Friday September 16th the Coast Guard consultation body assembled for the third time this year under the chairmanship of the governor of West-Flanders. Future actions with regard to the implementation of the Marine Spatial Plan were discussed. Marine Spatial Planning is intended to result in a better planning of the use and the space within Belgian marine areas and should offer more legal security to the sea user (for a leaflet, click here). Further on the agenda: the exercises to be held by several coast guard partners at sea in the near future and the measures to be taken for the salvage of the Baltic Ace wreck. The Baltic Ace was a car carrier which sunk after colliding with a container carrier in December 2012. Various working groups, such as windmill parks at sea and a general emergency and intervention plan for the North Sea, reported on the progress made.
