Phase III. After processing the results of the first workshop, the core contributors organized another workshop to elicit criteria for determining the vessel safety level. These were combined in a threat factor matrix which is used to assess the Vessel TRIAGE category, and a tool to facilitate practical application of the method was developed. The developed method was presented to and discussed with representatives of overseas stakeholder organizations in a webinar, attended by ca. 30 participants. Comments arising in this webinar and from an ensuing online survey were taken into account and the method refined. Synergies with other developments in stakeholder business areas were identified.