French Marine Accident Investigation Office

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.^[1]

History[edit]

France established BEAmer, a marine casualties investigation board,^[2] on 16 December 1997.^[3] In 2003 and 2004 the agency's role within the framework of the French government was finalized.^[2]

Governance[edit]

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 Tour Pascal B [fr] in Puteaux and La Défense,^[4] and before that, in the Tour Voltaire [fr] in Puteaux and La Défense.^[5] In the past the head office was in the 5th arrondissement of Paris.^[6]

References[edit]

^ "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
^ ^a ^b "Activity." (Archive) Bureau d'Enquêtes sur les Événements de Mer. Retrieved on 15 February 2012.
^ "Rapport d'Activité 2002-2003." (Archive) Bureau d'Enquêtes sur les Événements de Mer. 1. Retrieved on 16 February 2012.
^ "Contact Us Archived 2012-02-20 at the Wayback Machine." Bureau d'Enquêtes sur les Événements de Mer. 22 April 2015. Retrieved on 22 April 2015. "Tour Pascal B 92055 LA DEFENSE CEDEX FRANCE"
^ "Contact us." () Bureau d'Enquêtes sur les Événements de Mer. Retrieved on 16 February 2012. "MAIL ADDRESS BEAmer Tour Voltaire 92055 LA DEFENSE CEDEX"
^ "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"