What is European Maritime Safety Agency?

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Overview
Role: Offers technical expertise and operational assistance in maritime safety, security and pollution
Director: Maja Markovčić Kostelac
Set up: 2002
Staff: 250
Location: Lisbon (Portugal)
Website: EMSA
The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) provides technical expertise and operational assistance to improve maritime safety, pollution preparedness and response and maritime security.

Most of the Agency’s tasks are preventive, such as monitoring how certain laws are being applied and evaluating their overall effectiveness, but some tasks are reactive, such as providing EU countries with oil recovery ships in the event of a major spill at sea and detecting marine pollution through satellite surveillance.

What it does
EMSA provides governments and authorities with detailed, reliable knowledge about what happens at sea, in real time, to help them implement maritime policies effectively. EMSA also offers maritime services which respond to the changing needs of diverse maritime users across Europe:

vessel reporting
earth observation
integrated maritime information
pollution response
port state control.
EMSA plays a pivotal role in promoting best practice. Experience dealing with a variety of both safety and security-related concerns from legal and operational perspectives has given EMSA extensive knowledge about many of the issues which arise, and about the practical realities of addressing them.

EMSA conducts many different kinds of technical inspection:

inspecting classification societies listed as ‘Recognised Organisations’ by EU countries
inspecting maritime education and certification systems in non-EU countries
checking that ships calling at EU ports are adequately inspected
checking national vessel traffic monitoring systems.
EMSA also:

ensures the consistent investigation of marine accidents throughout the EU
shares best practices on maritime safety, security and environmental issues.
Who benefits
EMSA’s main target groups are:

EU institutions
EU national maritime administrations
EFTA coastal state maritime administrations.
Internationally, EMSA supports:

the International Maritime Organisation
countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Caspian Sea as part of the European Neighbourhood Policy.
Further information
List of publications

Monthly newsletter

Career opportunities

Contact
European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)
Website
http://www.emsa.europa.eu/
Email
[email protected]
Phone number
+351 21 1209 200
Fax number
+351 21 1209 210
Postal address
Praça Europa 4, 1249-206 Lisbon, Portugal