EU-funded researchers have been working to optimize a common platform that makes sharing information among different maritime authorities much easier.On 1 July 2024, the EU’s Common Information Sharing Environment (CISE) became operational
EU-funded researchers have been working to optimize a common platform that makes sharing information among different maritime authorities much easier.
On 1 July 2024, the EU’s Common Information Sharing Environment (CISE) became operational in a project coordinated by Isto Matilla, an expert in maritime security and information sharing at Laurea University of Applied Sciences in Finland.
A hypothetical scenario: A container ship sailing at night through the Baltic Sea, travelling along the Polish coast, pulls alongside a fishing boat. This behavior immediately triggers the Polish authorities and raises questions.
“You need to ask why are two vessels meeting in the middle of the sea in the middle of the night? Are they involved in smuggling or illegal migration? Are they buying fish from the fishing vessel?” said Mattila.
As this behavior could be indicative of several illegal activities, when the ship next pulls into port, it needs to be investigated. But that might not be in Poland. It could be in Helsinki, Finland, for instance, or any of the nine countries bordering the Baltic Sea.
For the Finnish authorities to identify the ship as suspicious, they need to be alerted by the Polish maritime authorities who spotted the meetup. But
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