Welcome to the CompMon project website

The CompMon project will join Member States’ forces in voluntary piloting of effective targeting methods for the enforcement of Marpol Annex VI

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Activities have been ongoing since 2014

CompMon activities have been ongoing in participating member states since 2014. Fixed sniffing instruments have been installed and 3 aircrafts are equipped for the purpose. National sulphur inspectors will pilot hand-held analysis devices as new enforcement means.

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The operational core of the Action

The objective of this activity is to prepare the main instruments that will be used for the remote monitoring and targeting of compliance inspections, within CompMon. The instruments to be used are applied in different platforms.

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Activities

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CompMon strategy and management
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Collecting and processing relevant data from the Action
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Piloting of instruments and platforms
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Piloting of targeting tools and applications
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Statistics

Number of aircrafts ready for airborne surveillance

Aircrafts in Belgium, Finland and Sweden have been equipped with air quality monitoring devices. Systems are based on standardized equipment for air quality monitoring that has been modified for flight operations.
Number of exhaust plumes that can be analysed during one hour of airborne surveillance

Experiences from the Belgian sniffer campaign 2015 show that in good conditions up to 10 vessels per hour can be monitored. Total of 190 hours of airborne surveillance will be conducted during the action.
Number of bunker fuel samples to be analysed onboard by sulphur inspectors

Dutch, Finnish and Swedish inspection authorities will use portable analysis devices that speeds up the process of analyzing bunker fuel samples.

Videos

Sniffer flight

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