Bureau d'Enquêtes sur les Événements de Mer ('Marine Accident Investigation Office'), known as BEAmer, is the French agency that investigates accidents and incidents of ships. Its head office is in the Grande Arche Sud (South) in the La Défense business district and the commune of Puteaux, Hauts-de-Seine, in the Paris metropolitan area."Contact us." Bureau d'Enquêtes sur les Événements de Mer. Retrieved on June 22, 2017. "Bureau d’enquêtes sur les événements de mer (BEAmer) Arche Sud 92055 LA DEFENSE CEDEX FRANCE" - Note the pedestrian access map

History France established BEAmer, a marine casualties investigation board,"Activity." (Archive) Bureau d'Enquêtes sur les Événements de Mer. Retrieved on 15 February 2012. on 16 December 1997."Rapport d'Activité 2002-2003." (Archive) Bureau d'Enquêtes sur les Événements de Mer. 1. Retrieved on 16 February 2012. In 2003 and 2004 the agency's role within the framework of the French government was finalized.

There is an equivalent agency in regards to state and military vessels, the Bureau enquêtes accidents défense mer (BEAD-mer).

Governance

The director since May 2019 is rear admiral François-Xavier Rubin de Cervens, (Administrator for Maritime Affairs). Merchant marine Captain and chief engineer.

Its head office was previously in in Puteaux and La Défense,"Contact Us ." Bureau d'Enquêtes sur les Événements de Mer. 22 April 2015. Retrieved on 22 April 2015. "Tour Pascal B 92055 LA DEFENSE CEDEX FRANCE" and before that, in the in Puteaux and La Défense."Contact us ." () Bureau d'Enquêtes sur les Événements de Mer. Retrieved on 16 February 2012. "MAIL ADDRESS BEAmer Tour Voltaire 92055 LA DEFENSE CEDEX" In the past the head office was in the 5th arrondissement of Paris."Contact Us." Bureau d'Enquêtes sur les Événements de Mer. December 23, 2003. Retrieved on June 22, 2017. "Mail address : BEAmer 22, rue Monge 75 005 PARIS"

See also

Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety (Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'Aviation Civile, BEA) French Land Transport Accident Investigation Bureau (Bureau d'Enquêtes sur les Accidents de Transport Terrestre, BEA-TT) Federal Bureau for Maritime Casualty Investigation Marine Accident Investigation Branch National Transportation Safety Board

References

External links Bureau d'Enquêtes sur les Événements de Mer Bureau d'Enquêtes sur les Événements de Mer