Published 11 July 2025
The eCMID Small Vessel Inspection (<500gt) template (IMCA M189) has been updated, introducing risk categorisation to the question set and findings. There are no other changes to the question set.
This follows successful introduction for the eCMID Vessel Inspection (≥500gt) template (IMCA M149) earlier this year. For each template, our cross-industry eCMID Committee has identified those questions associated with the greatest safety risks. Where a finding is recorded, these will now be automatically categorised, listed first in the report, without risking the objectivity of accredited vessel inspectors (AVIs).
They are also available for reporting via the analytics hub on an industry- or fleet-wide basis. This identifies findings requiring the most urgent and important action, whether by the vessel operator or by the wider industry through IMCA and its committees. Risk categorisation is applied in the analytics hub to findings from previous versions of the inspection template, but the reports themselves remain unaltered – findings are not recategorised for those existing reports.