[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 81 (Thursday, April 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 18456]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10160]



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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice No. 2370]


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 a.m. 
on Tuesday, June 4, 1996, in room 4315, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 
2100 Second Street, S.W., Washington, DC.
    The purpose of the meeting is to prepare for the 42nd session of 
the Subcommittee on Safety of Navigation (NAV) of the International 
Maritime Organization (IMO) and 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 and related matters
--Vessel traffic services (VTS) and ship reporting
--Development of measures complementary to the Code for Safe Carriage 
of Irradiated Nuclear Fuel (INF)
--Navigational aids and related matters
--International Telecommunication Union (ITU) matters
--Revision of SOLAS chapter V
--Code for safe navigation and watchkeeping
--Ergonomic criteria for bridge equipment and layout
--Roll-on roll-off (Ro-Ro) ferry safety
--International Code of Signals
--Special signal for use by ships under attack or threat of attack by 
pirates and armed robbers
--Review of World Meteorological Organization (WMO) handbooks on 
navigation in areas affected by sea-ice
--Standard marine communication phrases
--Removal of wrecks and towage of offshore installations, structures, 
and platforms
--Operational aspects of wing in ground (WIG) craft
--Safety of passenger submersible craft
--Review and revision of resolution A.244(VII)--Cooperation with 
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

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

    Dated: April 15, 1996.
Charles A. Mast,
Chairman, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 96-10160 Filed 4-24-96; 8:45 am]
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