Marine Safety & Security
The ERATOSTHENES CoE will establish a satellite-based maritime research and services and engage in capacity-building and knowledge transfer with the strategic partners, which will include a better understanding of marine and maritime processes in the eastern Mediterranean and contribute to environmental, climate and socio-economic research and studies. The ERATOSTHENES CoE will support maritime traffic, transport and exploitation regulations at national and European/Global scale. Based on a dedicated ERATOSTHENES CoE owned direct data acquisition antenna/facility, which will be used for direct data downlink and obtaining near real-time information, Cyprus will rely much less upon third party maritime surveillance and services for local satellite data. The marine safety and security sector will capitalise on a secured supply of EO data and rapid development of services and customer needs in this domain and specifically in that geographic area. The main activities of the Marine Safety & Security sector are presented below:
- Marine pollution monitoring.
- Law Enforcement.
- Illegal immigration monitoring.
- Unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing detection.
- Ocean acidification monitoring.
- Climate change or the irreversible destruction of marine habitats as a result of anthropogenic activities.
- Information systems (ICT) for ports operation and the simplification of port procedures for clearance of vessels and cargoes.
- Maritime Spatial Planning to enhance and optimise port planning and management, which can be used by decision-makers for the development of a new port or the upgrade/extension of an existing one.
- Integrated Coastal Zone Management using Earth Observation and remote sensing techniques.
