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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 2034]

 

Shipping Coordinating Committee; Subcommittee on Safety of Life 
at Sea; Working Group on Safety of Navigation; Notice of Meeting

    The Working Group on Safety of Navigation of the Subcommittee on 
Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) will conduct an open meeting at 9:30 AM 
on Thursday, August 3, 1994, in room 6103 at U.S. Coast Guard 
Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW., Washington, DC.
    The purpose of the meeting is to prepare for the 40th session of 
the Subcommittee on Safety of Navigation of the International Maritime 
Organization (IMO) which is scheduled for September 5-9, 1994, at the 
IMO Headquarters in London.
    Items of principal interest on the agenda are:

--Decisions of other IMO bodies
--Role of the human element in maritime casualties
--Routing of ships
    1. Prevention of strandings at sea
    2. Navigational risks in the Malacca Strait
    3. Mandatory routing
    4. Amendments to the General Provisions of Ships' Routing
--Review of resolution A.578(14)
--Requirements for ship reporting
--Navigational aids and related equipment:
    1. worldwide navigation system
    2. updating information for electronic navigation charts
    3. electronic chart display and information systems
    4. review and revision of resolutions [A.342(IX)], A.422(XI), 
[A.477(XII)] and A.478(XII). Development performance standards for 
radars, ARPA, gyro compasses and automatic pilots for high speed craft
    5. International Telecommunications Union (ITU) matters, including 
Radiocommunication Study Group 8
    6. Approval and performance standards for non-compulsory shipborne 
navigational equipment
--Revision of SOLAS chapter V
--Review of existing ship's safety standards
--Officer of the navigational watch acting as the sole lookout in 
periods of darkness
--Bridge procedures and revision of Standards of Training, 
Certification, and Watchkeeping (STCW) regulation II/1 and Standards of 
Training and Watchkeeping (STW) Conference resolution 1
--International Code of Signals
--Review of World Meteorological Organization (WMO) handbooks on 
navigation in areas affected by sea-ice
--Standardization of essential bridge and engine room instrumentation
--Ergonomic criteria for bridge equipment
--IMO standard communication phrases
--Removal of wreck and towage of offshore installations, structures, 
and platforms
--Code for the Safe Carriage of Irradiated Nuclear Fuel
--Operational aspects of ekranoplanes
--Use and application of onboard computers
--Participation in the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) 
Voluntary Observing Ships Scheme
--Work program
--Any other business

    Members of the public may attend these meetings up to the seating 
capacity of the room. Interested persons may seek information by 
writing: Mr. Edward J. LaRue, Jr., U.S. Coast Guard (G-NSR-3), Room 
1416, 2100 Second Street, SW, Washington, DC 20593-0001 or by calling: 
(202) 267-0416.

    Dated: July 1, 1994.
Marie Murray,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 94-16970 Filed 7-12-94; 8:45 am]
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