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Harmonisation of Risk Management The objective is to stimulate the national, regional and local governments to cooperate to find common strategies and best available methodologies and practises to reduce the risk and impact of accidents in the North Sea.	Routing and Safe Seaways In this work package, focus is on inventory, classification and risk assessment of oil transport in the North Sea region. Further, innovative use of AIS technology to improve navigational safety is investigated.
Coastal Zone Management Two areas of particular importance for coastal zone management are addressed in the Safety at Sea project. The first is related to rules and procedures for emergency preparedness arrangements and the second involves a thorough assessment of the impact of (forecasted) offshore wind farms.	Risk assessment and safety awareness One of the activities is to develop a new, integrated Incident Management System to support Marine Rescue Coordination Centres. Other activities are related to improved knowledge about safety measures for small and high speed crafts in the North Sea region.

News from Safety at Sea

06.02.2007

The Second Safety at Sea Newsletter

28.09.2005

Approval of offshore windfarms

28.09.2005

Sensitive areas and preparedness

European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)
EMSA was created in 2002 after the Erika disaster. The Agency provides technical and scientific advice to the EU Commission in the field of maritime safety and prevention of pollution by ship in the continuous process of updating and developing new legislation, monitoring its implementation and evaluating the effectiveness of the measures in place. The Safety at Sea project will work closely with EMSA.