Eight Operators from both SAFEMED V and BCSEA II projects attended the course for VTS supervisor delivered by the EMSA contractor according to the relevan IALA standards.

The session aimed to provide the knowledge and practical competences required for a VTS Supervisor and covered topics as communication and Leadership, managing the Watch (Watchkeeping responsibilities, shift management, Preparing reports, New technology applied to shiftwork), advance traffic management, IMO Resolution R.A.1158(32), interaction with allied services, maintaining a safe waterway, risk analysis (IWRAP/PAWSA), responding to emergency (how to develop a contingency plan, emergency management, EMSA tools), human factors and procedures that affect operational performance, simulations sessions (Weather alert, Not-compliance in a TSS, Slotting in a narrow channel).