Our traineeship call for 2026-2027 is now open! The closing date for applications is 31 March 2026 Find out more and apply: link.europa.eu/DqTvhy

Today and yesterday, we held our fourth workshop on alternative fuels and power systems for ships here at EMSA. We were delighted to welcome expert speakers and panellists from national administrations and industry, across the EU and beyond ⛽🐬🌊🚢

We’re looking for an Officer - Human Resources Management to join us in our Lisbon headquarters! Interested? Find out more about the role and apply: link.europa.eu/VyMB8j 🗓️ Closing date for applications: 12 March 2026

The ECGFF thematic workshop concluded in Lisbon after a day and a half of exchange at EMSA. Discussions brought together authorities, institutions and agencies to share perspectives on security, sustainability, technology and cooperation in the maritime domain.

This morning’s #ECGFF discussions at EMSA turned to maritime surveillance technologies and training. Exchanges covered how new tools are used in practice, alongside the role of skills development, trainer programmes and e-learning.

Discussions today at the ECGFF workshop focused on decarbonisation and its operational impact. Panels explored alternative fuels, safety and environmental aspects, and the practical implications for coast guard authorities at sea and in port.

Opening the ECGFF workshop at EMSA, our ED stressed that coast guard authorities operate in an increasingly complex environment and that “no single authority, and no single agency can address these developments alone”, underlining the need for cooperation and shared experience.

The ECGFF workshop opened in Lisbon this morning, bringing together coast guard authorities, EU institutions and experts, including @efca-eu.bsky.social and @frontex.bsky.social to discuss maritime challenges under the theme: geopolitical shifts and capacity building for coast guard operations.

Today our Executive Director Maja Markovčić Kostelac welcomed the incoming Commandant of the Italian Coast Guard, Vice-Admiral Sergio Liardo, to our Lisbon headquarters. Vice-Admiral Liardo also visited our Maritime Support Services centre to see our operational work in action.

Today we were honoured by the visit of the French Minister for the Sea and Fisheries, Catherine Chabaud, to EMSA. Minister Chabaud was welcomed by our Executive Director, Maja Markovčić Kostelac, and visited our Maritime Support Services Centre to see our work in action!

Today we are continuing to host the 22nd Inter-Secretariat meeting between Regional Agreement Secretariats, the European Commission, and EMSA, in our Lisbon headquarters and online! #cooperation 🌊🚢🐬

Addressing our European Maritime Safety Conference: Safety First – the Deputy-Director General of the Danish Maritime Authority, Rikke Wetter Olufsen, #EMSAFE 🌊🚢🐬 Join us live Join us live: emsa.europa.eu/emsafe

Today we welcome José Manuel Fernandes, Minister for Agriculture and Maritime Affairs of Portugal 🌊🚢🐬 🇵🇹 🇪🇺 to our European Maritime Safety Conference: Safety First #EMSAFE Follow the event live: emsa.europa.eu/emsafe

Honored to welcome @Arsenio Dominguez Velasco, Secretary-General, International Maritime Organisation, to our European Maritime Safety Conference: Safety First #EMSAFE 🌍🚢 Follow the event live: emsa.europa.eu/emsafe

“In today’s geopolitical reality, safety and security go hand in hand.” Apostolos Tzitzikostas, @ec.europa.eu European Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism addresses the European Maritime Safety Conference – Safety First #EMSAFE via video message

Our Executive Director Maja Markovčić Kostelac has this morning opened our European Maritime Safety Conference – Safety First #EMSAFE live from our Lisbon headquarters! Follow the event live: emsa.europa.eu/emsafe

In an hour’s time we’ll begin our European Maritime Safety Conference – Safety First #EMSAFE live from our Lisbon headquarters! Follow the debate and discussion online: emsa.europa.eu/emsafe#EMSAFE

Tomorrow, Monday 8 December, our European Maritime Safety Conference: Safety First #EMSAFE gets underway! 🌊🚢 Don’t miss our panel on “Charting the course of the EU maritime sector with safety at the heart:” Follow live 📹: emsa.europa.eu/emsafe

We’re getting ready for our European Maritime Safety Conference: Safety First #EMSAFE 🗓️Monday 8 December ⏰09:30 Lisbon time 📍EMSA’s headquarters and online We’re looking forward to our panel on: “Inspiring change: future technology, future safety” Find out more: emsa.europa.eu/emsafe

The countdown is on! 🚢🚢🚢 🗓️On Monday 8 December, we present our European Maritime Safety Conference: Safety First! #EMSAFE Among the highlights: our roundtable on "Passenger Ship Safety: a European Challenge" Find out more & follow along live 🎥 emsa.europa.eu/emsafe

🗓️Monday 8 December ⏰09:30 UTC 🚀Our European Maritime Safety Conference: Safety First! #EMSAFE And we are thrilled to welcome our expert panel for our roundtable “A human-centred safety culture for Europe.” Find out more and follow along live: emsa.europa.eu/emsafe

We’re counting down to our European Maritime Safety Conference: Safety First which takes place on Monday 8 December! #EMSAFE 🚢High-level speakers 🚢Roundtable discussions on maritime safety Find out more: emsa.europa.eu/emsafe

We’re looking for an Officer – Legal Services to work with us in our Lisbon headquarters! The closing date for applications is 8 January 2026 ⏳ Access the full job description, plus details of how to apply link.europa.eu/pykMN6

Today our Executive Director, Maja Markovčić Kostelac, welcomed the Belgian Minister of Home Affairs, Bernard Quintin, to our headquarters in Lisbon 🇧🇪🇪🇺🌊🚢🐬

Today our Executive Director, Maja Markovčić Kostelac, welcomed the European Commissioner for the #Mediterranean, Dubravka Šuica, to EMSA. Commissioner Šuica was briefed on our activities & visited our Maritime Support Services centre to see our work in action! 🌊🚢🐬🇪🇺

This week EMSA is at the Maritime Cyprus event in Limassol 🇨🇾 We’ll be participating in a full range of presentations and activities, and giving demonstrations of the THETIS-MRV system from our EMSA information stand!

We've held the second Underwater Services User Group meeting at EMSA! 🤿🤿 Delegates from across the 🇪🇺 shared feedback on the ROV service, which supports accident investigations and the Coast Guard community 🌊🚢 Find out more about the UWS at EMSA: link.europa.eu/tqMC8k

We’ve opened a reserve list for a Pollution Response Officer in the area of alternative fuels 🌊🚢 Access the full job description here: link.europa.eu/93M3Tq The deadline for applications is 23 October! ⏳

We’ve opened a reserve list for an Officer specialising in maritime security! 🚢🚢🚢 Access the full job description here: europa.eu/!XjjMcd Deadline for applications: 9 October 2025 ⏰

🚨#COASTEX SHARK 2025 kicked off from Civitavecchia! We joined Italy & other MS with our vessel #OceanSentinel, alongside @emsa-eu.bsky.social & @frontex.bsky.social, for a multipurpose exercise at sea. Scenarios? Illegal fishing, search & rescue, pollution response — all in one coordinated drill.

📢 We’re opening a reserve list for a sustainability officer specialising in alternative sources of power and alternative fuels for ships 🚢 ⛽🐬 Access the full job description here: recruitment.emsa.europa.eu/Vacancies/No... Closing date for applications: 9 October 2025 ⏰

We’re opening a reserve list for an Officer to work in our Integrated Maritime Traffic Services ⛴️🚦 The deadline for applications is 7 October 2025 ⏳ Interested? Find the full job description here: tinyurl.com/4df37e27

We’re opening a reserve list for an officer in our European Maritime Awareness Centre (EMAC) based in our Lisbon headquarters 🚢 Access the full job description here: tinyurl.com/2zhker4f Closing date for applications: 29 September 2025 ⏳

We’re opening a reserve list for a Data Science officer 📊 to work in our European Maritime Awareness Centre (EMAC), in our Lisbon headquarters! Access the full job description and everything you need to apply here: tinyurl.com/38hu2rkp The closing date for applications is 29 September 2025 ⏳

We’re opening a reserve list for an Officer to work with us in ship safety here at EMSA! Access the full job description & requirements here: tinyurl.com/5ynz9nyt The deadline for applications is 29 September ⏳

On 4 July, EMSA’s Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) was deployed off the coast of Tuscany to assist in a safety investigation for Italian and Cypriot authorities. The ROV carried out a detailed underwater survey of a grounded hopper dredger. Find out more: tinyurl.com/yck35wkd

Our RPAS services are carrying out 9 deployments across 11 EU and EEA MS this summer. Our RPAS are supporting national authorities in activities such as maritime safety including search and rescue, pollution monitoring, maritime security and fisheries control. 🌊🚢🐬 Find out more: tinyurl.com/bdcpx5tv

Our RPAS services 🛩️are supporting @efca-eu.bsky.social on board its three chartered fisheries patrol vessels this summer! The RPAS helps EFCA and the on-board fisheries inspectors to identify fishing vessels & collect information about fishing activity. 🐟🐟🐟 #cooperation

Once again this year, EMSA supported the Bulgarian national authorities in Breeze 2025, the Black Sea-based maritime exercise. The charted stand-by oil spill response vessel Amalthia joined the exercise, supported by EMSA’s Equipment Assistance. Find out more: tinyurl.com/3wb99tnc

Today we were delighted to receive a delegation from @eesc.bsky.social‬ to our Lisbon headquarters! The delegation presented the EESC Opinion: Towards an EU Maritime Strategy and were briefed on EMSA’s work and activities ⛴️🌊🐬

Our EMSA workboats in action during the recent HEREMA oil spill response exercise in Kavala, Greece. The workboats are specially made for recovery and transport of oil and use in shallow draft water. Find out more about our Equipment Assistance Service: emsa.europa.eu/we-do/sustai...

Today we supported the Baltic Readiness and Coast Guard Exercise (BRACE), coordinated by @frontex.bsky.social and the Kashubian Border Guard Squadron of the Polish Maritime Border Guard, in the Bay of Gdańsk.

Our Executive Director Maja Markovčić Kostelac closing this year’s edition of the AECGE2025 by accepting the traditional bell from @frontex.bsky.social Executive Director, Hans Leijtens. For the next year EMSA chairs the coastguard cooperation framework between @efca-eu.bsky.social, EMSA and Frontex

Today we mark the Day of the Seafarer with a look at the data from the Seafarer Statistics in the EU - Statistical review report. This data represents a snapshot of the EU labour market in terms of the number of seafarers holding valid certificates and endorsements in 2023. tinyurl.com/5n878he6

“Today, Coast Guard cooperation is even more instrumental to face challenges together; we have to move forward, explore it further, work and cooperate more.” Our Executive Director Maja Markovčić Kostelac addressing the #AECGE2025 organised by @frontex-euagency.bsky.social, in Gdansk, Poland.

On 18–19 June, EMSA hosted the 17th CISE Stakeholder Group meeting in Lisbon and online. Now in its operational phase, CISE enables EU and EEA maritime authorities to securely exchange surveillance data across borders and sectors. @frontex.bsky.social @efca-eu.bsky.social

Our Executive Director, Maja Markovčić Kostelac, today welcomed the Minister of Maritime Affairs of Montenegro, Filip Radulović, to our Lisbon headquarters. Ms. Maja Markovčić Kostelac and Minister Radulović discussed a range of issues, including capacity-building and digital services.

Applications are now open for a Senior Specialist - Horizontal Digital Services to work with us at our Lisbon headquarters 🌊🚢🐬 Access the full job description, how to apply & all other relevant information: tinyurl.com/ycxkp8t4 Deadline for applications: 17 July 2025 ⏰

Yesterday & today our Administrative Board Members gathered here in our Lisbon headquarters for their 73rd meeting, chaired by Wojciech Zdanowicz, director of the Polish Maritime Office in Szczecin. Members also held a workshop on future developments for EMSA’s pollution response services.

Today we welcomed Member of the European Parliament, Mr. Kristian Vigenin, to our Lisbon headquarters. Mr. Vigenin was briefed on EMSA’s activities, particularly in the area of maritime sustainability, and also visited our Maritime Support Services centre to see our operational work in action!