The Advanced Training on the Implementation of ISPS Code under the Maritime Security component of the EU-funded SAFEMED IV project took place on 24 – 25 November 2021 on live broadcasting synchronous mode. 15 participants from Algeria, Israel, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia attended the training focussed on SOLAS Chapter XI-2 and the ISPS Code. An IMO representative provided the different ...

Within the context of the EU funded SAFEMED IV project, EMSA continues to support the Mediterranean Memorandum of Understanding (Med MoU) members with technical assistance in targeting the ships and reporting Port State Control inspections in an efficient through the THETIS-MED database. THETIS-Med is a web-based system developed by EMSA to modernise targeting of ships by the MEDMOU, simplify ...

Under the framework of the EU funded SAFEMED IV project, EMSA delivered an online training on the implementation and enforcement of the IMO’s Ballast Water Management Convention for Tunisian maritime administration. Overall, 16 participants attended the event via TEAMS on 13 and 14 October 2021. The process of loading and unloading untreated ballast water poses a major threat to the environment, ...

The IMO Member State Audit scheme (IMSAS) aims at providing the audited IMO Member State with a comprehensive and objective assessment of how effectively it administers and implements those mandatory IMO instruments which are covered by the Scheme. Within the context of the EU funded projects “SAFEMED IV” and “BCSEA”, EMSA supports the beneficiaries to prepare, undergo and follow-up IMSAS ...

In the framework of SAFEMED IV project the Agency has undertaken the organisation of a regional Training on ISM Code and auditing techniques which took place online from 17 to 21 May 2021. Overall, ten participants from Algeria, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia have undergone the training. The ISM Code is a mandatory international standard for the safe management and operation of ships. It ...