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The 19th Committee Meeting of the Mediterranean Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control (Med MoU) accepted the proposal presented by EMSA to develop and make available a new information system (THETIS-Med) to the Med MoU’s Members States.

THETIS-Med was developed within the context of the SAFEMED IV project and supports the Med MoU Secretariat and the Port State Control Officers (PSCOs) of the Med MoU Members States in recording inspections and making available exchange of information on Port State Control activities. It is operational since 1 February 2020.

THETIS-Med, is a clone of THETIS, the system used by the EU and non-EU States participating in the Paris MoU and similarly to its clone is hosted and managed by EMSA. THETIS-Med is fully customised and built to respond to the requirements, rules and procedures of the Med MoU. However, the system is constantly maintained and improved through the subsequent iterations of the SAFEMED project (Currently SAFEMED V).

THETIS-MED supports the Med MoU Member States (Algeria, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey) in the execution of their obligations with respect to Port state Control (PSC) inspections. In particular, THETIS-Med can:

• Combine port notifications information with ship particulars and inspection details in near real time;
• Assist Member States with an automatic targeting system for the selection of the right vessel for inspection through an updated profile of ships;
• Assist the Med MoU Committee and Member States by providing statistics on inspection results and performance on a daily basis;
• Provide a system to handle similar information from 3 EU Members of the Paris MoU (Croatia, Cyprus and Malta).
• Provide the PSCOs a direct link from deficiencies to RuleCkeck (EMSA tool and up-to-date repository of Maritime International Conventions, IMO documents and Med MoU procedures);
• Provide the PSCOs with embedded links with other MoUs, EQUASIS and 3rd party systems (ROs, etc.);
• Help in uploading, consulting and correcting inspection reports by all authorized users;
• Allow users to report inspection’s results on-line and remotely through synchronization;

Technical summary of the system :

• Easy access, logic structure, user guidance by software
• Available 24/7, with a high grade of reliability;
• User-friendly for less proficient operators;
• Overall response time, menu structure and graphic interface are critical elements;
• Built modularly as to facilitate relatively simple change of parts following changes in legislation, technical modernization or changes in the user communities,
• Adaptable to different organisations in all Member States, with various levels of automation;
• Able to handle thousands of fully authorized users with different roles;
• Data stored and retrievable for at least 3 years to facilitate proper targeting and production of rolling statistics;
• Have big data storage capacity with backup solution.

THETIS-Med design follows the major principles of a Service Oriented Architecture, providing services in three different tiers:

• Presentation tier, providing presentation services to users;
• Business tier, providing business services to the presentation tier and other system/components;
• Data tier, providing data services to the business tier and other components.

“No part of the information contained on the THETIS-Med or Med MoU website may be stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without prior permission in writing from MED MoU. The following actions are strictly forbidden:

• The reproduction of data contained on the site in any way for commercial purposes:
• Massive or bulk-downloading of data contained on the site.
• Use of web-robot or similar technics to download data in an automated and/or regular manner.”