Tag: EMSA

The European Maritime Safety Agency has released the Seafarer Statistics in the EU report, where it explores various statistics and trends regarding seafarers, during the year of 2022. 

A thorough effort based on the IMO Formal Safety Assessment (FSA) procedure has ensured that the recommendations in DBI's report CARGOSAFE will form the basis for discussions at the IMO. 

EMSA, through the EMSA Academy, has developed and is delivering as from the 4th of March 2024 the first iteration of the Common Core Curriculum on Principles and Techniques for Safety Investigators.

EMSA has published the first part of a study on the safety aspect of bunkering with biofuels, providing a comprehensive analysis of a pre-selection of biofuels in terms of safety aspects like flashpoint, toxicity, and cold-flow properties, among others.

EMSA issued its Equasis ‘World Merchant Fleet in 2022’ report, providing a picture of the world’s merchant fleet throughout the year, derived from data contained in the Equasis database.

EMSA has issued its outlook for 2024, which structured around seven thematic categories, this publication places a strong emphasis on Sustainability, Safety & Security, Surveillance, and Simplification, reinforcing the Agency’s commitment to addressing the associated fundamental maritime challenges.

EMSA published an analysis of all incidents reported to the European Marine Casualty Information Platform – (EMCIP) during the last decade (17/06/2011-31/12/2021) to detect potential safety issues, revealing that more than 10,000 ships have been involved in navigational incidents related to grounding, collision, and contact.

EU/EFTA has published guidelines intended to provide useful and practical information to relevant responders, administrations or industry when addressing health and safety issues linked specifically to marine oil spill response operations.

According to EMSA, the maritime industry faces substantive challenges due to increasingly strict air emissions and climate legislation as its practitioners navigate the course towards decarbonisation. The potential of wind assisted propulsion systems as a power source in the shipping sector is analysed in a new report released by EMSA.

Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) installations on board ships have been increasing in number and installed power as the battery technology also develops.