Emergency on board
Essential emergency information at a glance
We have compiled the most important aspects of emergency management for German-flagged merchant vessels as well as for the German coast:
Maßnahme
Kontakt
Illness or injury
- Contact Telemedical Maritime Assistance Service (TMAS) Cuxhaven
- Fill in report form and body check and mail to TMAS Cuxhaven. In the email, also name the medical equipment on board and attach pictures, if available. Later on, email the follow up exam form
- Accident at work (more than 3 days unfit for work): fill in accident report form and fax to BG Verkehr
Extreme psychological strain
- Contact psychological specialists of the German seamen's mission
- Info material on 24/7 support for seafarers: Poster in German and English, Flyer German/English
- Contact "Trauma-Lotsen" of the BG Verkehr
Death on board
- Compile a record about the death and send it to registry office Standesamt I in Berlin
Phone: +49 30 90 26 95 00 0
Fax: +49 30 90 26 95 24 5
E-Mail: info.stand1@labo.berlin.de
www.berlin.de/standesamt1
Fax: +49 30 90 26 95 24 5
E-Mail: info.stand1@labo.berlin.de
www.berlin.de/standesamt1
Shipping accident
- Contact Maritime Rescue Coordiantion (MRCC) of the respective coast state
- Inform Ship Safety Division of the BG Verkehr
- Inform respective classification society of the ship
Phone: +49 40 31 90 83 11
or +49 170 58 65 67 5
Fax: +49 40 31 90 83 40
E-Mail: posteingang@bsu-bund.de
www.bsu-bund.de
or +49 170 58 65 67 5
Fax: +49 40 31 90 83 40
E-Mail: posteingang@bsu-bund.de
www.bsu-bund.de
Oil or chemical accident
- Inform "SOPEP National Focal Contact Point" of the respective coast state
For German coast:
Havariekommando
Phone: +49 30 185 420 2400
Fax+ 49 30 185 420 2009
E-Mail: info@havariekommando.de
www.havariekommando.de
For other coasts:
List of "SOPEP National Focal Contact Points"
Havariekommando
Phone: +49 30 185 420 2400
Fax+ 49 30 185 420 2009
E-Mail: info@havariekommando.de
www.havariekommando.de
For other coasts:
List of "SOPEP National Focal Contact Points"
Security threat
- Alarm German Point of Contact (PoC) in Cuxhaven
Phone: +49 30 18 54 20-1700
or -1711 or -1712
Fax: +49 4721 39 48 52
E-Mail: poc.germany@point-of-contact.de
Website Maritime Safety and Security Centre (MSSC)
or -1711 or -1712
Fax: +49 4721 39 48 52
E-Mail: poc.germany@point-of-contact.de
Website Maritime Safety and Security Centre (MSSC)
