IMCA eCMID system annual report 2025/26 – Inspection findings & quality assurance

  • Informative Guidance
  • September 2026

 

This informative guidance document reviews inspection findings and quality assurance outcomes from the eCMID vessel inspection programme between 1 April 2025 and 1 April 2026.

 

The report shows that eCMID inspections continue to provide a valuable benchmark for vessel assurance across the offshore marine sector.
 

While some compliance and safety areas are improving, recurring findings in safety-critical controls, equipment reliability, competence assurance and emerging technologies indicate where industry attention should be focused in 2026/27.

Contents

  • Introduction

  • Inspection findings analysis

  • Industry learnings from IMCA safety flashes

  • Inspection report Quality Assurance (QA) process

  • Summary

  • Appendix 1 – Full results of eCMID findings analysis

  • Appendix 2 – Full results of small vessel findings analysis


Revision

  • Rev. - September 2026
    Initial publication