Lisbon-based European Maritime Safety Agency provides technical assistance and support to the European Commission and Member States in the implementation and development of European Union maritime safety and pollution legislation. In addition to the development and updating of legislation, it monitors its implementation and evaluates the effectiveness of the measures taken, with the aim of improving maritime safety and pollution prevention and control. This agency provides detailed, reliable and real-time information on what happens at sea to help government s and competent authorities effectively implement maritime policy measures to prevent future problems and accidents, contributing to improved safety in EU waters. In order to effectively fulfill its tasks, this organization was created in 2003 following the sinking of two oil tankers, first the “Erika” in 1999 off the French coast and then the “Prestige” in 2002 off the Spanish coast. AESM / EMSA has an important and complex technical infrastructure supported by technologically up-to-date communications and control systems that will be presented during the visit. Duration – Half day, Bus in Lisbon (Cais do Sodré)

Registration to the visits is mandatory. Max participants per visit – 50

The BRISA Operational Coordination Centre ensures the centralisation of relief operations, protection, patrolling, assistance and information to users in the extensive highway network concession.

During the technical visit, several innovations and telematics systems will be displayed. The telematic equipment installed in the Brisa network is the result of constant research and adaptation to the needs of the activity. Created in 2014, the OCC operates with 16 other more operational and local traffic management centres distributed along the country ensuring the traffic safety and efficiency along the entire Brisa network.

This constant flow of information allows to provide a better service to the customer and maintain the conditions of circulation. In addition to the technical equipment, Brisa also has 71 specific and operational vehicles that circulate in the Brisa network. The continuous communication of these vehicles and GPS control allows the OCC to distribute resources effectively

Duration – Half day, Bus from Lisbon to Carcavelos

ITS EUROPEAN CONGRESS LISBON 2023 promotes, during the morning of May 23 a Technical Visit to Maritime Traffic Control Center / VTS of Porto de Lisboa.

PORTO DE LISBOA is a large European port with an Atlantic orientation and a direct door to the Iberian market, being a vital infrastructure for the Portuguese economy. Its geostrategic location gives it an important status in the international trade logistic chains and in the main cruise lines. Its Maritime Traffic Control Center, VTS – Lisbon, manages navigation within its area of jurisdiction by providing information and advising ships sailing on the Tagus estuary and approaching it, up to a radius of 16.5 nautical miles, centered on VTS – Lisbon.

During the visit to this Control Center, a technically evolved center equipped with the most modern maritime traffic and security control systems, several topics of interest will be addressed, namely those related to the VTS (Vessel traffic Service) and the Dynamic Under-Keel Clearance System in PORTO DE LISBOA.

The municipal Traffic Management Centre ensures the centralisation of relief operations, protection, patrolling, assistance and information to Lisbon’s traffic.

Duration – Half day, Bus in Lisbon (Marquês de Pombal)

This Traffic Command Centre is a technologically advanced operations’ hub, involving a myriad of controllers and inspectors who manage over 700 vehicles operating in Lisbon. In addition, it is also responsible for incident management,

technical supervision, inspection of BUS corridors and quality assessment of the service.

Duration – Half day, Bus in Lisbon (Miraflores)

The European Congress ITS Lisbon 2023 promotes on May 23, at 2:30 pm, a Technical Visit to the Operational Railway Command Center (CCO) of Lisbon, owned by the company Infraestruturas de Portugal.

IP-Infraestruturas de Portugal is the public company resulting from the merge in 2015 between the Rede Ferroviária Nacional – REFER, E.P.E. and EP – Estradas de Portugal, S.A. which aims the conception, design, construction, financing, conservation, operation, requalification, extension and modernization of the national road and rail networks, including the command and control of rail traffic.

During the visit to this Operational Command Center (CCO), a multidisciplinary center equipped with the most modern support systems for railway operation, several topics of interest will be addressed, namely those related to the rail traffic management model that IP-Infraestruturas de Portugal adopts to guarantee the high standards of efficiency and quality of service they provide to their customers, using innovative concepts combined with the most modern and advanced technologies.