STRENGTHEN MSPIR'S RESPONSE CAPABILITIES BY INTEGRATING THE BUILT PILOT MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION DETECTION SYSTEM

Project value (eligible costs): PLN 1,487,932.13.

Co-financed by the European Union under the European Fisheries Fund: PLN 845,865.63.

Period of implementation: 2020 - 2023.

The Operational Program "Fisheries and Sea" 2014-2020.

Program.

Measure 6.1 "Integrated Maritime Surveillance",

Priority 6.

Priority 6 Supporting the implementation of the Integrated Maritime Policy,

Priority 6.

Description of the project:

The project included the following tasks:

1. construction, integration and maintenance of the pilot system, including the purchase of contamination detectors (contamination detectors for detecting toxic and explosive gases and contamination detectors for detecting oil in seawater);
2. purchase of equipment for reading and exporting data, and equipment for storing and archiving data collected by the contamination detectors;
3. develop internal procedures for the water contamination detection system, the air contamination system, and the system (procedures) for transmitting data to the Maritime Emergency Services of the Baltic countries, the maritime administration, the Fire Department, the Navy.

Main objectives of the project:

• development of cooperation between representatives of science, administration and organizations of the maritime sector;
• Develop and implement solutions to integrate maritime surveillance systems, including test projects.

Specific objectives of the project:

• Increase the level of safety of MSPiR floating personnel adapting the ability to respond quickly to existing potential hazard risks,
• reduce the effects of direct chemical hazards posed by commercial vessels, industrial offshore installations and land-based installations whose impacts may pose risks to the marine environment,
• increase the level of safety in the Baltic Sea by upgrading the fleet with specialized rescue equipment,
• providing an effective search and rescue system and combating hazards and pollution at sea,
• shortening the time of rescue operations by quickly identifying chemical hazards/air or water contamination and applying the correct procedure for combating the contamination,
• the ability to monitor anti-pollution actions at sea conducted by the MSPiR or other rescue units,
• collection and transmission of data to assess the effects of pollution on the state of the marine environment and to assess the effectiveness of the countermeasure action carried out,
• improved knowledge of the state of the marine environment.