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The IMPA Safety Campaign ran from 16 to 30 May 2025, during which we received over 5,200 reports from across multiple regions.

Regrettably, substandard transfer arrangements accounted for 14% of these reports, with pilot ladders identified as the most frequent concern.

For detailed report pls the attached brochure: IMPA Safety Campaign – 2025 Results.pdf

Highlights of the campaign results are

  • Number of pilots participating more than 940
  • Number of reports5285*
  • Non-compliance rate 14%
  • Highest rates of noncompliance found in Africa (24%) and Oceania (22%)
  • No significant change to historic noncompliance trends
  • Pilot ladders remain the leading source of non-compliant observations
  • 10% of non-compliant pilot ladders were not secured to a strongpoint
  • 85% of non-compliant observations were not reported to port State authorities

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