[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 169 (Thursday, August 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 45470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2200]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice No. 2431]


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 on Monday, September 9, 1996, in Room 2415 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-eighth session of International Maritime 
Organization (IMO) Sub-Committee on Standards of Training and 
Watchkeeping (STW) to be held at IMO from September 17 to 21, 1996.
    The primary matters to be discussed include:
    1. Guidance on implementation of the 1995 amendments to the 
International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and 
Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978 (STCW) Convention, including 
transitional provisions, target dates for implementation of new 
requirements; and training record book format.
    2. New work emanating from the 1995 STCW Conference, including 
consideration of training requirements for maritime pilots, Vessel 
Traffic System (VTS) personnel, and personnel on passenger ships;
    3. Maritime safety training for personnel on Mobile Offshore Units 
(MOU/MODUs); and Bulk carrier safety, including a review of the IMO 
resolution on the principles of safe manning;
    4. New code for Safe Navigation and Watchkeeping;
    5. Training of personnel responsible for cargo handling on ships 
carrying dangerous or hazardous substances in solid form in bulk or in 
packaged form; and
    6. 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-MSO-1), Room 1210, 
2100 Second Street SW., Washington, DC or by calling (202) 267-0229.


    Dated: August 16, 1996.
Russell A. La Mantia,
Chairman, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 96-2200 Filed 8-28-96; 8:45 am]
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