[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 226 (Friday, November 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58128-58129]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28660]



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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice No. 2288]


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 

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conduct an open meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 14, 1995, in 
room 4315, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, S.W., 
Washington, DC.
    The purpose of the meeting is to report on the outcome of the 41st 
session of the Subcommittee on Safety of Navigation (NAV) of the 
International Maritime Organization (IMO) and prepare for the 42nd 
session which is scheduled for July 15-19, 1996, at the IMO 
Headquarters in London.
    Items of principal interest on the agenda are:

--Role of the human element in maritime casualties
--Routing of ships, ship reporting and related matters
--Navigational aids and related matters
--Revision of SOLAS chapter V
--Electronic chart display and information systems
--Performance standards for navigational equipment
--Roll-on roll-off (Ro-Ro) ferry safety
--Prevention of strandings at sea
--International Code of Signals
--Automatic ship identification transponder systems
--Worldwide navigation system
--Review of World Meteorological Organization (WMO) handbooks on 
navigation in areas affected by sea-ice
--IMO Standard maritime communication phrases
--Removal of wrecks and towage of offshore installations, structures, 
and platforms
--Development of complementary measures to the Code for Safe Carriage 
of Irradiated Nuclear Fuel (INF Code)
--Operational aspects of Wing in Ground (WIG) craft
--Safety of passenger submersible craft
--Code for safe navigation and watchkeeping
--Review of reporting requirements in IMO instruments

    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-NVT-3), Room 
1409, 2100 Second Street SW, Washington, DC 20593-0001 or by calling: 
(202) 267-0416.

    Dated: November 13, 1995.
Charles A. Mast,
Chairman, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 95-28660 Filed 11-22-95; 8:45 am]
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