosted at @EMSA_EU. The sessions are being held today and will continue on 27th May.

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A big thank you to the #CMS community for the engagement, collaboration, and contributions!

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We were pleased to come together yesterday at @EMSA_EU for our annual @CopernicusCMS User Group meeting.

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Building on real-word cases and engaging discussions on maritime surveillance, participants shared valuable insights and highlighted challenges and opportunities to further enhance the #CMS service.

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🚀 Registrations are now open for EU Space Days 2026!
Join policymakers, industry leaders, and innovators in Nicosia to explore the future of Europe’s space sector and the impact of the EU Space Programme.
🔗 Register here: https://t.co/AsohXTC7rO

#EUSpaceDays #CY2026EU #EUSpace

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With support from CMS, all persons on board were successfully rescued.

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In the evening of 4th May 2025, JRCC Larnaca received information about a missing vessel that had lost contact after its last reported position near north-east Cyprus.

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JRCC Larnaca coordinated a search-and-rescue operation, utilising CMS Earth Observation SAR imaging and Vessel Detection Service (VDS) to locate the vessel. An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle was deployed to confirm the vessel's position before the rescue team arrived.

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Here comes our quick guide on @CopernicusCMS!📋🤓⏱️

Check our #CMS overview factsheet, and see:

🗸 what key products our service provides?🛰️
🗸 who can access it?💻
🗸 which function areas it is used for?📚

🔗https://t.co/M5dKxo3eWC

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Discover an interesting example within the new #CMS factsheet on #fisheriescontrol, on how our dedicated service is successfully used over France’s Exclusive Economic Zone - the second largest in the world!🌍

#ZéléeBankReef

🔗https://t.co/4RdOxOpsan

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🐠Supporting an enhanced maritime picture in the fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (#IUU) fishing, is one of the activities supported by @CopernicusCMS🛰️, European Fisheries Control Agency @EFCA_EU.

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🤓📖Do you want to immerse in a real story of how @CopernicusCMS 🛰️ helped Spain’s Customs to pursue a drugs smuggling case?🚢

Read our new #CMS factsheet on #customs, and see our service in action, in this thrilling operation!🚨

https://t.co/arbThCHOPT

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💡Would you like to see a practical example of how 🛰️@CopernicusCMS, implemented by @EMSA_EU, supports a 🛟 search & rescue operation of Spain’s SASEMAR @salvamentogob?

📌Check out our newly published #CMSfactsheet on #maritimesafety, to find out!👇

https://t.co/J6L83pY0YH

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CMS service is an essential resource for national authorities, enabling them to timely track vessels engaged in AIS spoofing or other potentially suspicious behaviour.

@CopernicusEU @EMSA_EU @defis_eu @esa @EU4Space

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The @CopernicusCMS Vessel Detection Service (VDS) assists in identifying vessels of interest, such as this oil tanker, which was not transmitting an AIS signal.

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Hence, 🇪🇺EU maritime rescue centres can timely intervene if vessels fall in distress.

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Fast & targeted information can be lifesaving when used in cases such as search-and-rescue operations. CMS very-high res optical images, together with Enhanced Vessel Detection, enhance national authorities’ capacity to detect & monitor smaller vessels, such as this leisure boat.

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Detecting vessels’ activities, such as rendezvous at sea as shown in this image, can help authorities to conduct on-site verifications and stop possible illegal activities.

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As the maritime picture is changing rapidly, @CopernicusCMS quasi-real-time Earth Observation images and value-added products are a key tool for 🇪🇺EU national authorities, supporting them in their operations.