[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 32 (Thursday, February 16, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9074-9075]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-3892]



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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Shipping Coordinating Committee
[Public Notice 2166]


Subcommittee on Safety of Life at Sea Working Group on Containers 
and Cargoes; Meeting

    The Working Group on Containers and Cargoes of the Subcommittee on 
Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) will conduct an open session from 1:00 
p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 15, 1995, in room 6436 at U.S. 
Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street SW., Washington, DC 20593-
0001. This will be a joint meeting of the Working Group's Panel on 
Multimodal Transport and Containers, and the Panel on Bulk Cargoes. The 
purpose of the meeting is to establish U.S. positions on matters to be 
addressed at the 34th session of the International Maritime 
Organization's (IMO) Subcommittee on Containers and Cargoes (BC 34) to 
be held at IMO Headquarters in London, March 27-31, 1995.
    Items of particular interest that will be discussed at this meeting 
include:
    1. Review of guidance and proposed amendments to the Containers and 
Cargoes (BC), Cargo Securing Manual Circular (MSC/Circular 
385). [[Page 9075]] 
    2. Incorporation of guidelines for the development of plans for the 
handling of offshore containers by offshore supply vessels pursuant to 
the International Safety Management (ISM) Code.
    3. Interpretation of the International Convention for Safe 
Containers (CSC), regarding the applicability of CSC on component 
containers.
    4. Development of a proposed Code of Safe Practice for the Safe 
Loading and Unloading of Bulk Cargoes, including cargo transfer check-
off lists to ensure coordination between vessel crews and transfer 
facility personnel.
    5. Review and amendment of guidelines for the fumigation of bulk 
grain cargoes pursuant to the International Code for Safe Carriage of 
Grain in Bulk.
    Members of the public may attend these meetings up to the seating 
capacity of the room. Interested persons may seek information by 
writing LCDR D. Du Pont or Mr. Bob Gauvin, U.S. Coast Guard (G-MVI-2), 
2100 Second Street SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001 or by calling (202) 
267-1181.

    Dated: February 6, 1995.
Charles A. Mast,
Chairman, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 95-3892 Filed 2-15-95; 8:45 am]
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