Project description
Civilian ships to enhance Europe’s surveillance
Maritime security in Europe is facing new challenges due to changing operations and increasing crime. Current surveillance systems often struggle with both cost and coverage. With this in mind, the EU-funded MARCONNECT project aims to turn civilian vessels into active players in maritime monitoring through Vessel-Connected Services (VCS). This allows ships to share sensor data with coast-guard authorities, improving real-time situational awareness. This connectivity increases maritime coverage and threat detection. Overall, MARCONNECT brings together law enforcement agencies, maritime operators, and technology experts to reshape Europe’s maritime security landscape.
Objective
Europe's vast maritime domain faces challenges in situational awareness and border security due to dynamic operations and rising maritime crimes. Current surveillance technologies lack cost-efficient, wide-ranging coverage, leaving gaps in EU monitoring. MARCONNECT introduces the Vessel-Connected Services (VCS), a disruptive solution that transforms civilian vessels into active contributors to a real-time, integrated maritime surveillance network. By securely and voluntarily sharing their outward-looking sensor data (e.g. radar, sonar) with Coast Guard Authorities, civilian vessels become valuable assets in enhancing maritime situational awareness. In return, vessel owners gain access to tailored third-party services of their interest and real-time connectivity, creating a synergetic ecosystem. The main end-users of the VCS solution include Coast Guard Authorities, extending also to law enforcement agencies , who will benefit from a dynamic and scalable maritime security solution, and maritime operators across the EU, while private sector stakeholders benefit from anonymised, aggregated data insights to improve their businesses. The impact of the VCS solution is profound, resulting in a significant expansion of maritime surveillance coverage, strengthened ability to detect and respond to maritime threats, complementing existing maritime intelligence services. MARCONNECT capitalises on the trend of decreasing maritime communication costs, accelerating this shift by enabling broader and affordable access to real-time connectivity. This vision is enabled by an experienced consortium of relevant Coast Guard Authorities and Law Enforcement, key maritime industry players, and leading SMEs and RTOs with a proven track record in border security, uniquely positioned to transform Europe’s maritime security landscape and strengthen its borders
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- engineering and technology electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering information engineering telecommunications radio technology radar
- engineering and technology electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering electronic engineering sensors
- social sciences law
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HORIZON.2.3 - Civil Security for Society
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HORIZON.2.3.2 - Protection and Security
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HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions
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Call for proposal
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(opens in new window) HORIZON-CL3-2024-BM-01
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013685 BUCURESTI
Romania
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