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The EU funded SAFEMED IV project organized an Oil Spill Pollution Response Exercise in the waters of Cyprus with the EMSA contracted oil spill pollution response stand-by vessel M/V Alexandria. The event was held in Limassol, Cyprus, from the 25 to the 27 September 2018. The activity was part of Component 4 of the project “Protection of the marine environment” which provides the beneficiaries wit ...

In the framework of the EU funded SAFEMED IV project, EMSA organised a training for VTS Operators. Overall, ten participants from Algeria, Israel, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia have undergone the training from 27 August to 5 September 2018, in Turku, Finland. The training reflected, as much as possible, the guidelines set out in the IALA (International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and L ...

From 25 to 29 June an EMSA team and an experienced IMO lead auditor from the Danish Maritime Authority carried out a preparatory audit to Algeria in view of the IMO Member State Audit Scheme (IMSAS). The objective was to support the maritime administration of Algeria to prepare for the IMO audit that will be executed in 2019. The activity is envisioned in the framework of the project for technica ...

From 19 to 20 June 2018, EMSA hosted the Training on the Implementation of the IMO Instruments Implementation (III) Code in collaboration with the International Maritime Organization (IMO). The activity was planned as part of the Component 1 “Flag States” of the EU funded project SAFEMED IV. Such component aims at providing technical assistance and support to maritime administrations of the SAFEM ...

On the 18 of April 2018, the EU funded project SAFEMED IV was invited to participate to the 24th Meeting of the GTMO 5+5 expert group which included the CETMO’s secretariat, the Union for the Mediterranean as well as representatives from Algeria, France, Italy, Libya, Malta, Mauritania, Morocco, Portugal, Spain and Tunisia. According to the Cooperation Protocol of the GTMO 5+5, the objectives of ...