Challenges experienced by the entity are increased frequency of incidents involving uninsured and substandard ships, flouting of mandatory safety requirements, the speed of processing required enabling legislation and the ratification of international and regional instruments. Funding for Emergency Casualty Response remains a big challenge at approximately R1,2 million per day with no clear arrangement of where the funding should come from and bearing in mind that the casualty response infrastructure (mainly the response vessel) has reached its end of life.