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Common Core Curriculum for Marine Accident Investigators
Published01.10.2025As 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 ...
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Oil Pollution Response Exercise in Türkiye
Published22.09.2025In 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 ...
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Bosnia and Herzegovina connected to the Mediterranean regional server for SSN (MAREΣ)
Published17.06.2025Among the core components of the IPA III project there is the pilot initiative on sharing Terrestrial AIS (Automatic Identification System) information, which is essential for maritime situational awareness. Participating countries were offered the opportunity to join the Mediterranean AIS Regional Server (MAREΣ), operated and maintained by the Italian Coast Guard. In support of this initiative, ...
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Common Core Curriculum course for Flag State Inspectors (Basic Level)
Published17.06.2025The 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 ...
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Training on THETIS-MED and tutoring project on PSC
Published17.04.2025Albania applied to become a Member of the MED MOU and its application will be scrutinised by the MEDMOU Committee Meeting planned for the last quarter 2025. To prepare the country for the MEDMOU memebership, two EMSA representatives supported the Albanian PSCOs to familiarise with THETIS-MED, MEDMOU database, and inspection procedures in use by that Memorandum. A RoRoPax, a Gas Carrier and a ...
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EMSA webinar on Mediterranean SECA
Published03.04.2025The date of 1st of May 2025, will mark the entry into force of the Sulphur Emission Control Area (SECA) in the Mediterranean region. The enforcement of SECA by the Mediterranean riparian States should lead to a reduction of the air pollution caused by ships trading in the region. To support EU Members States and non-EU countries beneficiaries of the EU financed projects implemented by the Agency ...
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MAR-ICE service extended to SAFEMED V, BCSEA II and IPA III project beneficiaries
Published05.03.2025EMSA, in close cooperation with the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) and the Centre of Documentation, Research and Experimentation on Accidental Water Pollution (Cedre, France), maintains a network of experts in the framework of the Marine Intervention in Chemical Emergencies Network (MAR-ICE service). On request, these experts (MAR-ICE Network) can provide product-specific information ...
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Familiarisation session on MAR-ICE
Published27.02.2025A dedicated online MAR-ICE familiarisation session was held on 27 February 2025 to explain the service scope and activation procedures for the service. Twenty four participants from thirteen IPA and ENP Beneficiary countries (Palestine, Ukraine, Tunisia, Lebanon, Georgia, Türkiye, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Morocco, Libya, Jordan, Moldova) attended the session.
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21st MAREΣ Expert Working Group
Published13.02.2025Representatives 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 ...
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IPA-ENP Neighbourhood Projects Newsletter February 2025
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