The EU funded SAFEMED IV project was invited to present the main function and services of the new information system THETIS-MED at the 20^th Committee meeting of the Mediterranean MoU on Port State Control. The meeting was held in Batumi, Georgia, from the 12 to 14 September 2018.

SAFEMED IV Project Officer presented the main features of THETIS-MED which will be used by Port State Control Officer across the Mediterranean to select ships for inspection and report inspections’ results.

Technical and administrative matters such as management of users, data migration and hosting were agreed during the meeting as well as a timeline for development, migration, test, deployment and training was presented. The committee agreed on the establishment of a Steering Committee to facilitate communication and decision-making. Members of the Steering Committee will be the Med MoU Secretariat, EMSA, CIMED from Morocco, Cyprus and Malta.