Image: Danish Maritime Authority
Demonstrating that authorities are taking enforcement of IMO 2020 seriously, a brand-new sulfur smelling drone has actually begun inspecting the discharges from ships running in Danish waters. Provided by the European Maritime Safety Agency, the drone will certainly run in a certain location north of the Great Belt strait.
This notes the 2nd time EMSA has actually evaluated a sulfur-sniffing drone overDenmark Last year, a various version drone patrolled in the location for 3 months. The brand-new drone has actually formerly been utilized for different monitoring jobs.
By flying right into the ship’s exhaust gas plume, the drone can utilize its “sniffer technology” to sign up the sulfur web content in the ship’s gas. These information are quickly readily available to the Danish Environmental Protection Agency, which can after that comply with up if a ship is sending out way too much sulfur.
Several Danish authorities have actually coordinated to obtain the drone from EMSA at work over Danish waters. The examination job is being executed in a cooperation in between the Ministry of Environment as well as Food of Denmark, the Danish Environmental Protection Agency as well as the Danish Maritime Authority.
The drone started procedures over Denmark from July 1 as well as will certainly continue to be in the location with October 31.
