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The statistical approach for monitoring maritime
safety used and developed by EMSA Béatrice
Comby Project Officer - Production and
development of maritime statistics
IMSF Conference, Singapore 16th April 2007
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The Agency 27/6/2002 Publication in the
Official Journal of the Regulation (EC)
1406/2002 establishing the European Maritime
Safety Agency (EMSA) 1/5/2003 The Executive
Director takes office and starts to build up
the Agency 14/9/2006 Opening ceremony after
relocation in Lisbon
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EMSAs operational tasks Pillar 1 Ensuring
the correct implementation of existing
community legislation Pillar 2 Developing
technical cooperation projects with the
Commission and Member States Pillar 3
Pollution preparedness, detection and response
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Operational tasks
Database developments
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Pillar 1 - Supporting the European Commission
Implementation of EU legislationTechnical
assistance for new and/or amended legislation
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Monitoring the implementation of E.C. legislation
1 - Horizontal assistance to the European
Commission

• Statistical analysis before and after assessment
  visits
• Port State Control
• Port reception facilities

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Statistical services, monitoring and related
research
1 - Horizontal assistance to the European
Commission

• Production of statistical products, services and
  publications
• EQUASIS, Paris MoU, other partner organisations
• Data processing, data extraction and data
  analysis
• Ex Port State Control, banned ships, single hull
  oil tankers
• Statistical research activities
• Information sources, ports, ships particulars,
  movements

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Port State Control
2 - Specific tasks in the field of maritime safety

• New Information System (NIS) design and creation
  of an effective inspection database.
• Every ship eligible
• Risk profile based on
• - ship particulars type, age, flag, recognised
  organisation, company
• - inspections records detentions, deficiencies
• Will calculate and make public
• - risk profile of every ship
• - next periodic inspection date
• Final version of proposal is not yet agreed

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Education, training and certification of seafarers
2 - Specific tasks in the field of maritime safety

• STCW database containing data on
• Seafarer certificates, endorsements
• Education
• Records of compliance of national systems
• Training institutions with the requirements of
  the STCW

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Ro-ro ferries
2 - Specific tasks in the field of maritime safety

• Administration of Ro-ro ferry database for
  recording survey reports carried out under
  Directive 99/35/EC
• Database upgrades
• Harmonisation of procedures for providing
  information
• Linked to port state control database

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Port reception facilities
2 - Specific tasks in the field of maritime safety

• Database created after assessment on waste
  reception and handling plans adopted in
  accordance with article 5 of Directive 2000/59/EC.

Marine Equipment
Database public available on approved marine
equipments on more than 21.000 certificates
(www.mared.org).
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Pillar 2 - Working with Member States
Co-operation between Member States and the
European Commission
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EU vessel traffic monitoring and information
system
Obligations on Member States (Directive 2002/59) EMSA tasks linked to Directive 2002/59 (Art 2. of Reg 1406)
Port, hazmat, ship, alert and security notifications ensure connexions and interoperability of the National Systems used to manage the information SafeSeaNet, as the central pillar of the information system (future developments in PSC, LRIT)
Automatization AIS development -shore-based installations - appropriate equipment for relaying the information to and exchange it between the national systems of Member States Monitoring of development of the infrastructure (new Database). Cooperation through network, pilot projects (HELCOM), workshops, study.
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Accident/Casualty investigation

• European database on maritime accidents EMCIP
• (European Marine Casualty Information Platform)
• Methodology for Marine Casualty Investigation
• - promote and facilitate cooperation on common
  standards
• Data analysis
• - analysis of investigation reports and research
  of data
• - playback of casualty related Voyage Data
  Recorders (VDR)
• Disseminate statistics and information
• - optimal exchange of findings from
  investigations

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Pillar 3 - Providing operational assistance
Marine pollution response
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Satellite monitoring and surveillance services
one-stop-shop Information flowchart All
generated data will be stored in the Satellite
imagery database (verification, validation and
statistics)
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Hazardous and noxious substance pollution (HNS)

• Action Plan for HNS Pollution Preparedness and
  Response (Section 3 HNS Trade in European
  Waters)
• Transported substances
• Volumes, by type of cargo
• Fleet Composition
• Ships trading in European waters with HNS cargo
• Trade Pattern to and from European Ports
• Main routes, high density traffic areas
• European HNS Trade and EMSA Activities

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Future developments