EMSA Carries Out an Audit in Ukraine
This year, Ukraine is being audited by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA). The first stage of the audit has been completed: EMSA inspectors visited our country from 10 to 20 April 2018. Official audit results with general recommendations will be published at a later date. For now, we can make only preliminary conclusions about how this audit will affect the system of maritime education, training and certification of seafarers, as well as existing medical standards.
The EMSA and the IMO audit their member states every five years. Ukraine was scheduled to be audited in 2015, but the audit was postponed to let the country prepare for it. Once the schedule was set, the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine requested the EMSA to carry...

