One of the main objectives of the EU funded SAFEMED IV project is to make sure that all beneficiary countries abide by the provisions of the III Code of the International Maritime Organisation. For this reason, EMSA has scheduled a series of Coordination Mission to gather insights on the various Maritime Administrations of the beneficiary countries and provide a full overview of the actors and en ...

EMSA organized the training on Port State Control in Morocco, from 7 to 11 October 2019, within the EU funded SAFEMED IV project. 14 inspectors from the Merchant Marine Directorate participated to the training. Port State Control (PSC) is the inspection of foreign flagged vessel to ensure compliance with the international standards for safety, pollution prevention and response, and labour conditi ...

Within the framework of the EU funded SAFEMED IV project, EMSA has provided technical assistance to Algeria on the development of procedures for the oversight and monitoring of Recognised Organisations (RO). ROs are organizations entrusted by the Maritime Administrations to act on their behalf concerning statutory surveys and certification. To regulate the delegation of authority by flag States t ...

Ship waste does not only affect marine life. There is unquestionable evidence that waste from ships has become a serious social, environmental, economic and health issue worldwide. Consequently, there is an urgent need for proper handling of ship-generated waste with adequate Port Reception Facilities as requested by the MARPOL Convention. In the framework of the EU funded SAFEMED IV project, DNV ...

Tunisia having recently become a Contracting Government to the European Union Cooperative Data Centre (EU LRIT CDC), attended the LRIT Session of the 5th SSN/LRIT Group Meeting, which was held at EMSA on 21 May 2019. Tunisia was welcomed to the meeting where LRIT data quality issues and new developments were discussed. The participation of Tunisia to the 5th SSN/LRIT Working Group was sponsored b ...