The sector fees, which consist of pilotage fees and safety fees, are used to fund operations and investments in the pilotage system and the Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) in Southern Norway. Users cover ...

The IMAROS 2 project will be carried out in 2024–2025 and is based on the findings from the first IMAROS project.

The IMAROS projects focus on strengthening preparedness and response to oil spills involving low-sulphur fuel oils (LSFOs).

On January 22, key stakeholders from the cruise industry and Norwegian authorities will convene for the Norwegian Cruise ...

A reminder of new regulations as of January 1st 2026: Passenger vessels with a length greater than 150 meters, and carrying passengers, are prohibited from using certain waters when the forecast wind ...

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Read about all the findings from IMAROS 2. On this page you can download all the reports written in the IMAROS 2 project.

Work Package 5 in IMAROS 2 focuses on shoreline clean-up following spills of low-sulphur fuels. The aim is to improve understanding of how these oil types behave when they reach the shore, and what ...

Work package 3 focused on the physical-chemical characterisation of low-sulphur fuel oils to understand how they behave when released into marine and freshwater environments and to support the ...

IMAROS2 aim to boost understanding of oil spill behaviour of LSFOs, and improve capacities of mechanical recovery and shoreline response. The project wishes to establish an international expert group, ...

In this video, we take you behind the scenes of the sampling process, collecting representative samples across Europe. The main findings of the trend analysis of bunker fuel statistics are explained.