Welcome to EMPA pilots

EMPA is a professional, non-profit organization, created in Antwerp in 1963 by pilots of what was then called the European Community.

Nowadays EMPA represents about 4.500 maritime pilots from 18 European Union member countries, and 6 neighbouring countries: Georgia, Montenegro, Norway, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom. Regrouping member countries' associations of maritime pilots from the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.

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Launch EMPAsafe

We are thrilled to be on the brink of launching our first app, created in partnership with Amura. This article will unveil EMPAsafe, a groundbreaking platform set to transform how pilots communicate critical information to one another. We eagerly anticipate our launch on October 22nd.


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