Project news & updates

Among the core components of the IPA III project there is the pilot initiative on sharing Terrestrial AIS (Automatic Identification System) information, which is essential for maritime situational awareness. Participating countries were offered the opportunity to join the Mediterranean AIS Regional Server (MAREΣ), operated and maintained by the Italian Coast Guard. In support of this initiative, ...

Albania applied to become a Member of the MED MOU and its application will be scrutinised by the MEDMOU Committee Meeting planned for the last quarter 2025. To prepare the country for the MEDMOU memebership, two EMSA representatives supported the Albanian PSCOs to familiarise with THETIS-MED, MEDMOU database, and inspection procedures in use by that Memorandum. A RoRoPax, a Gas Carrier and a ...

EMSA, in close cooperation with the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) and the Centre of Documentation, Research and Experimentation on Accidental Water Pollution (Cedre, France), maintains a network of experts in the framework of the Marine Intervention in Chemical Emergencies Network (MAR-ICE service). On request, these experts (MAR-ICE Network) can provide product-specific information ...

Representatives of Jordan and Morocco (SAFEMED V); Georgia, Turkiye and Ukraine (BCSEA II); Albania and Montenegro (IPA III) reinforced their participation to the sharing of T-AIS information by attending the 21st MAREΣ Expert working Group that was organised in cooperation with the Italian Coast Guard as MAREΣ manager and took place in Rome on 11 February 2025. The sharing of terrestrial-AIS ...

For the first time, the beneficiaries of the ENP and IPA projects participated in the EMSA Academy Common Core Curriculum (CCC) for Maritime Auditors which culminated in a two-day in-person session on 28-29 January. The curriculum commenced on 17 September 2024 and was delivered in a blended mode to a combined audience of representatives from the EU Member States and the projects’ beneficiaries. ...