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 (T-AIS) information is a 3-phase initiative included in the action documents of the Projects that was already introduced during their previous iterations.

• Phase 1 consists of T-AIS information sharing between the beneficiary countries of each project.
• Phase 2 includes the additional exchange of T-AIS information between the projects’ beneficiaries and European countries that are connected to the Mediterranean Regional AIS Server hosted by the Italian Coast Guard (MAREΣ).
• Phase 3 aims to include the projects’ beneficiary countries in the SafeSeaNet EU vessel traffic monitoring and information system. The implementation of Phase 3 is planned in two stages and a simplified version of SafeSeaNet will be used before enabling the system’s full functionality. The initial system will include the exchange of port call information (without the detailed PortPlus messages), incident reports and general information about ships such as ship identification, position, course, speed, port destination, etc.

The implementation of Phase 3 by all Projects’ beneficiaries will represent a significant step forward in creating a wider community of vessel traffic information exchange through a single platform.