The beneficiaries of the SAFEMED V (10), BCSEA II (5) and IPA (4) projects participated in the EMSA Academy Common Core Curriculum (CCC) course for Flag State Inspectors (Intermediate Level). The online component of the course was delivered from 23 June to 5 October 2025 and was followed by a 3-day in-person session at EMSA premises in Lisbon from 14 to 16 October. In total, 19 participants from ...
SAFEMED V project continues to support the Mediterranean Memorandum of Understanding (Med MoU) on Port State Control. From 21 to 23 October the 27th Committee meeting of the Med MoU took place in Kalkara (Malta) where EMSA participated with two representatives. Several key decisions to advance the harmonization of the PSC activities in the Mediterranean were adopted. Among the most significant, ...
The EU financed projects SAFEMED V, BCSEA II and IPA III implemented by EMSA have been the vehicle through which the MAR-ICE service provided to the EU MSs has been extended to the Projects’ beneficiaries. The Agency, together with the Centre of Documentation, Research and Experimentation on Accidental Water Pollution (Cedre, France) has undertaken the organisation of a training session which ...
As part of the Common Core Curriculum for Safety Investigators (2025), conducted by the EMSA Training Academy, an in-person session took place between 22 and 25 September 2025 at the premises of the European Maritime Safety Agency. The in-person session aimed to cover the last Learning Outcomes linked to the Operational Units of the curriculum. It focused on providing the participants with ...
In the context of EU financed project BCSEA II, EMSA has undertaken the organisation of an oil pollution response exercise which took place from 15 to 17 September 2015 in Türkiye. Participants from the BCSEA II, SAFEMED V and IPA project implemented by the Agency were invited to attend. The 3-day oil pollution response exercise aimed to familiarise participants with the theoretical and ...
SAFEMED V project continues to support the Mediterranean Memorandum of Understanding (Med MoU). On 18 and 19 June, EMSA hosted the 36^th^ Mediterranean MoU Management Advisory Board (MAB) which advises the Port State Control Committee on matters of a political and strategic nature. EMSA participated with two representatives which shared, among others, a proposal for MEDMOU Members to target ...
Within the context of SAFEMED V project, EMSA is supporting exchange programmes between Members States of the Mediterranean Memorandum of Understanding (Med MoU) on Port State Control. The exchange programmes are hosted by the EU MSs that are Members both of the Paris MoU and Med MoU (Cyprus, Croatia, Malta) and involve the participation of Port State Control Officers (PSCOs) from Med MoU ...
The beneficiaries of the SAFEMED V (11), BCSEA II (9) and IPA (5) projects participated in the EMSA Academy Common Core Curriculum (CCC) course for Flag State Inspectors (Basic Level). The online component of the course was delivered from 13 January to 25 May 2025 and was followed by a 2-day in-person session at EMSA premises in Lisbon on 3-4 June. In total, 25 participants from 11 beneficiary ...
Eight Operators from both SAFEMED V and BCSEA II projects attended the course for VTS supervisor delivered by the EMSA contractor according to the relevan IALA standards. The session aimed to provide the knowledge and practical competences required for a VTS Supervisor and covered topics as communication and Leadership, managing the Watch (Watchkeeping responsibilities, shift management, ...
From 12 to 15 May, EMSA’s project officers for SAFEMED visited the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to meet with national authorities responsible for the implementation of mandatory IMO instruments. The aim of the visit was to gather information for providing drafting assistance with the national maritime strategy pursuant to the IMO Instruments Implementation (III) Code, as well as the coordination ...