SNIFFING OUT THE IMO2020 MISCREANTS

摘要

The first Sniffer Buoy prototype is in the water now for a pilot period, spring-to-autumn 2020. It was installed in the Finnish west coast archipelago outside Turku and Naantali. The Sniffer Buoy consists of remote emission monitoring instruments ecapsulated within a robust polyethylene navigation buoy combined with the AirNow emission monitoring service. The Sniffer Buoy is capable of detecting air pollution particles from vessels' exhaust fumes. Sniffer Buoy coupled with the AirNow service´s AIS recognition and emission measuring instrument detects the amount of emissions and connects the results to right vessel. By using algorithms the program then assesses if the passing vessel complies with the adequate regional emission legislations.