[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 66 (Thursday, April 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17602-17603]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8490]



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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 2186]


Shipping Coordinating Committee, Maritime Safety Committee; 
Notice of Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 9:30 A.M. on Wednesday, May 3, 1995, in Room 2415, at U.S. 
Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW., Washington, DC. The 
purpose of this meeting will be to finalize preparations for the 65th 
Session of the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 65), and associated 
bodies of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), which is 
scheduled for May 9-17, 1995 at IMO Headquarters in London. At the 
meeting, papers received and the draft U.S. positions will be 
discussed.
    Among other things, the items of particular interest are:

a. RO/RO ferry safety
b. Bulk carrier safety
c. Role of the human element
d. Existing ship safety standards
e. Strategy for ship/port interface, and
f. Report of eight subcommittees, Bulk Chemicals, Radio Communications, 
Ship Design and Equipment, Training and Watchkeeping, Flag State 
Implementation, Stability, Loadlines and Fishing Vessels, Containers 
and Cargoes, and Lifesaving, Search and Rescue

    Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating 
capacity of the room. Interested persons may seek information by 
writing to Mr. Joseph J. Angelo, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters (G-MI), 
2100 Second Street, SW., Room 2408 Washington, DC [[Page 17603]] 20593-
0001 or by calling (202) 267-2970.

    Dated: March 22, 1995.
Charles A. Mast,
Chairman, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 95-8490 Filed 4-5-95; 8:45 am]
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