CLS Acquires Ground Control to Strengthen Global Satellite IoT Offering & Environmental Impact
A leading provider of innovative satellite services dedicated to the study, protection, and sustainable management of the planet resources, CLS announces the acquisition of Ground Control, a UK- and...
CLS’s Industrial Division Develops Innovative Connected Beacons
For over 40 years, CLS has been developing satellite solutions to study and protect the planet and manage its resources sustainably. One of its key strengths? Its industrial division dedicated to...
Vendée Globe 2024 Edition – Ice Risk: Monitoring Icebergs from Space
How is the race made safer by detecting the most threatening icebergs? CLS enhances the safety of major ocean races through its expertise in detecting icebergs from space and analyzing their drift...
Iceberg Straight Ahead: CLS Ensures Vendée Globe Safety from Space
Download the PDF The Vendée Globe is the ultimate adventure — a solo, non-stop, and unassisted sailing race around the world. Dubbed the "Everest of the Seas," this legendary race offers no respite...
CLS Signs MMS2, the Most Important Contract of Its History with Indonesia
CLS is proud to announce the signing of a landmark agreement with the Indonesian Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency (BMKG) to develop the second phase of Indonesia's...
Navigating the Invisible: The Crucial Role of a Radar Imaging Expert
Aymeric Chandouineau, a Spatial Imaging Analyst at CLS, takes a few moments to assess a solar storm that is complicating his day this morning before speaking to us about his mission. In his role as...
Franco-Sri Lankan Victory Against Eco-Crime
Download the PDF Flagrant pollution offences observed from space, criminal polluters identified thanks to CLS, a subsidiary of the French Space Agency, penalties imposed by local authorities,...
French Customs rely on MAS for their daily missions
A powerful research and analysis tool, which enables French Customs to target vessels of interest, monitor their behavior and prepare customs operations. What is CLS’ MAS? The first maritime...
Security at Sea: CLS Strengthens its Position Through Pivotal Contracts in India, Sri Lanka and Thailand, and Acquires SAT ONE in Brazil
Download the PDF CLS, world leader in satellite-based maritime security, announces the signature of three major contracts with the governments of India, Sri Lanka and Thailand for the supply of its...
Preserving our planet: Sri Lanka’s MEPA turns to CLS to deploy national satellite-based oil spill detection service
Download the PDF CLS, a French company developing satellite-based solutions for a sustainable planet and a leading player in maritime safety, is stepping up to help protect Sri Lanka’s waters with a...
Shipping: Panama Canal Transit Restrictions to be Expected for at Least 10 Months
Sentinel 1 image received and analyzed by CLS' VIGISAT station dated August 27 2023 shows the hundreds of vessels blocked at the 2 gates of the Panama canal. ESA Copyright. Areas framed in red...
CLS and Iceberg Detection from Space
Vendée Globe, Jules Verne Trophy, Barcelona ; the management of the biggest offshore races have trusted CLS to detect ice threatening the competitors’ route and to build together the famous...
PT CLS Argos Indonesia, partner of the most advanced Maritime Meteorological System
To meet Indonesia’s ambitions to develop and secure the maritime economy of the country gathering 17,000 islands, the BKMG (Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics) called on...
Let’s talk drones and maritime security with Jim Sharples
Jim joined CLS and more specifically the Maritime Surveillance Business Unit on the 20th of September 2021. His specialty? Aeronautics, and drones specifically This is what attracted Jim to CLS, as...
Nadia Maaref: “My unwavering goal? To lead my team towards excellence in maritime surveillance”
Nadia Maaref has a smile, a look and a bearing that inspire everyone she meets. Behind the calm and composed exterior, there’s a sense of innate determination and strength of character. Beneath the...
Meeting with the Delegation of French Polynesia at CLS Brest
In the context of the One Ocean Summit, CLS welcomed in its premises in Brest a Polynesian delegation. French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France, comprises more than 100 islands in the South...
SwissDrones and CLS Group Deploy SDO 50 V2 Unmanned Helicopter for Maritime Operations
Download the PDF The companies successfully demonstrated ship-based operations for aerial surveillance and search and rescue missions in the open ocean. Zurich, Switzerland and Toulouse, France, 1...
CLS and TEKEVER, a European drone manufacturer have signed a new contract with the European Maritime Safety Agency for maritime surveillance by remotely piloted aircrafts
Download the PDF This innovative contract includes the deployment of lifeboats and many new sensors. The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) has awarded a new contract to CLS, a French Space...
Oil Spill in California: What can we see from Space?
Yesterday, the southern California beaches were affected by a massive oil spill, causing large pollution off the coast. The oil spill originated from a broken pipeline and spread more than half a...
A drone able to deploy rescue raft to people in distress at sea
CLS, together with TEKEVER, have added a new life-saving capability to the maritime patrol version of the AR5 drone, with eight-person life rafts that can be dropped to people in distress. CLS, a...
CLS analysts investigate oil spill off Corsica from space
An oil spill has been detected at sea just East of Corsica, visible on the radar satellite images received, processed and studied by CLS analysts, experts in pollution response. This...
The French Navy’s TRIMARAN III CONTRACT, which relies on CLS, mobilizes more than 300 satellites to monitor the French maritime space
Download the PDF With more than 11 million km² of Exclusive Economic Zone, France, having the world's second largest maritime area, must meet challenges on all the world's seas in order to guarantee...
Tautkae storm: Barge in distress off the coast of Bombay, the shipwrecked trigger their Cospas-Sarsat system
On the 17th May, southwest of Bombay, a barge with more than 260 people onboard was adrift in the Arabian Sea in the wake of Cyclone Tauktae, which struck India already hitten hard by the Covid-19...
Saving lives with the Cospas-Sarsat system by Bruno Chazal, or the praise of diplomacy
CLS editorial staff met with Bruno Chazal, France's representative for the international Cospas-Sarsat organization and Chairman of the organization's Board. Cospas-Sarsat is the satellite-based...
Annick Girardin, Minister of the Sea in France, on a visit to Toulouse, discusses the utility of space in the management of maritime territories
Download the PDF On Friday, March 26, 2021, during a trip to Toulouse, Annick Girardin, Minister of the Sea, visited CLS’ Head Quarters, a subsidiary of CNES (French Space Agency), to explore the...
CLS participates in 500th activation of Copernicus Emergency Management Service monitoring fire impact in Australia
On the 5th February 2021, during 5 days of extreme fire conditions, the state of Western Australia suffered great losses near Perth. Due to large areas inaccessible to firefighters and a situation...
Vendée Globe: satellites monitor the threat of the icebergs and we adapt the AEZ accordingly
While the RACE lead is currently in the middle of the Atlantic, some of the participants are still in the South Pacific approaching Cape Horn. This gateway to the Atlantic is a symbolic and...
Vendée Globe: Icebergs detected on the skippers’ route: Antarctic Exclusion Zone raised by 5 degrees to improve the safety of skippers
Since 2008, CLS, Official Supplier of ice data for the Vendée Globe, has been using technologies and satellites designed and deployed by CNES (French National Center for Space Studies) and ESA...
Position: iceberg hunter
As the Southern ocean becomes the daily life of the competitors in the leading pack of the Vendée Globe, the iceberg is the ultimate danger to avoid. Meeting with Jimmy Viard, radar analyst at CLS,...
Vendée Globe 2020: The race has started!
CLS is a global company and pioneer provider of monitoring and surveillance solutions for the Earth, created in 1986. We are subsidiary of the French Space Agency (CNES) and CNP, an investment firm....
Hydrocarbon Pollution Alert in Mauritius
The MV Wakashio, stranded on the reefs at Pointe-d'Esny, Mauritius, since 25 July, was carrying on board 200 tonnes of diesel and 3,800 tonnes of heavy oil. An ingress of water had been reported by...
Myanmar Steps up its Fight Against IUU Fishing Approving CLS Triton VMS for Monitoring its Offshore Fleet
Download the PDF Vessel monitoring systems (VMS) will help Myanmar reduce illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing and protect the sovereignty of its EEZ. There has been a 90 percent decline in...
Indonesia Chooses Space Technology in the Fight Against Pollution
Plastic waste in the oceans has disastrous consequences for the environment and human health, and Indonesia is the world's second largest polluter. The government, aware of the urgency, is exploring...
The Sinking of the Erika, 20 Years Later – “The authorities were almost blind… today they can see everything”
On 12 December 1999, at dawn, in a raging ocean, the oil tanker Erika sank in 120 metres of water off the coast of Brittany. It had been in trouble since the day before due to a technical failure....
VIGISAT: The space sector serving humanity and the environment celebrates its 10th anniversary November 14, 2019
Download the PDF The VIGISAT project has enabled many accomplishments over the past 10 years, such as reducing oil pollution in European waters by half; combating illegal fishing, drug trafficking,...
Brest Atlantiques Race: an iceberg monitoring system by CLS to accompany the skippers
The Brest Atlantiques race set off on November 5th, 2019. The 4 skippers in the running left from Brest (France) across the Atlantic Ocean towards Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), and then Cape Town...
International Day for the Fight Against IUU Fishing
FAO has declared June 5, 2019 as the International Day for the Fight against Illegal Fishing. CLS from space fights these environmental crimes on a daily basis. Today, marine resources are too often...
Grande America oil spill in France: what did we see from space?
On 12 March last, the Grande America sank in the Bay of Biscay. The data provided by the ship-owner lists 365 containers, 45 of which are listed as containing hazardous substances and just over 2000...
RPAS drone flights get underway in Spain to assist SASEMAR in its search and rescue and pollution monitoring operations
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Jules Verne Trophy: CLS detects dangerous icebergs via satellite
The Jules Verne trophy is an incredible circumnavigation speed challenge, for crewed vessels, without stopovers. Contestants must cross the starting line between Créac’h lighthouse on Ushant Island...
CLS at the salon nautique de Paris Wednesday 12 December 2018
The salon nautique opened on December 8 Porte de Versailles. More than 800 exhibitors are presented until Sunday 16th. This great gathering of the nautical is the inevitable event of the maritime...
Les Assises de l’économie de la mer : CLS Highlights
The Off of November 26: visit of CLS Brest with a delegation of about ten people, in the presence of the deputy of French Polynesia. 1st day of the meeting Lunch at the table of the Chief of the...
Les Assises de la Mer – Starting Today (27/11) for 2 Days of Workshops on the Blue Economy, in Brest, France
The “Assises de l’économie de la mer is the main event of the French maritime community. Vincent Kerbaol, CLS Brest, will speak in a workshop scheduled on Wednesday 28 November from 11:00 to 12:15:...
A location tag provided by CLS has been active on Aquarius since March 19th
Since 19 March, a location tag has been provided by CLS to SOS Méditerranée to allow them greater responsiveness during operations at sea. Since the 2000s, CLS satellite services operator and...
SOS Méditerranée and CLS: a location beacon on the Aquarius
SOS Méditerranée is an association of citizens who charters a ship, the Aquarius, to help those who flee for their lives. In two years, some 28,000 people have been rescued, of whom 1/3 are minors....
France well coordinated to efficiently support fight against pollution at sea
CLS together with the Cluster Maritime Français, organized on March 21st, a presentation of the space-based technologies to fight effectively against the maritime pollutions. All relevant French...
Which technologies for the fight against marine pollution ?
CLS organizes with the Cluster Maritime Français a breakfast of exchanges on the stakes and the contributions of the space-based technologies to fight effectively against...
Stop Illegal Fishing by 2020: A Crucial Challenge. There are solutions !
Today, marine resources are often overexploited (overfishing, illegal, unregulated, unreported fishing) and threatened by pollution and global warming. Scientists believe that certain stocks such as...
CLS, ready to take the challenge of Blue Growth
In a meeting organized with representatives of the Pôle Mer Bretagne Atlantique, Nicolas Hulot, French Minister of Ecology, set blue economy targets in a key phrase: “We must accelerate” This event...
SALON DU BOURGET 2017: CLS develops and promotes space applications
The Paris Air Show 2017 "Salon du Bourget" is a privileged moment to describe the new activities and the potential offered by space solutions. In the current context of digital transition, space...
CLS keep an eye on the oceans
With nearly 20 years of expertise, CLS uses data from several satellites including sentinels to develop new solutions to protect the planet, its environment, its biodiversity and its inhabitants....
The Vendée Globe a race under high satellite surveillance.
The Vendée Globe is the only solo, non-stop, without assistance sailboat race around the world. Nicknamed “Everest of seas”, only 71 sailors under 138 managed to reach the fish line since its...
CLS at the Sea tech Week
From 10 to 14 October 2016, 10th edition of Sea Tech Week Sea Tech Week, international marine science and technology week, brings to the city of Brest (France) every two years leading international...
Brest 2016: “Oceans and climate”
Several actors of Quai des Sciences in Brest (france), including CLS, have been decided this year to promote the role of the ocean on climate. Climate issues are opening broad scientific and...
CLS & Sentinel 1 : Mediterranean pollution
CLS detects oil spills by using satellite radar images, determines the drift trajectories of oil slicks to identify polluters and the possible source of the pollution and finally, supplies the...
With the successful launch of Sentinel-1B, on the evening of 25 April, CLS is continuing to watch over our planet
Download the PDF On Monday 25 April, at 23h02 (UTC), the European Sentinel 1-B satellite was placed in orbit by a Soyuz launcher from the European space port at Kourou in French Guiana. CLS, a...
Maritime piracy : a collaborative approach
Collation and dissemination of information regarding maritime piracy and armed robbery at sea
SATELLITE-LINKED DRONES ARE CLIMATE CHANGE SENTINELS
New technologies for environmental monitoring.
Limiting CO2 emissions at sea
CLS helps Europe to enforce maritime emissions monitoring with the ESA Feasibility Study “STEAM”
Download the PDF CLS helps Europe to enforce maritime emissions monitoring with the ESA feasibility study "STEAM" (Ship Sulfur Trails Emissions Aerial Measurements)