Coordination for Operations Over Coastal and National Waters

In plain language

Before flying your drone over Portuguese coastal waters, national waters, or near harbor entrances, you must coordinate with the National Maritime Authority and the local port captaincy to ensure your flight does not interfere with maritime traffic or search and rescue operations.

Requirement as structured

ANAC's local-conditions guidance states that for UAS operations over national or coastal waters the operator must coordinate with the National Maritime Authority and its capitania to confirm that there is no inconvenience, for example search-and-rescue or navy exercises.

Original regulatory text

Activities on the coast/ ground controlled area on the beach or harbors entrance or harbors shelter In the case of UAS operations over national waters or coastal waters, coordinate with the National Maritime Authority and its capitania, to confirm that there is no inconvenience (e.g. SAR or navy exercises). In the SORA authorisation process, any operation that is within a harbor or in the harbor entrance, due to the risk (maritime traffic), ANAC will request and evidence that the UAS operator coordinated the operation with the captaincy (BVLOS, SWARMs overfly non-involved persons if not in the A1 subcategory and assemblies) and shall be provided evidence that will not be operated vessels entering and leaving the harbor (ground risk increase). <brhttps://www.amn.pt/DGAM/capitanias/Paginas/Capitanias.aspx<brIn all other situations if not in the adjacent place to the entrance and if outside the harbor, marinas and sea ports, over the sea water the GRC is considered “ground controlled area”.<br

Applies when

operation

BVLOS