[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 73 (Monday, April 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16516-16517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9216]



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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 2367]


Shipping Coordinating Committee, Subcommittee on Standards of 
Training and Watchkeeping; Notice of Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 09:30 AM of Friday, May 24, 1996, in Room 4315 of the United 
States Coast Guard Headquarters Building, 2100 2nd Street SW, 
Washington DC 20593-0001. The primary purpose of the meeting is to 
prepare for the twenty-

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eight session of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Sub-
Committee on Standards of Training and Watchkeeping (STW) to be held at 
IMO from September 17 to 21, 1996, and the second meeting of the 
Intersessional Working Group on the International Convention on 
Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 
1978 (STCW), to be held from June 10 to 14, 1996, at IMO.
    The primary matters to be discussed include:
    1. Guidance on implementation of the 1995 amendments to the STCW 
Convention, including transitional provisions and target dates for 
implementation of new requirements:
    2. Work emanating from the 1995 STCW Conference, including 
consideration of training requirements for maritime pilots, Vessel 
Traffic Service (VTS) personnel, and personnel on passenger ships;
    3. Maritime safety training for personnel on Mobile Offshore Units 
(MOU/MODUs);
    4. Bulk carrier safety, including a review of the IMO resolution on 
the principles of safe manning;
    5. Code for Safe Navigation and Watchkeeping;
    6. Training of personnel responsible for cargo handling on ships 
carrying dangerous or hazardous substances in solid form in bulk or in 
packaged form; and
    7. Guidance associated with the new International Convention on 
Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing 
Vessel Personnel (STCW-F Convention, as adopted by the 1995 conference; 
not yet ratified or in force).
    Members of the public may attend the meeting up to the seating 
capacity of the room. Interested persons may seek information by 
writing: Mr. Christopher Young, U.S. Coast Guard (G-MOS-1), Room 1210, 
2100 Second Street SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001 or by calling: (202) 
267-0229.

    Dated: April 3, 1996.
Charles A. Mast,
Chairman, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 96-9216 Filed 4-12-96; 8:45 am]
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