This statement applies to content published on the domain: https://emsa.europa.eu.
It does not apply to content or websites hosted on any of its subdomains or on EMSA’s maritime applications.

This website is managed by the European Maritime Safety Agency. It is designed to be accessible to as many people as possible, including persons with disabilities.

Accessibility Features

You should be able to:

• Zoom in up to 120% without loss of functionality or readability
• Navigate most of the website using only a keyboard
• Navigate most of the website using modern screen readers and speech recognition software on computers or mobile devices

The site has been developed in line with the European accessibility standard EN 301 549 v.3.2.1, which closely follows Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1.

Compliance Status

This website is compliant with WCAG 2.1 Level A, and partially compliant with EN 301 549 v.3.2.1, WCAG 2.1 Level AA and WCAG 2.1 Level AAA.
See the section Non-accessible content below for more details.

• Last accessibility test: 30 June 2025

Feedback and Contact

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of the European Maritime Safety Agency website.
If you encounter accessibility barriers, please contact us:

• Contact Form - EMSA - European Maritime Safety Agency. Please do not include sensitive personal information such as financial or health-related data.

We aim to respond within 15 business days of receiving your enquiry.

Browser and Assistive Technology Compatibility

This website is designed to be compatible with the latest versions of:

• Google Chrome
• Microsoft Edge
• Mozilla Firefox
• Apple Safari

It also works with commonly used assistive technologies, including:

• NVDA
• VoiceOver
• TalkBack

Technical Specifications

The website relies on the following technologies for accessibility support:

• HTML
• WAI-ARIA
• CSS
• JavaScript

These technologies ensure compatibility with your browser and assistive tools.

Non-accessible Content

Despite our efforts to ensure full accessibility, we are aware of the following limitations:

• Video player – keyboard accessibility: Our website includes embedded videos, while playback controls (play, pause, volume, full screen) work, users cannot navigate the captions. When selecting captions, arrow keys do not work; users must use the TAB key.
• Video captions: Some videos currently lack captions.
• Audio descriptions: Videos do not include audio descriptions.
• Heading structure: Some pages may contain headings that do not follow a logical hierarchy, which may affect screen reader navigation.
• External links: Some links open in a new tab or window without prior notice.
• Insufficient Contrast issues: A reduced number of areas of our website (e.g. parts of our cookie consent, or certain sections and banners) are slightly under the minimum colour contrast ratio threshold recommended in WCAG 22 AA. This is because those colours are part of our current corporate colour palette/identity. Users with low vision and colour blindness can use our accessibility plugin to get higher contrast colour.

If you encounter any other accessibility issues not listed above, please https://emsa.europa.eu/contact/contacts.html.